.... Business enterprise Networking Process efficiency Strategic alliances The environment in which enterprises are operating today is increasingly determined by intense competition demanding significant changes in the way enterprises do business. In order to compete on the fast changing market...

.... Findings This paper draws upon research on co‐operative partnerships and strategic alliances to explore the applicability of technology alliances to business‐to‐business (B2B) electronic marketplaces. The paper explains a model developed by Eutilia, a leading B2B marketplace in the utilities sector...

.... The current problem is not whether to partner, but to decide among a number of collaborators (Beamish, 1987 ; Angeles and Nath, 2000 ; Dussauge and Garrette, 2000). Anne Banks Pidduck can be contacted at: apidduck@uwaterloo.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Strategic alliances...

... success is conceptualized and a framework for approaching optimal success in four broad phases is developed. Partnership Strategic alliances Supply chain management Many firms in the last two decades have restructured their businesses in dramatic ways, typically moving away from...