In the pre-Internet days, companies rarely partnered with rivals. But in the post-Internet days, striking alliances with competitors has become a trend. Increasingly, competitors have become business partners rather than foes.
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Larraine Segil ’79, a prominent business leader and Southwestern alumna, was elected to Southwestern’s Board of Trustees at the Board’s May 2012 meeting. Ms. Segil is a highly respected senior executive with entrepreneurial general management experience and specialized expertise in conflict resolution and the creation, implementation and management of complex business alliances in multiple industries – healthcare, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, aerospace and financial services.

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Strategic Alliances Advisory Group recommends moves for strengthening TDR partnerships
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Watch consultant Larraine Segil of Vantage Partners explain why strong leadership is essential to a successful alliance. Segil has established a scholarship fund to promote the study of strategic-alliance competency as part of a concurrent degree program between the Drucker School of Management and Southwestern Law School
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Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR) announced that Larraine D. Segil, a member of its Board of Directors, has been appointed by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training, to be a member of the Strategic Alliances Advisory Group. The programme is co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and the World Health Organization and is set up to help foster an effective global research effort on infectious diseases of poverty.
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