Mips Computer
Systems (A)
Case Preparation Questions
- Mips
had many alliances. Try to group
them and identify the most important types of alliances in the Mips
network. What was the rationale
behind each of these set of alliances?
- Stepping
back from the individual alliances,
what was the logic of the total network of alliances? Did it create synergy or chaos?
- When
several competitors develop alliance networks, as the RISC players have
done, what drives competition among them?
What appear to be the chief design variables or success factors in
the alliance groupings?
- What
should Bob Miller do now?
- In
this industry, as in several others, leading firms have been forming
alliances at an unprecedented rate.
What appears to be the limits (constraints) to the growth of
alliance networks? Has Mips
reached them? How might these
limits be managed?