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What Makes Eli Lilly Good At Alliances?

Alliance Measuring the


Culture of Alliances
Capabilities Right Parameters
1. Rich history in making 1. Office of Alliance 1. Under the LAMP, Lilly has
collaborations and Management was a separate certain parameters that
partnerships. organizational unit which measure parameters to track
helped Lilly with maximize and drive the value creation
2. Leading and pioneer in the value of alliances from alliances like VOA, 3D
making alliances (Example of fit analysis and alliance
Genentech) 2. They focused on reducing health.
failures due to reasons other
3. Serious attitude towards the than scientific ones. Focused 2. VOA - surveys that are
importance of role of on softer aspects like professionally administered
Alliances in Growth of Eli Cultural alignment, Conflict and fully anonymous to
Lilly. (1996 deal failure) etc. encourage frank responses

3. LAMP - Roadmap for 3. 3D Fit Analysis – Measured


creating streamlined & Strategic, Operational and
simplified alliance Cultural Fit
management process
4. Alliance Health – Use of
4. Responsibility Centers – VOA to continuously
Alliance Champion, Alliance monitor the success of
Leader & Alliance Manager Alliances
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What are the challenges faced by Eli Lilly in the recent context? (1/2)

Lilly- Alpha Partnership: Lilly – Beta Partnership: Lilly – Gamma: A


A Research Alliance A Marketing Alliance Manufacturing Alliance

1. Some execs had reservations 1. While line managers are 1. Some Gamma execs feel that
about OAM and the role responsible for day-to-day Lilly has a rigid system which
played by an Alliance ops, Alliance Managers are hinders quick response from
Manager seen as people from outside the Alliance Team
2. Measurement of what a 2. Often lack the sense of
“healthy” alliance pays back what’s going on within the
to the company is under core team and thus aren’t
question able to represent their side
effectively

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What are the challenges faced by Eli Lilly in the recent context? (2/2)

Expanding Alliance Scope Path for Alliance


What to focus on?
in Geography & Function Managers?

• Expanding globally • Some see value in building • Staffing concerns


• How to equip OAM for relationships, some in Ops, • General Management skills
intercultural skills? others in Capability needed
• Many countries don’t have • What should OAM push • HR dimension also needed
strong IP regime, how to towards? • Alliance managers need to
deal with them? • Some also see Alliance be more proactive as the
Managers as people looking industry is getting more
at immediate capability competitive
building needs. Should it • At the same time, they
look towards long-term shouldn’t lose the focus on
needs? what they initially set out to
accomplish
• Selection, Training and their
promotions thus become
critical

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