Joint ventures and strategic partnerships help you move into broader markets, capitalise on technological advances and achieve growth fast. But many fail. This audit will help you strengthen existing partnerships and alliances - to avoid these potential pitfalls - and assess the merits of future alliances that you may be considering. This audit comes in two parts - the first devoted to technology-based alliances in the manufacturing sector, and the second devoted to service sector firms. Use it to: clarify your objectives in entering into the alliance assess your own strengths, weaknesses and...

Regular as clockwork, authoritative, informative, and invariably laced with humour, David Connell has written articles on nature for the Fittleworth and Stopham Village magazine for many years. The articles included here represent the best of the past seven years contributions and are fascinating reading for anyone who loves nature - whether they live in Fittleworth or not.