The alliance development stage categories of metrics -- The alliance implementation stage -- The lifecycle stages of alliances -- The five stakeholders of alliances -- Avnet, the premier alliance company -- Women owned businesses and the government -- IBM and alliances -- The HP/Compaq merger...

Entrepreneurs : the essence of enterprise -- European settlement and business enterprise in the New World -- Entrepreneurs in the new nation : 1787-1840 -- The entrepreneurial explosion : 1820-1850 -- The rise of managers : 1850-1880 -- Entrepreneurs in the age of upheaval : 1850-1880 -- The big...