"Collaborative alliances and business partnering offer a real alternative to mergers and acquisitions (M & A) as strategies for driving innovation and growth, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they allow companies with limited resources to embark on the necessary...

"South Korea known as the hermit kingdom was wrenched from its isolation in the mid-seventies with the forced industialisation of its economy by Park Chung-hee during his dictatorial regime. This led South Korea to becoming the most rapidly industialised country in the world with world class...