Corporations need to recognize how important these partnerships are , allocate more resources to building better relationships with civil society organizations and measure the results of these key joint efforts.

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Under the new agreement, Chinese companies will own at least 51% of the joint ventures, and the foreign joint venture partners will need to provide key areas of technology to even have minority ownership.

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Joint security stations are a key feature of the new security plan for Baghdad.

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Back and Leeds' director of rugby Andy Key were both Leicester stalwarts before their joint move to Headingley to take up their first major management roles in the summer of 2008.

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Bernstein only partially approved the Joint Plan of Reorganization, which had been overwhelmingly accepted by key creditors a week earlier.

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Obama said he formulated the plan after reviewing several options presented by key military and civilian advisers, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm.

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Pace, who was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs before being appointed chairman, was involved in all the key decisions leading to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and the planning for the post-Saddam Hussein era.

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