The best strategic alliances

A. are those that help a company move quickly from one strategic group to another.
B. are highly selective, focusing on particular value chain activities and on obtaining a particular competitive benefit.
C. involve joining forces in R&D to develop new technologies cheaper than a company could develop the technology on its own.
D. are those whose purpose is to create an industry key success factor.
E. aim at raising an industry's barriers to entry.


Answer: B

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