Which of the following is not a potential benefit of collaborative strategies involving alliances and/or joint ventures with foreign partners? The ability to share distribution facilities and dealer networks, thus mutually strengthening each partner's access to buyers Greater ability to employ offensive strategies and build well-protected profit sanctuaries Greater ability to capture scale economies in production and/or marketing--this is because by joining forces, collaborating companies can realize cost savings not achievable with their own small volumes Increased ability to widen a company's geographic coverage and strengthen its competitiveness in foreign markets, while at the same time offering flexibility and giving a company some leeway in pursuing its own strategy and retaining some degree of operating control. The opportunity to learn from alliance partners and then implant the knowledge and know-how of these partners in a company's own personnel
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