Partnership strategy
Diversified Partner
A partnership strategy that can accompany any capability profile.
A Diversified Partner uses international relationships to expand its options and reduce exposure to individual suppliers. It may procure services from several providers or pool capabilities through joint institutions. This describes a partnership strategy that can accompany any of the other profiles.
Its strength depends on whether those relationships provide usable alternatives. Different suppliers may share the same upstream dependencies, while joint projects may distribute control unevenly. The assessment examines switching capability and decision rights within partnerships. The practical pathway is to test alternatives and ensure cooperation expands domestic capability and bargaining room.