1.Strategic alliances are partnerships between different organisations that aim to collaborate and share resources effectively to achieve mutually beneficial goals. According to Nevin (2014), there are five (5) key dimensions in which common success factors can be categorised into. These key dimensions are: (1) commercial, (2) technical, (3) strategic, (4) cultural, and (5) operational. Identifytwo (2) common success factorsforEACH dimensionand explain why they are critical to strategic alliances success.