Strategic Alliances; The Case of the ‘White Sands’ Joint Venture

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This 9 page paper examines the benefits and potential disadvantages of strategic alliances and uses the White Sands joint venture, which is formed as the result of an alliance between Kuwait Petroleum Corp’s Petrochemical Industries Company and Dow Chemicals of the US. The paper looks at how the joint venture may help both companies and the way potential problems have been overcome with the use of tools such as mutual hostages. The bibliography cites 4 sources.