Ebner Stolz assists chain of spe­cia­list retail sto­res with a stra­te­gic alli­ance. ...read more

The era of the lone wolf in the SME sec­tor is over: 94 per cent of small and medium-sized com­pa­nies in Ger­many have already gai­ned expe­ri­ence with stra­te­gic alli­an­ces. 88 per cent are plan­ning to engage in alli­an­ces in the future. These are two core fin­dings from Ebner Stolz Mana­ge­ment Con­sul­tants’ study, “St­ra­te­gi­sche Allian­zen. Wir­kungs­vol­les Instru­ment oder über­schätz­ter Hype? Das sagt der Mit­tel­stand” (“St­ra­te­gic Alli­an­ces: Effec­tive Instru­ment or Over­ra­ted Hype? What the SME Sec­tor Has to Say”). The mana­ge­ment con­sul­tants sur­veyed 500 cor­po­rate lea­ders as part of the study. The ana­ly­sis inclu­des the expe­ri­en­ces seen in more than 300 alli­an­ces. ...read more