Partnership classification

Partnership classification A classification of partnerships has three dimensions purpose, direction, and choice. The purpose defines whether or not the partnership creates new space. Direction refers to the supply chain. Horizontal means partners are at the same echelon. Vertical is a partnership along the supply chain — probably between customer and supplier. Choice refers to the relative strength of each partner. A many-to-one means your company has many competitors and is seeking a partnership with a dominant partner. 

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The classification system that is most commonly used for colorants is the one initiaJIy developed by the UK Dyer s Company (now transformed into the Society of Dyers and Colourists, SDC), with the first volume of the Colour Index produced in 1924. More recently the Colour Index (Cl) has been pubhshed on CD-ROM and as an on-line web version, which makes it much more manageable to access. It is now recognised as an exhaustive international classification system for dyes and pigments and is pubhshed by the Bradford (UK)-based Society of Dyers and Colourists in partnership with the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists (AATCC). 

The dialogue needed to produce this result requires a classification scheme, or taxonomy, for defining partnership types. We propose one in Chapter 19. The taxonomy provides a beginning for translating strategic need into partner selection. It says, in effect, that the hole is round. Now find a partner that fits stay away from square partner candidates. ... 

This classification category goes to the fundamental reason for the partnership. The most important factor is whether or not you are trying to build new space as described in Chapter 18 and how you intend to do it. Creating space is not cost reduction, which has been the prime motivator of many mergers, including Daimler Benz and Chrysler, and Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. 

The classification method describes whether or not the purpose is to create new space and whether you are going to go it alone or bring on a partner to help you. Of course, creating new space is a more complex process than refining an existing role. Our view is that most partnerships are intended to refine current positions with lower cost or better service rather than to define new space. In many cases, the potential to define new space is not even considered. 

Thompson s classification yet suggests eight different kinds of VBN Collaborative Supply Chain (CSC), Collaborative Supplier Network (CSN), Collaborative Product Development Network (CPDN), Enhanced Trade Association (ETA), Incubation and Acceleration Network (IAN), Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (SPX), Technology-Led Ecosystem (TLE), and Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN). 

Classification of the cooperation models to differentiate the development partnership. The cooperation models classify the development partners according to their role in the development partnership and assign specific characteristics to them. 

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