The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary

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ally network:

... a group of contacts supporting, for example, economic development having members engaged informally or formally in information exchanges of mutual benefit. An ally network is an alliance sustained by networking or it may an association within which various alliances or formed and maintained. Such a network serving businesses in an area may come together under chamber of commerce sponsorship for purposes of exchanging information about opportunities as well as emerging problems and finding solutions.

partners:

... a link or category of location data that indicates an ally network (see above) which typically identifies those engaged to the extent that they are identified for the resources and/or financial support they provide. Partners, by definition, are two persons dancing together ... figuratively enough to make clear a definition of a partnership network. A definition of partnership, as in a business partnership, is a ... legal contract entered into by two or more persons in which each agrees to furnish a part of the capital and labor for a business enterprise, and by which each shares a fixed proportion of profits and losses (source of quote). See the definition of business enterprise.

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definition of ally network / what are ally networks / definition of partner network

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