Subscribers benefit from access to the Joint Venture Advisory Group’s library of tools – diagnostics, guides, and best practices – research studies, and other resources.

Topic Areas

The resources are organized around five main topic areas:

1.  Strategy, Scope, and Planning. Examples include:

• Shaping Strategy in JVs
• Developing a Partner Influencing Campaign

2.  Governance. Examples include:

• JV Board Governance Practices and Performance – Benchmarking Study
• Managing Conflicts of Interest in JVs
• JV Director Assessment Tool

3.  Organization and Talent. Examples include:

• JV CEO – Benchmarking Study
• JV SecondeePolicies – Benchmarking Study

4.   Financial and Commercial Arrangements. Examples include:

• Managing Shared Services in JVs – Benchmarking Study
• Assessing Total Venture Economics

5.  Special Topics. Examples include:

• Multi-Owner Ventures – Unlocking Growth and Efficiency
• Punching Above Your Weight – Exercising Influence as a Minority Partner

Resource Types

Within the topic areas, subscribers have access to different types of resources:

• Major Research Studies – Quarterly research initiatives, using a fact-based methodology to explore current practices of joint ventures, JV shareholders and JV-related roles.
• The Joint Venture Exchange (JVX) – Monthly Water Street Partners’ publication which shares our views on current JV topics
• Standards and Legal Requirements – Guidelines, policies, and legal or financial requirements related to the formation, governance, operation or reporting of joint ventures and alliances
• Practitioner Guides – “How to” guides and illustrations of JV-related practices (e.g., Managing Conflicts of Interest, Creating JV Guiding Principles, Delegations of Authority Matrix)
• Diagnostics – Self- and venture assessments of performance, effectiveness, or readiness (e.g., Board Director Self-Assessment, Strategy Readiness Diagnostic)
• Job Descriptions and Charters – Sample job descriptions, and Board and Board committee charters that can be adapted for specific company use
• External Articles and Documents (including company artifacts) – Non-Water Street Partners articles and documents, including examples of actual company documents (joint venture agreements, policies, management tools) related to joint ventures and alliances