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Resource dependence theory
About: Resource dependence theory is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2732 publications have been published within this topic receiving 184871 citations.
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TL;DR: This paper reviewed the three main perspectives on so-called resource wars: geopolitical, political economy and political ecology, and pointed out resource dependence and "looting" opportunities as potential risk factors in the onset and duration of armed conflicts.
Abstract: Natural resources figure prominently in studies of geographies of wars. This article reviews the three main perspectives on so-called ‘resource wars’: geopolitical, political economy and political ecology. Classical geopolitical perspectives mostly provide ‘realpolitik’ assessments of international tensions over the supply of ‘strategic’ resources. Such geopolitical constructs of ‘resource wars’ frequently oversimplify power relations and provide a fertile ground for critical enquiries. Refining understandings of resource scarcity and power relations, political economy perspectives point at resource dependence and ‘looting’ opportunities as potential risk factors in the onset and duration of armed conflicts. Finally, through greater contextual sensitivity and multiscalar analysis, political ecology perspectives emphasise the diverse forms of violence at play in ‘resource wars’ and stress the importance of identities and territorialities. Bridging and renewing conceptual and methodological approaches drawn from these three perspective could yield yet further insights on so-called ‘resource wars’ and serve broad objectives of social and environmental justice.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an initial and a revised model of government-oriented public relation strategies based on the results of two content analyses of website news regarding the PR activities of 76 firms in general and six well-known firms in China in more depth.
Abstract: This study proposes an initial and a revised model of government-oriented public relation (PR) strategies based on the results of two content analyses of website news regarding the PR activities of 76 firms in general and six well-known firms in China in more depth. With the perspective of resource dependence theory, this model reveals that firms in China employ six types of formal PR strategies, including visitation, philanthropy, participation, publicity, party involvement and political propaganda, to manage their dependence on government for resources. Further, the implementation of such strategies involves a four-step process: organizing PR activities with economic, social and political significance; obtaining the involvement and recognition of the government; building firms' resource, moral and cultural legitimacy in the government's eyes; and interacting with the government on the issues of firms' dependence to influence government policies relative to firms. We also explore the differences that exist among firms with different ownership structures in the use of these PR strategies, the level of government involved and the issues pursued.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of RBV and RDT and its impact on strategic decision making is identified and investigated in order to investigate different factors determining strategic decision-making, and it has been seen that different strategies has to be made to get competitive advantage keeping in mind external resources such as Human resource and capital resources.
Abstract: This paper aims to investigate different factors determining strategic Decision making. This study attempts to identify the role of RBV and RDT and its impact on strategic Decision making. It has been seen that different strategies has to be made to get competitive advantage keeping in mind external resources and while strategies differ when to get competitive advantage through internal resources such as Human resource and capital Resource. In this research heuristics and bounded rationality acted as moderator to strategic decision making as when decision makers (managers take decisions personal biases and heuristics also get involved.
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TL;DR: The resource dependence theory of interorganizational relationships suggests guidelines for an expanded role that highlights case managers' allocation of resources and potential for intervention in local delivery systems.
Abstract: Case management--emphasizing coordination of services to individual clients--has become a familiar component in the service delivery for community-based long-term care. The resource dependence theory of interorganizational relationships suggests guidelines for an expanded role that highlights case managers' allocation of resources and potential for intervention in local delivery systems.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated why either the buyer or the supplier would accept the greater risks associated with asymmetrical investments in specific assets in an exchange relationship and proposed theoretical arguments and empirical evidence from a sample of 149 buyer-supplier relationships in the German construction industry.
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