Technology Executive Connections – Volume 6

Managing the risks and rewards of collaboration

January 2009

Welcome to the sixth volume of Technology Executive Connections - Understanding the risks and rewards of collaboration.

Given the growing complexity and interdependency of technology products, it is increasingly difficult for any single company to be able to deliver all things to all customers. This underscores the need for formal kinds of collaboration with third parties. But collaboration can introduce a new and broader set of business risks.

How can technology companies manage the risks to reap the rewards of collaboration? To answer this question, PwC surveyed over 150 senior technology industry executives worldwide, and conducted in-depth personal interviews with industry leaders and PwC subject matter professionals. The findings are analysed in our report Managing the risks and rewards of collaboration.

Other publications in this series include

Going green: Sustainable growth strategies (2.2mb)

Exploiting intellectual property in a complex world (2.1mb)

Successful strategies for talent management (1.6mb)

Shaping digital convergence through mergers and acquisitions (2.5mb)

Embracing change in the technology industries (1.6mb)