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Not by M&A alone

As the high-tech sector restructures, boards and executives should think beyond acquisitions and consider joint ventures and other kinds of alliances.

The take-away
An alliance makes sense when a company wants to become involved in a business but prefers to share risks or to gain expertise or assets by cooperating with another company. High-tech companies can learn from successful alliances in other sectors.

This article is part of a McKinsey Quarterly package on restructuring in high-tech industries. To read another article from the package, please select from the following.

High-tech mergers take shape
Economic pressures to restructure high-tech industries will eventually become irresistible. Executives should prepare themselves for more—and more hostile—acquisitions.

The outlook for enterprise software
In software's coming shakeout, big companies will get bigger, while smaller ones will need to play smart or close shop.

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