Half of the U.S.' hundred largest companies are participating in B2B consortiums, McKinsey figures.
Yet the same two western firms pulled out of rival consortiums bidding for Rosneft.
These traits are usually fairly common amongst CIO and CTO level consortiums, especially those with real hands on backgrounds.
Credit unions can hold the loans on their books or form consortiums that allow them to share the risk.
"They believe it's important to be secret, " says Gerald Fellows, a Milwaukee lawyer who represents consortiums of companies fighting Katz.
What has tended to happen is that local authorities or regional consortiums have developed high-speed links between their schools, which are still flourishing.
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We have individuals from our company involved in many different trade groups and business consortiums that are developing industry standards and protocols for sustainability.
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WEAs are areas being considered by state-federal government offshore wind task forces and large public-private wind power consortiums like the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium.
Those guarantees would partially fund only three to four reactors, and even those would be problematical if construction consortiums felt Washington was getting cold feet.
Other consortiums include Signature, Ensemble, and Travel Leaders.
Under the plans, England's 152 primary care trusts (PCTs) are to be abolished and GP consortiums across the country will assume responsibility for the commissioning of services for patients.
Consortiums in the industry have a long history of complications because of the vast array of different agendas within the studios, consumer electronics companies and technology companies.
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Public health consultants have already started lobbying the government about the issue and have asked for a key role on the independent board which will monitor GP consortiums.
It was only at the later date that it became clear both PCTs and health authorities would go, leaving GPs working in consortiums responsible for the majority of health care provided in hospitals and the community.
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And the King's Fund believes it could mean the GP consortiums that will be in charge of local NHS services will not be engaged in the issue in the same way the health service was in the past.
Even our nominal allies in a unifying Europe seem to be replacing national companies in this sector with consortiums and teaming arrangements that will be better able to vie for contracts worldwide and dominate an increasingly closed-shop European continent.
"Only big companies with hefty asset levels are allowed to bid for PFIs and the need for consortiums demonstrates that even big companies sometimes have trouble meeting the PFI rules, " says James Hastings of the Construction Forecasting and Research group.
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