Defense Trade: Contractors Engage in Varied International Alliances
NSIAD-00-213
Published: Sep 07, 2000. Publicly Released: Sep 07, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on U.S. and European defense contractors' business alliances, focusing on: (1) the types alliances companies are establishing and their reasons for forming alliances; (2) why companies prefer certain types of alliances over others; and (3) whether U.S. laws, regulations, policies, and practices influence a company's decision to form an alliance or its choice of a type of alliance.
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