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Consortium

A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective.

Consortium

A group of independent companies participating in a joint venture for mutual benefit. Companies in a consortium cooperate with one another, often sharing technology as needed. A consortium allows the companies to conduct operations that they would not be able to do individually. It is important to note, however, that a consortium is not a merger and the companies remain independent.

consortium

A group of organizations that participate in a joint venture. Airbus Industrie, a European airplane manufacturer, is a consortium of four public and private corporations in Britain, France, Spain, and Germany.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott. Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.

consortium

a group of independent companies or financial institutions which agree to work together jointly on some undertaking, for example the construction of an electricity power plant or the provision of a range of financial services, each contributing some particular resource input or expertise. In recent years, many TAKEOVERS of companies have been arranged on a consortium basis, with a view to breaking up the target company and sharing out its assets between the individual participants in the consortium. See CONTRACTOR.

consortium

a temporary grouping of independent firms, organizations and governments brought together to pool their resources and skills in order to undertake a particular project such as a major construction programme or the building of an aircraft, or to combine their buying power in bulk-buying factor inputs.

Collins Dictionary of Economics, 4th ed. © C. Pass, B. Lowes, L. Davies 2005

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Caerphilly council's cabinet, meanwhile, is today expected to confirm that it will replace Cardiff on the South East Wales Consortium.

A spokesman for the consortium said it did not anticipate there being any difficulties following Cardiff's decision.

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The state of Utah may represent the largest consortium of all: The state connects all 40 school districts and provides centralized services like security and content filtering.

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But it's getting a tot easier, with established best practices, case studies, the evolution of e-procurement solutions, and great advances in consortium buying practices.

The Boston Consortium for Higher Education (www.boston-consortium.org)is also getting in on the e-procurement scene with OrgSupply.

Purchasing power: new procurement strategies and systems save time and money--serious money