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What are the new best practices for selling innovative, hi-tech products? Researchers Tom Steenburgh, professor at the Darden School, and Michael Ahearne, professor at the University of Houston, share evidence-based best practices.

There is not a sector of the economy that does not rely on alliances to gain a competitive advantage. Alliances require soft skills that many managers with command-and-control backgrounds need to acquire in order to create successful partnerships.