In China as elsewhere in East Asia, economic growth is surging, especially in biopharma. ASAP Global Alliance Summit keynote speaker Kevin Oliver of Simcere told the audience that in Chinese biopharma, partnering is on the rise, alliance management is emerging, and cultural challenges abound. Continue Reading
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Want to "get real"? Be more rational in your alliance decision making? Resolve conflicts better? Economics professor Stefanie Schubert gave the audience the lowdown at the Summit in Tampa, explaining how to apply game theory principles to situations where alliance friction makes for a bumpy ride. Continue Reading
Day One of the ASAP Global Alliance Summit kept up the drumbeat of fascinating forecasts and trendsetting analysis with a keynote address by Jay McBain, chief analyst for ecosystems, channels, and alliances at Canalys. Check back here for more news from Tampa! Continue Reading
Congratulations to the 2023 ASAP Alliance Excellence Award finalists! Continue Reading
Manage up, show passion, make sure your stakeholders know you care, understand everyone's perspective. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Farina's lessons on leadership in the military also apply in alliance management. Farina kicked off the 2023 ASAP Global Alliance Summit this morning. Continue Reading
What qualitative and quantitative KPIs are best for your alliance? How often should you revisit these metrics? How do you use dashboards and health checks to monitor the value of your alliance? All of this and more was covered in the latest ASAP roundtable discussion. Continue Reading
What are the differences between app- and infrastructure-based ecosystems, and why do these differences matter? Attendees of the ASAP Global Alliance Summit will learn the answers to these pivotal questions from a panel session moderated by technology alliance management veteran Drew Quinlan. Continue Reading
The Partnering Capability Assessment Platform (PCAP) helped Intel incorporate more risk management into its HCP ISV partner selection, and it suggested each alliance manager pour more energy into fewer, more strategic relationships. It's all in the March Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
A panel of alliance management leaders will outline the many routes to senior roles, why alliance heads are so important to companies right now, and how they are guiding organizations through tremendous change and economic headwinds at the 2023 ASAP Global Alliance Summit. Continue Reading
Ard-Pieter de Man outlined the unique challenges presented by the different types of ecosystems and the new skills alliance managers need to optimize them in ASAP's Asia-Pacific Community (APAC) roundtable. Continue Reading
Holger Liebig of Parexel laid out how pharma companies should organize governance models and conduct themselves when working with increasingly complex and collaborative alliances with contract research organizations (CROs) at last year's ASAP European Alliance Summit. Continue Reading
Increasingly complex biopharma alliances are necessitating specialized knowledge from alliance managers. Adam Kornetsky will tell 2023 ASAP Global Alliance Summit attendees how to design, build, and scale alliance management functions to meet this new reality. Continue Reading