Reprinted by permission. Article reproduced from the March 12 issue of BusinessWeek by special permission, copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The next step, beyond corporate alliances and employee swapping, may be collaboration on infotech systems.
Companies have long formed alliances and joint ventures. Recently, they've come together to swap employees, a practice Google (GOOG) and Procter & Gamble (PG) have experimented with to share expertise. Read more »
Achievable Objectives African story Assessment Barriers and roadblocks Benefits of partnership Biblical View Books Building trust Church Church Planting Collaboration Collaborative Action Communication Community Building Core ideas Cross-cultural Cross-cultural collaboration Cross-cultural partnerships Culture scales Diverse Backgrounds Downloads Energy-sapping issues Evaluation Evaluation tools Evangelism Exploration Facilitator Formation Graphics India Industry's View International Key Principles Music Networks Online Collaboration Partnership Partnership agreements Partnership definition Partnership Development Partnership structures People you serve Personal Phill Butler Skills Sports outreach Strategic View Tools Unity Unreached ethnic groups