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  2. Alliance - Wikipedia

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    Allies Day, May 1917, National Gallery of Art Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decorates Soviet Marshals and generals at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 12 July 1945. An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. [1]

  3. Strategic partnership - Wikipedia

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    A strategic partnership (also see strategic alliance) is a relationship between two commercial enterprises, usually formalized by one or more business contracts.A strategic partnership will usually fall short of a legal partnership entity, agency, or corporate affiliate relationship.

  4. Business partner - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the term is quite different from that implied in partnership, and it is because of the potential for confusion between the two that widespread use of 'business partner' has been discouraged at times in the past. A business partner can be: A supplier; A customer; A channel intermediary (such as an agent or reseller), or

  5. Strategic alliance - Wikipedia

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    A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more players to share resources or knowledge, to be beneficial to all parties involved. It is a way to supplement internal assets, capabilities and activities, with access to needed resources or processes from outside players such as suppliers, customers, competitors, companies in different industries, brand owners, universities, institutes ...

  6. Coalition - Wikipedia

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    The more effort parties place on this step, the more likely they are to identify strategic partners, negotiate a good deal and avoid some of the common mistakes associated with coalition building. The second step is negotiating a coalition. Based on the strategy that each party has prepared, the parties come together to negotiate and reach an ...

  7. Business alliance - Wikipedia

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    A business alliance is an agreement between businesses, usually motivated by cost reduction and improved service for the customer. Alliances are often bounded by a single agreement with equitable risk and opportunity share for all parties involved and are typically managed by an integrated project team.

  8. Allyship - Wikipedia

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    While the noun "allyship" has appeared in English-language sources since the 1840s, [13] its present meaning has come into use since the 1970s. The term likely derives from the concept of a straight ally (also see gay straight alliance), [citation needed] who were straight supporters of the LGBT rights movement and LGBT people at a time when there were legal and social barriers to LGBT persons ...

  9. Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    The term literally meant "common well-being". In the 17th century, the definition of "commonwealth" expanded from its original sense of "public welfare" or "commonweal" to mean "a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state". [3] [4] The term evolved to become a title to a number of political entities.