Videos: The Social Contract Between Business and Society

By Ben Gomes-Casseres I am honored to occupy the Peter A. Petri…

Why Your Next Deal May Be a Partnership

By Bob Saada and Ben Gomes-Casseres | In STRATEGY+BUSINESS | December 3, 2018 More…

Business Book Summary: Remix Strategy

(Business Book Summary by EBSCO) In today’s highly competitive business environment, companies…

The Three Laws of Business Combinations: How to Create Value by Remixing Assets

(Book excerpt in Strategy & Leadership). Benjamin Gomes-Casseres has adapted this article from his…

Personal Chemistry in Partnerships — Handle With Care

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW |   When I hear…

Creating Joint Value

(Strategic Alliance Magazine) In Biopharma and many other industries, “Not Invented Here”…

Merger Are Partnerships Too — Trending Now

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Corporate marriage brokers are…

The False Security of Contracts — HP vs Oracle

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Hewlett Packard and Oracle…

How to Manage Multiple Partnerships

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | If you think politicians…

A Partnership Is Not a Purchase Order

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | Scott McNealy, ex-CEO of…

Microsoft and Yahoo: Too Little, Too Late, Too Hyped

By Ben Gomes-Casseres | Originally in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | It took over a…

How Alliances Reshape Competition

(Handbook of Strategic Alliances) Alliances are intended to help firms cooperate better…

Vendor or Partner?

(Outsourcing Venture Magazine) Is your outsourcing venture a vendor relationship or a…

Alliance Sweet Talk: Tough Questions Worth Asking

(Milestone Group Newsletter) How should investors react when they catch high-tech CEOs…

Competing in Alliance Constellations: A Primer for Managers

(Carnegie Bosch Institute) When two or more firms link up in an…

Alliance Strategy: Managing Beyond the Alliance

(CriticalEYE) Experience and research shows that companies that have a “strategic alliance”…

Constellation Strategy: Managing Alliance Groups

(Ivey Business Journal) Becoming part of an multi-partner constellation can help a…

Managing Co-Development Projects

Product Development Report (2003) Joint development of products and businesses is becoming…

Competitive Advantage in Alliance Constellations

(Strategic Organization) What determines the success of a firm competing as part…

Relationship Lessons from the Ford-Firestone Breakup

(Bridge Forum Op-Ed) Firestone’s breakup with Ford is the most public corporate…