Which of the following is not a potential benefit of collaborative strategies involving alliances and$/$or joint ventures with foreign partners?

Greater ability to employ a global strategy $($as opposed to a multicountry strategy$)$

The ability to share distribution facilities and dealer networks, thus mutually strengthening each partner's access to buyers

Greater ability to capture scale economies in production and$/$or marketing; by joining forces, companies can realize cost savings not achievable with their own small volumes

The learning and added expertise that comes from performing joint research, sharing technological knowhow, studying one another's manufacturing methods, and understanding how to tailor sales and marketing approaches to fit local cultures and traditions

Improved ability to enter the markets of foreign countries because of the foreign partner's familiarity with local government regulations, its knowledge of consumers' buying habits and product preferences, its distribution channel capabilities, and so on