Alliance: Formal arrangement with a separate company for purposes of development, and involving exchange of information, hardware, intellectual property, or enabling technology. Alliances involve shared risk and reward (e.g., co-development projects). (See also Chapter 11 of The PDMA HandBook 2nd Edition).
联盟: 为了项目开发，与另一个独立公司达成正式协议，涉及信息、硬件、知识产权或其他技术的交流。联盟包括共担风险和分享利润(如共同开发项目 )。(见PDMA新产品开发手册第二版第十一章)。
