TY - BOOK AU - Cardell,Stephen ED - Management Consultancies Association. TI - Strategic collaboration : : creating the extended organization / T2 - Management Consultancies Association SN - 0340850523 (pbk.) U1 - 658.044 21 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - Hodder & Stoughton KW - Strategic alliances (Business) N1 - Introduction -- the collaboration challenge; choosing collaborative approaches; models of collaboration -- capability, supply chain, proposition and competitive based models; operating collaborative relationships; managing in the nerworked economy -- creating networked companies, strategy and partner management, relationship evolution, vertical monopolies; summary and key conclusions N2 - It is estimated that by 2006 well over 60 per cent of total supply chain costs will be incurred from outside the organization. Combined with the collaboration opportunities presented by electronic commerce, the requirement for firms to be able to build and maintain partnership relationships has never been greater. This book should help you identify, build and develop value-creating partnership relationships, in order to extend the resources and reach of your corporation. ER -