Executing Strategy
Developing Effective Intellectual Property Partnerships
There are five options for structuring intellectual property partnerships, ranging from licensing to joint ventures.
Partnerships
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Climate Change
To Conserve Water for Agriculture, a Solution from the Desert
For farmers, maintaining adequate water for their crops is a key challenge in a changing climate.
Organizational Structure
The 2014 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Making Mergers Work,” by Hamid Bouchikhi and John R. Kimberly.
Collaboration
Rewriting the Playbook for Corporate Partnerships
Some innovative companies are attempting to redefine the parameters of strategic partnerships.
Executing Strategy
Video: New Opportunities in the Transformed Music Industry
Universal Music surmounts challenges in one of the first industries to go digital.
Innovation Strategy
Bringing Research and Practice Together
Executives and academic researchers have perspectives that can complement one another.
Collaboration
How to Create Productive Partnerships With Universities
Companies can improve collaborations with universities by giving more thought to relationship structure.
Collaboration
The Power of Reconnection — How Dormant Ties Can Surprise You
The Web has made it easier than ever to reconnect with long-lost professional colleagues. Does it pay to do so?
Executing Strategy
Best Practices for Industry-University Collaboration
To extract the most business value from university research, companies need to follow seven rules.
Business Models
How to Manage Alliances Better Than One at a Time
Systematizing the analysis process should produce more gain and less pain when forming strategic partnerships.
Executing Strategy
Collaborating With the Right Partners
R&D alliances with suppliers or universities are more likely to be fruitful.
Executing Strategy
Co-opetition Without Borders
International arrangements require more formal mechanisms.
