Chapter 6. Organizational alliances
“I alone against my brother; I and my brother against my cousin; I, my brother and my cousin, against my family; I and my family against my village; I and my village against the foreigner.” | ||
--Arab Proverb |
“The problem with alliances is that allies have opinions . . .” | ||
--Winston Churchill |
Introduction
This chapter analyzes the role of organizational alliances in implementing the six types of attack and the eight types of defense. We shall divide the analysis into three elements: first, we need to recognize that there are 13 distinct types of organizational alliances; second, we’ll look at the general advantages and disadvantages of alliances; and third, besides the general characteristics of all alliances, there ...
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