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Behind the camera or on the podium? Alliance managers & M&A

BTD Consulting

Successful Alliance leaders in biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms are increasingly being asked to turn their teams to supporting M&A activity. Senior management recognizes the significant and detailed contributions of these teams to their firms’ performance. Alliance Management has come of age.

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BTD’s Spotlight on Alliance Management: Glancing Back, Looking Forward

BTD Consulting

Beginning in early 2000, I led Andersen Consulting/Accenture’s clumsily named MAASCE – Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances Strategy Center of Excellence. I have participated in the coming-of-age of alliance management as a professional discipline. Whether those be acquisitions or alliances.