The EQUATE Petrochemical Company became part of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) on July 10, 2019, joining 11 other new members with a shared vision of developing and bringing to scale solutions to help eliminate plastic waste in the environment.

Identify ONE strategic alliance you are familiar with in Kuwait and: 1) Explain the similarities of this alliance with aspects we discussed in class. 2) What interesting learning lessons, if any, does your case present in the way the collaboration process has been handled by the alliance? 3) According to the principles, practices, tools and frameworks we covered in class and in the course material, highlight what went right and what went wrong in this alliance and suggest room for its improvement. Conditions: One of the organizations in the alliance you choose must be majority owned or controlled by individuals who are Kuwaiti nationals or the Kuwaiti Government or a company fully or partly listed on the Kuwaiti Stock Market and NOT having majority controlling interest by foreign investors or foreign corporations. WHAT I WANT IS THAT YOU STUDY THE CASE COMPANY YOU HAVE CHOSEN VERY WELL AND MAKE RESEARCH ON IT BY ALL THE MEANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU. YOU NEED TO GO BEYOND WHAT THOSE ACADEMIC AND INTERNET ARTICLES SAY ABOUT THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO MAKE A GOOD ASSIGNMENT. FACTS, DETAILS, NAMES, STORIES, CLEAR DETAILED EXAMPLES ARE THE KEY TO A GOOD ASSIGNMENT ANSWER. YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MAKE ONE OR MORE INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CLOSE IN SOME WAY TO THE COMPANY. THIS CAN BE AN ONLINE INTERVIEW, PHONE CALL, CHAT EXCHANGE, ETC. YOU COULD DO THIS BY INFORMALLY ASKING AROUND ABOUT THE COMPANY TO EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF OR TO EX-EMPLOYEES, OR TO COMPETITORS, OR TO ITS CUSTOMERS OR ITS SUPPLIERS. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO RESEARCH INFORMAL BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE COMPANY. IT NEEDS TO BE A BALANCED ASSESSMENT STATING BOTH THE POSITIVES AND THE NEGATIVES OF THE COMPANY. IT SHOULD NEVER LOOK LIKE A PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE FOR THE COMPANY. The length of your paper should not exceed three pages (excluding referencing). Precise and thorough referencing of content will be given priority in assessment scoring. Such quotes can come from books, articles, websites and blogs, interviews, emails, etc. Usage of your own words and your own interpretation of material you find will be noted in the assessment. Do NOT cut and paste from internet or book sources. supplies lecturers with software that scans assignments against information available in public domains, databases and publications. The Lecturer makes use of iThenticate software or ePhorus/Turnitin software to check the originality of submissions received. Such blatant copying and paraphrasing will lead to failure in the assignment. It is not a problem to refer or to quote material from the internet as long as you give a number to that quote and make proper reference to it at the bottom of your assignment.