But their side-by-side solo shows also have complementary, even mutually illuminating strengths and weaknesses.
The complementary strengths of the two companies are greater together than separate.
The agreement enables both institutions to build collaborative and complementary strengths in the social sciences.
The result, they say, is a hybrid enterprise, adopting complementary strengths from each company.
Both companies are recognized as having different but potentially complementary strengths.
Executives at both companies said the merger would combine complementary strengths.
The deal unites two institutions with complementary strengths and weaknesses.
He said the two companies had complementary strengths.
Given the complementary strengths of each company, analysts and industry executives said the proposed merger could solve some of those problems.
But together, the British companies provide each other with complementary strengths in different market catagories.