points Companies are motivated to enter into strategic alliances or cooperative arrangements, except one: A to help win the race against rivals for global market leadership ar to sette opportunities on the frontiers of advancing technology and build the resource merge and business cabelo come successfully in the industries and product markets of the future O to acquire or improve market through joint marketing agreements Octo protect the company's existing portfolio of technologies and products from imitation OD. to bring together the personnel and expertise needed to create desirable new skill sets and capabilities to improve supply chan efficiency and/or an economies of scale in production and/or marketing