Organisational Setup

The organisational structure of the partnering organisation can be designed to support the collaboration activities. Ideally all partners should be equally represented in decision bodies and the framework for fair interaction should be defined upfront.

Finally, there are several important aspects to be considered in a collaboration:

• Involvement of all management levels.
• Complementary expertise.
• Involvement of alliance managers from negotiation phase until the end of the cooperation.
• Awareness of the cultural differences.
• Clearly defined governance structure and processes for interaction.
• Dedicated resources from all parts involved.
• Regular communication.

Collaboration will have a better chance of leading to an excellent understanding of the requirements and alignment with the R&D goals when partners comply with above aspects.