The following three articles will help explain how successfull Strategic Alliances are created as well as identify some of the most successfull business alliances in modern times:

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100601/how-to-build-business-alliances.html

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/examples-successful-strategic-alliances-13859.html

http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/18/0719alliance.html

Review the three articles referenced in this weeks Content Section - Successful Strategic Alliances.

Choose one of the identified successfull alliances and present the following

1 What factors made the alliance successful?

2 What do you think some of the concerns were before creating the alliance?

3 What other alliance might work for one of the companies you identified in the alliance?