Handbook of Management Scales/Recognize organizational differences

Items

 * Prior to forming this particular alliance, the firm and this partner actively sought to acknowledge their organizational differences. (0.78)
 * Organizational differences between the firm and this partner were identified or emerged. (0.87)
 * The firm and this partner openly discussed their organizational differences. (0.90)

Source

 * Lavie et al. (2012): Organizational Differences, Relational Mechanisms, and Alliance Performance. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 33, No. 13, pp. 1453–1479

Comments
The word "or" in the second item might make it a bit vague.