QUESTIONS Question 1 (50 Marks) (Word limit: 750 words) Why did OPEC decide to team up and collaborate with other companies? Analyse the partnership that you have chosen as your case study. Hint: in your essay, you need to consider the following: The six bases for collaborative advantage. The collaboration chosen and identify the general aims of the partnership and the main bases considered. Discuss, based on the case chosen, whether the end result is collaborative advantage or collaborative inertia. Clearly identify the collaboration you have chosen and the resources you are referring to. Guidance Pay attention: do not to copy information as is whether from the course material or the case you have chosen. You are to provide a discussion and demonstrate understanding of various concepts and not just list and describe. YOU MUST REFER TO EXTERNAL RESOURCES as they are the main source for the TMA in addition to course material. Remember to cite your sources in the text and to prepare a table of references at the end. Referring to course material alone is not enough. Referring to external resources alone is not enough. You need use the course material as the base to explore and explain the information in the chosen external resources