Tesla – Toyota partnership

The alliance between Tesla and Toyota was established in 2010 to “to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support.” Already at the beginning […]

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What is a strategic alliance?

A few weeks ago I asked the readers of my newsletter the question “What is a strategic alliance?”. I must say, I received an interesting set of answers back. Not […]

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What will 2014 bring in alliances?

Happy New Year! A new year brings new opportunities, although I firmly believe that we don’t have to wait for a new year to see opportunities. After all, every new […]

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It is that time of the year …

It is almost Christmas and we are nearing the end of 2013, a year that flew by in a very fast mode. I hope you have enjoyed it and that […]

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The world lost an alliance manager

While I was thinking about the passing of Nelson Mandela during my daily morning walk last Friday, elements from his autobiography “Long walk to Freedom” crossed my mind. I read […]

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The Rise and Fall of Online Business Partnerships

This is a guest article from Rachel Walker, a FastUpFront Blog contributor and business author. As the Internet and ecommerce continue to evolve, the topic of online business partnerships has […]

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Alliances in Asia: Culture and Communication

November 2013: The past week has been a great learning roller coaster for me. Traveling to Singapore and Shanghai showed me two completely different cities in Asia. Cities that are […]

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Pushing the boundaries

Last week I wrote about my new podcast: ‘The Collaborative Business Podcast’. Did you listen to the first episode with Anoop Nathwani? Let me know what you think about it! […]

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Podcasting is teamwork

Last wednesday the first episode of my new podcast launched. As you may recall from last week’s newsletter, I am planning to bring bi-weekly conversations with experts in the field […]

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Do you publicly blame your collaboration partner?

You know that collaboration is essential in everything we do. Yesterday I travelled by train to meetings in Amsterdam and I had to get out at the Amsterdam Muiderpoort station. […]

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3 tools for collaboration and teamwork

How do you stay productive in collaborating with your partners? Every now and then people ask me what tools I use. Normally my newsletter is not about tools, but I […]

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The Collaborative Business era

In my presentations and workshops I often use a slide that explains the alliance spectrum to the audience. On the left side, this slide shows the transactional relationship; on the […]

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That's all!

That's all!