Contents
IT Industry 2
Apple 2
Microsoft 3
Retail Industry 4
Wal-Mart 4
Costco 5
Hotel Industry 6
Hilton Hotels 6
Four Seasons Hotel 7
Automotive Industry 8
General Motors Company 8
Chrysler 9
Airline Industry 10
American Airlines 10
Delta Airlines 11
References 12
Description
This report is based on the following requirement -
Name 5 different industries and pick 2 publicly traded companies in each industry and compare the 2 companies’ alliance strategies by answering the following questions,
• What kinds of alliances do they engage in?
• How do they govern their alliances?
• How do they compose their alliance portfolios?
• Do they emphasize exploration or exploitation in their alliance portfolios?
• What kinds of resources and activities do they seek to obtain via their alliances?
• How do their alliance portfolios affect their performance?