In some cases, states have joined with private companies to provide online services.

"Would it be better to do something on-site on our own, or to join with other companies in a near-site consortium?"

Some Indian leaders, in fact, have joined forces with publicly traded companies in hope of protecting themselves against fraud while winning financially, too.

Inubit has built a business-to-business technology platform and is planning to join with established companies to create industry-specific marketplaces.

Environmentalists joined with paper and logging companies yesterday in hailing the result.

Joining forces with other companies greatly increases the chances that a new technology will be adopted as a marketplace standard.

In an effort to cover themselves, some have joined forces with independent companies to distribute smaller films that just might be winners.

Its main purpose is to join the international community with Japanese friends and companies in raising money for local orphanages and charities.

Ameritech said it might join with other companies to create nationwide wireless communications networks.

The factory system is also an indication of how the once insular computer giant has joined forces with other companies to broaden its product line.