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Online program

Strategic Partnerships

Build the right partnerships for your business.

Online program

Strategic Partnerships

Build the right partnerships for your business.

Location Online

Length 8 weeks
(4-6 hours per week)

Fee CHF 2,950

Next program starts 29 April 2024

Certification Receive IMD certificate upon completion

Discover how strategic partnerships can boost your business

Whether you are already involved in a strategic alliance or weighing up future options, you need the skills to build better partnerships to support your overall business strategy.

Strategic Partnerships program will help you create an ecosystem of strategic alliances to maximize your competitive advantage.

Using your own business context as a live case study, you will identify and screen potential partners. By putting the right processes in place, you can ensure strategic partnerships are structured to your benefit, to borrow missing capabilities, adopt best practice and enter new markets cost-effectively. By developing mutual trust, you will leverage stable, fruitful strategic partnerships that also mitigate risk from competitors or imitators.

Gain a competitive edge

Transform your strategic partnerships into a powerful competitive advantage. Master strategic alignment to outperform competitors and thrive in the market.

Maximize value of existing alliances

Uncover untapped opportunities within your current alliances and foster collaborative growth
for mutual benefit.

Optimize joint ventures

Enhance outcomes from future joint ventures by structuring and implementing effectively
for seamless integration and success.

Strategically manage your partnership portfolio

Strategically navigate and manage your partnership portfolio to capitalize on synergies and seize growth opportunities, delivering impactful results.

Discover the learning journey

I would like to express my gratitude to the whole team and my fellow colleagues. Strategic Partnerships has been a trigger for me to develop strategic alliances and capture the value a high-performance business deserves. It is a fantastic eight weeks.

Dirk Abeel Head Go-to-market Health & Life Sciences and CSM, Pitcher, Switzerland

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The IMD difference

Our structured, yet flexible online programs are designed for impact and delivered for you. Explore what makes the IMD online program experience exceptional.

Discover our distinctive approach to online learning.

Access to thought leadership, regardless of location

Programs designed and taught by IMD faculty, world-renowned experts in their fields.

Personalized expert coaching

One-on-one support from an experienced executive coach to ensure that learning objectives are attained.

Interaction with peers

Group and pair work with participants from around the world enriches learning through exposure to fresh perspectives.

Bite-sized knowledge for improved learning outcomes

Micro-learning focused on knowledge retention and actionable insights.

Compelling multimedia content

Carefully designed multimedia material for a dynamic online experience.

Applied learning for real impact

Programs grounded in practical assignments guarantee the immediate application of new knowledge and techniques.

Next start & fee

Length: 8 weeks (4-6 hours per week).

Dates

29 Apr – 23 Jun 2024

Location

Online

Length

8 weeks

Price

CHF 2,950

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Dates

23 Sep – 17 Nov 2024

Location

Online

Length

8 weeks

Price

CHF 2,950

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Elevate your executive career

Earn your Online Advanced Certificate and take your career to the next level.

Complete three online programs to deepen your expertise in a specific area that is relevant to your aspirations and goals.

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