Arnold Schwartz, CEO and founder of Schwartz Engineering, has repeatedly rebuffed efforts by other firms in other countries to draw Schwartz Engineering into strategic alliances.Schwartz Engineering has built its highly successful business around proprietary processes invented by Mr.Schwartz in the 1980s.An advantage would be that Schwartz Engineering would gain assistance from those other firms in meeting other countries' regulatory requirements.Mr.Schwartz is concerned that his firm will be required to share the sources of its competitive advantage with alliance partners.This is a reasonable fear.

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Sharing proprietary processes in strategic alliances can risk losing competitive advantage if partners gain access to and potentially replicate or misuse these processes.

Arnold Schwartz, CEO and Founder of Schwartz Engineering, Has Repeatedly