The Practical Guide to Joint Ventures and Corporate Alliances How to Form, How to Organize, How to Operate

How to set up a joint venture--where to start, how to find partners, analyze finances, negotiate deals, put the legal elements together, and manage operations, while avoiding common mistakes. This ``how-to'' guide is filled with sound management advice, backed up with real examples, the rules-of-thumb of seasoned pros, handy check lists, and documents. The information presented here is applicable to large or small ventures. Explains how to develop and market new technologies, obtain capital and technical resources, take advantage of the globalization of the marketplace, and avoid problems commonly encountered in mergers and acquisitions.