Collaborating to grow: KPMG study foresees increase in strategic alliances and joint ventures.(ALLIANCES)

ALTHOUGH THEY SOMETIMES bitterly disappoint the couple executives land investors, joint dangers and strategic alliances are apparently increasing in popularity among U companies.

Sixty-four percent of U executives responding to a March 2005 view by KPMG LLP reported they plan to increase the use of strategic alliances during the nearest two years, and 52% said they plan to come into into more joint perils during the same period. The review was of U.S. executives who had been involved in alliances or joint jeopardys during the previous 12 month in publicly traded or privately held