Publications
Publications
- April 2003
- HBS Case Collection
HP-Cisco Alliance (A), The
Abstract
In 2002, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems strove to develop their long-standing partnership into a strategic alliance with increasing impact. Critical components of successful alliance implementation emerge from the analysis. Specifically, the case illuminates the links among alliance strategy, formal design of alliance structure and processes, and informal management of interpersonal dynamics where trust, perceptions, and emotions can both create and overcome formidable obstacles to effective interfirm relationships.
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Citation
Casciaro, Tiziana E., and Christina Darwall. "HP-Cisco Alliance (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 403-120, April 2003.