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alliance

noun accordance, adhesion, affiliation, agreement, alignment, amalgamation, association, band, bloc, cartel, centralization, chain, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, compact, company, concert, confederacy, conformity, conjunction, connection, connivance, consolidation, consortium, contract, convention, cooperative, corporation, covenant, fusion, integration, junction, league, merger, pact, partnership, peace, pool, rapprochement, relationship, sodality, syndicate, treaty, trust, union

ALLIANCE, relationship. The union or connexion of two persons or families by marriage, which is also called affinity. This is derived from the Latin preposition ad and ligare, to bind. Vide Inst 1, 10, 6; Dig 38, 10, 4, 3; and Affinity.

ALLIANCE, international law. A contract, treaty, or league between two sovereigns or states, made to insure their safety and common defence.
2. Alliances made for warlike purposes are divided in general into defensive and offensive; in the former the nation only engages to defend her ally in case he be attacked; in the latter she unites with him for the purpose of making an attack, or jointly waging the war against another nation. Some alliances are both offensive and defensive; and there seldom is an offensive alliance which is not also defensive. Vattel, B. 3, c. 6, Sec. 79; 2 Dall. 15.

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The investors pointed out that, in connection with revelations of fraud at Parmalat, Grant Thornton International (GTI) disciplined partners at the Italian firm and ultimately expelled the Italian firm from the alliance.

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Second: Platforms (and support capabilities) to transport Alliance forces rapidly to wherever they are needed, and to supply them until their mission is completed.

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The further you integrate in an alliance makes it harder to leave.

High ally

Its latest alliance is with USAA, the company known for serving military families.

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Structured in this manner, the Access Alliance has been able to take on additional opportunities, as well.

An alliance takes off

The CEOs of each company must have a common vision, and they must be committed to the alliance to make the venture work.

Strategic alliances, with care and creativity

Another problem involves potential technology leaks, particularly when alliance partners are competitors.

Strategic alliances: overcoming barriers to success

For example, a two-firm alliance I know of didn't make it past a year because one partner was able to make decisions quickly but the other one dithered.

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give it some room to take off and to be a functioning entity without concerns about undercapitalization - the members committed themselves to paying about two years of Alliance operating income needs.