The growing importance of joint efforts by the central corporate strategy makes decisions about how, when, with whom and how to cooperate. This is especially true for the R & D consortia, where there is more uncertainty and ambiguity about the need and the results of cooperation than in other strategic alliances. Too often, managers do not know how to structure these R & D consortia effectively. Consider three different ways of forming. Although there are similarities between the processes of formation, each is at different combinations of the initial conditions. Power congruent interests and social and strategic relationships produces its own set of management activities and different results. To help managers to improve the chances of success, relying on R & D consortia, this paper addresses three critical issues in education management process: How do we measure the initial conditions? What specific management priorities, we need to install? What other management problems we foresee? "Hide
by Peter Smith Ring, Yves L. Doz, Paul M. OLK Source: California Management Review 21 pages. Publication Date: Aug 01, 2005. Prod. #: CMR321-PDF-ENG
