Award Winners
Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility
Recognizes alliances that have made a profound, measurable, and positive impact on society.
2023 - Janssen
2022 - Janssen and Merck
2021 - PTC
2020 - Protiviti
2019 - Cambridge English
2018 - Cisco and Dimension Data (now NTT Data)
2017 - The Synergist and Sanofi
2015 - Dow and The Nature Conservancy
2014 - Sanofi and DNDi
2013 - Schneider Electric and Rexel
2012 - Coherence
2010 - Xerox
2008 - Lilly
Alliance Program Excellence
Recognizes organizations that have instilled the capability to consistently implement and manage alliance portfolios and demonstrated consistent success of those alliances over time. Award recipients have programs built on an integrated suite of processes, tools, professional development and/or certifications.
2023 - Vir (read blog post)
2022 - Protiviti
2021 - Novo Nordisk
2020 - Cancer Research UK and Merck KGaA
2019 - SAIC
2018 - Amgen
2017 - Equifax
2016 - Bayer
2015 - Takeda
2014 - KPMG
2013 - Takeda
2012 - SAS
2011 - IBM's SmartCamp
2010 - Cisco
2008 - EDS Agility Alliance Program
2007 - Procter & Gamble and Philips
2005 - Dassault Systemes and BT
2003 - FedEx and Unisys
2002 - IBM and Strategic Alliance Initiative
Individual Alliance Excellence
Recognizes excellence in managing a single alliance (between two or more organizations) in any phase of the alliance life cycle, including but not limited to planning, partnering, building the governance for, implementing, executing, exiting, or transforming the alliance.
2018 - Merck and Julphar
2018 - MedImmune (now AstraZeneca) and Shire (now Takeda)
2017 - Loonaangifteketen, UWV, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, and Belastingdienst
2017 - NetApp
2016 - International SOS and Control Risks
2015 - National Grid and Earthworks
2008 - Cisco and Fujitsu
2007 - Northwest/KLM Alliance
2007 - BT HP Alliance
2005 - HP and Microsoft
2005 - Sprint (now T-Mobile) and Cisco
Individual Alliance Excellence: Emerging
Recognizes new alliances (one to two years) that have already demonstrated corporate value and performance.
2023 - Novo Nordisk and 2seventy bio
2022 - Deloitte and Genpact
2021 - Cancer Research UK and iOnctura
2020 - Cancer Research UK and Bristol Myers Squibb
2019 - Akebia Therapeutics and Thermo Fisher Scientific
2019 - Merck and Sanofi Pasteur
2014 - Cisco and NetApp
2011 - Ipsen and Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals
2011 - IBM and SAP
2010 - Novartis and Novartis Malaria Initiative
2009 - Autodesk and Citrix
2003 - Texas Instruments
Individual Alliance Excellence: Longstanding
Recognizes alliances that have sustained excellence over the course of five or more years. Typically these alliances have overcome challenges in which each partner had to adapt to evolving conditions.
2023 - Cancer Research Center UK and AstraZeneca (read blog post)
2022 - Bayer and Evotec
2021 - Astellas and Pfizer
2020 - Ipsen and Debiopharm
2019 - Novartis and Incyte
2014 - Lilly and Covance (now LabCorp)
2013 - SAS and Teradata
2010 - Itanium Solutions Alliance
Individual Alliance Excellence: Small and Mid-Sized Company
Recognizes high-impact alliances between companies with less than $500 million in revenues.
2013 - exactEarth (now Spire) and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT)
2012 - Oracle and Deloitte
Innovative Best Alliance Practice
Recognizes companies that have developed and/or deployed new alliance management tools or processes that have made a significant impact at any stage in the alliance life cycle (e.g., metrics, training, conflict resolution, communication approaches).
2023 - Guidewire
2022 - Genpact
2020 - Citrix and Coopetition Guidance
2020 - Citrix and RDSA
2019 - Red Hat
2016 - National Instruments
2015 - Philips
2014 - Cisco
2013 - Schneider Electric
2012 - SAS
2011 - HP
Best Ecosystem Solution
Recognizes innovative collaborations of four or more partners delivering unique solutions. In ecosystems, management differs from bilateral alliances, strategies for handling multi-partner dynamics are needed, and often justification of the need for an ecosystem approach is required. Winners in this category exemplify partnerships that leverage diverse strengths to create exceptional value in today's interconnected business landscape.
2022 - Genpact
Growth Company Alliance Management Excellence Award
2010 - Turkcell and Turkcell Partner Program
2003 - ILOG (now IBM)
