The Alliance Revolution

Author : Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674016477
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alliance Revolution written by Benjamin Gomes-Casseres and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than we ever anticipated, alliances among firms are changing the way business is conducted, particularly in the global, high-technology sector. The reasons are clear: companies must increasingly pool their capabilities to succeed in ever more complex and rapidly changing businesses. But the consequences for managers and for the economy have so far been underestimated. In this new book, Benjamin Gomes-Casseres presents the first in-depth account of the new world of business alliances and shows how collaboration has become part of the very fabric of modern competition. Alliances, he argues, create new units of competition that do battle with one another and with traditional single firms. The flexible capabilities of these multi-firm constellations give them advantages over single firms in certain contexts, offsetting the advantage of a single firm's unified control. When managed effectively, alliances can strengthen a firm's competitive advantage and narrow the gap between leading firms and second-tier players. This often results in intensified rivalry, and the competition within an industry is transformed. Alliances often spread swiftly through an industry as firms jockey for advantage. Yet the very spread of alliances increases their costs and poses new limits on their use. Gomes-Casseres concludes that firms need to manage their constellations to enhance collaboration within their groups, while raising what he calls "barriers to collaboration" for rivals. These ideas are developed and illustrated through original case studies of alliances among U.S., Japanese, and European firms in electronics and computers, including Xerox, IBM, and Fujitsu as well as other small and large companies. The book should be of interest to business academics, managers, and general readers concerned with contemporary capitalism.

Author : John Sexton
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004280677
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alliance of Adversaries: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East written by John Sexton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to Lenin’s call to fight imperialism alongside nationalist and peasant movements in the colonies, in 1922, the Communist International invited East Asian revolutionary leaders to Moscow to attend the hugely influential Congress of the Toilers of the Far East.

Author : Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1625270577
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remix Strategy written by Benjamin Gomes-Casseres and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create and capture value, no matter what path you've chosen. How to Create Joint Value Alliances, partnerships, acquisitions, mergers, and joint ventures are no longer the exception in most businesses—they are part of the core strategy. As managers look to external partners for resources and capabilities, they need a practical roadmap to ensure that these relationships will create value for their firm. They must answer questions like these: Which business combinations do we need? How should we govern them? Will their results justify our investments? Benjamin Gomes-Casseres explains how companies create value by “remixing” resources with other companies. Based on decades of consulting and academic research, Remix Strategy shows how three laws shape the success of any business combination: • First Law: The combination must have the potential to create more value than the parties could create on their own. Which elements from each business need to be combined to create joint value? • Second Law: The combination must be designed and managed to realize the joint value. Which partners best fit our strategic goals? How should we manage the integration? • Third Law: The value earned by the parties must motivate them to contribute to the collaboration. How will we share the joint value created? Will the returns shift over time? Supported by examples from a wide range of industries and companies, and filled with practical tools for applying the three laws, this book helps managers design and lead a coherent strategy for creating joint value with outside partners.

Author : Richard C. Thornton
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412013569
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reagan Revolution II written by Richard C. Thornton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How President Reagan successfully rebuilt the Western Alliance, particularly in relations with the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Japan.

Author : W. Scott Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Wheel and Alliance and the Impending Revolution written by W. Scott Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official history of the Farmers' Alliance, an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers.

Author : John F. Levin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578406541
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Say You Want a Revolution written by John F. Levin and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When SDS splintered in June 1969, a majority of the delegates supported the program of its Worker-Student Alliance caucus. These candid accounts by WSA activists bring to life their struggles to end the Vietnam War and achieve social justice-and evaluate both WSA's successes and its failure to achieve its promise.

Author : James D. Bamford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0787965111
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastering Alliance Strategy written by James D. Bamford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-02-03 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erfolgreiche Unternehmensallianzen sind heute für viele Unternehmen absolut wichtig, wenn es darum geht, sich einen Wettbewerbsvorteil zu sichern. "Mastering Alliance Strategy" ist ein umfassender Leitfaden zum Thema Allianzstrategie. Er entwirrt die haarigsten Themen rund um das Allianzmanagement und erläutert die aktuellsten Gedanken, Ideen und Praktiken für eine effektive Nutzung von Partnerschaften. Ob absoluter Anfänger oder erfahrener Allianzexperte, ob Fachmann im Bereich Unternehmensentwicklung, Linienmanager oder Führungskraft - hier lernen Sie, Allianzen besser zu verstehen und auszunutzen. Die Autoren zeigen, dass das Erfolgsgeheimnis nicht nur in den Feinheiten einer Vereinbarung liegt, sondern auch in der Strategie und Organisation hinter dieser Vereinbarung. Aus ihrer langjährigen Forschungsarbeit und Berichterstattung präsentieren sie hier Ideen und Tools zu den vier Kernelementen einer effektiven Allianzstrategie: Planen der Allianz und Entwerfen der Vereinbarung, Managen der Allianz, sobald sie gegründet ist, Vorteile ziehen aus einer Konstellation von Allianzen, Aufbau einer internen Allianzfähigkeit Verständlich geschrieben. Mit anschaulichem Beispielmaterial. "Mastering Alliance Strategy" - die ultimative Pflichtlektüre für alle Unternehmensstrategen und Führungskräfte.

Author : W. SCOTT. MORGAN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033666531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE, AND THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION written by W. SCOTT. MORGAN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Richard Paul
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594484872
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlikely Allies written by Joel Richard Paul and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Without Precedent and Indivisible, the gripping true story of how three men used espionage, betrayal, and sexual deception to help win the American Revolution. Unlikely Allies is the story of three remarkable historical figures. Silas Deane was a Connecticut merchant and delegate to the Continental Congress as the American colonies struggled to break with England. Caron de Beaumarchais was a successful playwright who wrote The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. And the flamboyant and mysterious Chevalier d'Éon⁠—officer, diplomat, and sometime spy⁠—was the talk of London and Paris. Is the Chevalier a man or a woman? When Deane is sent to France to convince the French government to support the revolutionary cause, he enlists the help of Beaumarchais. Together, they successfully smuggle weapons, ammunition, and supplies to New England just in time for the crucial Battle of Saratoga, which turned the tide of the American Revolution. And the catalyst for Louis XVI's support of the Americans against England was the Chevalier d'Éon, whose decision to declare herself a woman helped to lead to the Franco-American alliance. These three people spin a fascinating web of political intrigue and international politics that stretches across oceans as they ricochet from Versailles to Georgian London to the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. Each man has his own reasons for wanting to see America triumph over the British, and each contends daily with the certainty that no one is what they seem. The line between friends and enemies is blurred, spies lurk in every corner, and the only way to survive is to trust no one. An edge-of-your-seat story full of fascinating characters and lavish with period detail and sense of place, Unlikely Allies is Revolutionary history in all of its juicy, lurid glory.

Author : Stephen M. Walt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801469988
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Alliances written by Stephen M. Walt and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats. Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he demonstrates that states are more likely to join together against threats than they are to ally themselves with threatening powers. Walt also examines the impact of ideology on alliance preferences and the role of foreign aid and transnational penetration. His analysis show, however, that these motives for alignment are relatively less important. In his conclusion, he examines the implications of "balance of threat" for U.S. foreign policy.