Ben Gomez-Casseres:Ben Gomes-Casseres is an authority on alliance strategy and management. He has researched this topic for 20 years, taught them to MBAs and executives, and consulted with major companies in the United States and abroad. Ben is co-author of Mastering Alliance Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide to Design, Management, and Organization, a new book that presents state-of-the-art ideas and tools for alliance strategy. His articles appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Financial Times, and in various academic journals and books. He consults, teaches, and speaks on alliance management to many organizations including: Abbott Labs, Eli Lilly, DuPont, Sun Microsystems, Motorola, DaimlerChrysler, Hewlett Packard, BellSouth, Shell Oil, Timken, Ashland Chemical, ChevronTexaco, NASA, Harris Nesbitt, The Conference Board, and other organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Ben is a professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School (Waltham, Mass.). Previously, he was a professor at the Harvard Business School (1985-1995), and an Economist at the World Bank (1978-1981). He holds degrees from Harvard, Princeton, and Brandeis.