Transcript Alliances - Management Class
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Alliances and Networks
Alliances and why they form Markets or Hierarchies Embedded Organisations 1
Trends in European Business
Concentration and Consolidation of Industry Easier Circulation of Goods Better Access to Markets More International Outlook and Strategies Brands Becoming ‘Multi-Local’ More Competitive Sources of Supply Consumer Convergence (?) C M Clarke-Hill 2
Forces Shaping Alliances
Globalisation of Markets and the Need for Scale
Blurring of Industry Boundaries
Scarce Resources
Intensifying Competition
Barriers to Entry
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Two competitive races are being run: one for the world and one for the future”
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Alliances Cover a Wide Field
Collaborative Advertising R&D Partnerships Technology Transferring Shared Distribution Co-operative Bidding Lease Service Agreements C M Clarke-Hill Cross Manufacturing Resource Venturing Shared Staff & Facilities Internal Spin-offs Cross Licensing Government and Industry Partnering 5
Outsourcing Partnership Alliance Ownership
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Outsourcing Short-term Partnership Long-term Partnership Permanent Partnership Closeness of Relationship LOW Nature of Relationship
Contractual purchase of goods and services Short-term focus with co-ordinated activities and planning between partners Long-term focus with integration of activities between partners Permanent arrangements with partners with highly integrated systems
Joint Venture Vertical Integration HIGH
Shared ownership in an operation with a collaborator or partner(s) Full ownership of the operation corporate parent 6
Strategic Alliances
Understand Objectives, Drivers and Value Creation
Strategic Alliances • Acquisition not possible • Cross-border • Financial limitations • Evolutionary approach • Opportunity for learning • Skills transfer • Co-operation C M Clarke-Hill 7
Primary Alliance Drivers
Globalisation Pressures High Individual Firm Capabilities Low High
Channel Access Global Industry Market Penetration Leadership
Low Increasing Complexity
Pooled Resources Search for Critical Mass
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Primary Alliance Drivers
Individual Firm Capabilities Low High Globalisation Pressures High
Channel Access Global Industry Market Penetration Leadership
•Automotive •Chemicals & Energy •Consumer Products •Telecoms •Computers •Electronics Low
Pooled Resources Search for Critical Mass
•Steel •Paper •Utilities •Healthcare •Environmental •Areospace/Defence C M Clarke-Hill 9
Strategic Alliances
A Universal Definition : Strategic Alliances refer to co-operative agreements between companies, which may be competitors, to share or transfer skills and resources to meet mutually agreed goals. Such alliances may or may not involve shared equity stakes.
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Alliances can have varying forms
Loose collaborative ventures Licensing Technology sharing Equity participating Joint ventures C M Clarke-Hill Different forms have differing risk/reward factors Alliances and Networks can be created in different parts of the value chain Horizontal and Vertical Alliance.
See fig 7.1 in Chp 7 of de Wit and Meyer.
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Alliances
The inter-relationships between partners can be tight or loose depending upon the nature and type of alliance Alliances can be formed in any part of the value chain - Vertical Alliances and Horizontal Alliances Alliances can be formed for tactical as well as strategic reasons C M Clarke-Hill 13
Typology of Business Alliances
Parties Competitors Non-competitors Strategic Orientation Competitive Alliances Collaborative Ventures Operational Cartels Co-operatives C M Clarke-Hill 14
Alliance Motivations - complex and interrelated
Reasons for Alliance formation is complex we can look at this in a variety of ways: Survival and Competitive Advantage Trigger mechanisms - organisationally generated or environmentally derived Key Variables - internal and external motives C M Clarke-Hill 15
Alliance Orientations
Operational orientation
Strategic orientation
Develop with examples.. Retailing, Sony-Phillips, Airbus, One World etc.
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Purposes of Alliances
Growth Opportunities Strategic Resource Efficiency C M Clarke-Hill Strategic Intent Protection against External Threats Diversification Alliance Purpose Increase Asset Utilisation Enhance Core Competence Operational Close Performance Gap 17
Alliance Parties
Customers Strategic Exisiting Competitors C M Clarke-Hill Potential Customers Potential Suppliers Suppliers Alliance Purpose Potential Competitors Indirect Competitors Operational New Entrants 18
Why Alliances 1
Sharing fixed costs and associated risks of NPD and R&D and linked with opening and creating new markets Alliances can be seen as a method of bringing together complementary resources and skills that neither partner could easily adopt C M Clarke-Hill 19
Why Alliances 2
Alliances can be seen as a way of creating critical mass to exploit economies of scale that individual partners do not enjoy Alliances can be seen as creating countervailing power in a market Alliances can be seen as an alternative method of market entry A form of market control by creating networks C M Clarke-Hill 20
The Dual Purpose of Strategic Alliances
Co-operative
Upstream/downstream division of labour Fill out product line Limit investment risk of new market entry Create critical mass Develop new skills Assist s/t restructuring
Competitive
Learn new skills Accelerate diffusion of new standards Deny technology and learning to partner Encircle competition Control market access Form clusters of learning C M Clarke-Hill 21
Webs of Alliances
Frequently firms: – Will have more than one alliance partner – Operate within more than one alliance – Operate a mixed alliance strategy - vertically with suppliers and horizontally with competitors Network organisations Webs of Alliances E-commerce hubs C M Clarke-Hill 22
Firms Alliances and Constellations Group of Firms Single Firm Pair of Firms Triad of Firms C M Clarke-Hill 23
Web of Alliances 1- AT&T
Globalisation Capabilities Partnerships Partnerships Korea, Hong Kong Novell Singapore AT &T Mexico (ALFA) NCR Sweden (Telia) McCraw C M Clarke-Hill 24
Starbucks alliances
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Toshiba’s “Circle of Friends”
United Technologies Time Warner Apple Computers Asahi Chemical Industry Ericsson Thompson Consumer Electronics Telic Alcatel Sun Microsystems Siemens TOSHIBA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS GEC Alstholm General Electric LSI Logic of Canada SGS-Thomson Samsung Motorola National Semiconductor Rhone Poulenc Olivetti
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Figure 3: J.SAINSBURY'S WEB OF ALLIANCE RETAIL CONSORTIUM LOOSE I.G.D
GB INMO SHAWS
Full Ownership Partial Ownership
DOCKS GIANT
Partial Ownership Co-marketing Agreements
LAURA ASHLEY JS.
ESSELUNGA SEDD ALLIANCE DOCKS SECRETARIAT DELHAIZE
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SUPPLIERS SUPPLIERS WITH EQUITY STAKE
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Alliance Failure Rates
66 percent of cross-border alliances ran into serious managerial problems within the first two years A further 19 percent reported mixed results On average over the first 4 years approximately 50 percent were deemed failures
Source: Bleeke and Ernst (1991)
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Conclusions 1
Alliances are generally successful on a global scale Allying with competitors is a reality but our evidence is that a form of market control is evident Alliances can lead to acquisition by one of the parties The extended enterprise era has started C M Clarke-Hill 29
Conclusions 2
The creation of e-commerce (B2B) hubs for procurement can be seen as an increasingly common phenomena in the auto industry and in other sectors. Thus we are seeing rival e-hubs competing with each other centred around a lead company controlling a network of suppliers and co-operating with a network of competitors.
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Finally - Strategic Challenges
Will the alliance create value and for whom?
Will the alliance stand the test of time ?
Will the partners reconcile conflicting priorities and concerns?
How will each partner mange its growing web of alliances?
How to develop capabilities in managing alliances?
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