Experience Indicates That Strategic Alliances

Experience indicates that strategic alliances

A) are generally successful.
B) work well in cooperatively developing new technologies and new products but seldom work well in promoting greater supply chain efficiency.
C) work best when they are aimed at achieving a mutually beneficial competitive advantage for the allies.
D) stand a reasonable chance of helping a company reduce competitive disadvantage but very rarely form the basis of a durable competitive advantage over rivals.
E) are usually a company's best approach to building a distinctive competence.