B
Evidence Grade B
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Recent
60%
60% -- strategic partnership failure rate for strategic partnerships (2025)
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Value
60%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
API Partnerships
Primary
Tier C
https://www.apipartnerships.com/5-ways-to-be-a-partner-friendly-company/ ↗
Source Article
5 Ways to Be a Partner-Friendly Company
5 Ways to Be a Partner-Friendly Company
Partnerships are essential for businesses of all sizes. Unfortunately, more than half (60-65%) of strategic partnerships fail, with common reasons including unrealistic expectations, failure to agree on objectives and lack of trust or communication.
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API Partnerships
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Methodology
Range reported (60-65%); midpoint used. Original research source not identified.
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (current) | 60% | |
| 2026 | 70% | +16.7% |
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Industrymarketing
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strategic partnerships: 60% strategic partnership failure rate. Source: API Partnerships (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/strategic-partnerships-fail-rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/strategic-partnerships-fail-rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60%</strong> -- strategic partnership failure rate for strategic partnerships<br><small>Source: API Partnerships (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/strategic-partnerships-fail-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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