Regardless of the industry or type of business, strategic alliances have proven to be the best way for an organization to compete and succeed in today’s networked world. Strategic alliances are critical to organizations for a number of reasons. The main reason for NICE’s formation of strategic alliances is to create a more credible and effective industry consortium, necessary to conduct and carry out its ambitious national research objectives. In addition to its essential Techknowledgy affiliations, NICE has targeted a select list of the top “clean tech” universities in America as primary alliance prospects. This list will be quickly expanded to include leading clean energy think tanks and various clean energy-related governmental agencies (e.g. International Energy Agency, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy).
