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1.The concept of business ecosystems implies that organizations are more interdependent than ever before. From personal experience do you agree? Explain.

2. Assume you are the manager of a small firm that is dependent on a large manufacturing customer that uses the resource dependence perspective. Put yourself in the position of the small firm, and describe what actions you would take to survive and succeed. What actions would you take from the perspective of the large firm?

3. Many managers today were trained under assumptions of adversarial relationships with other companies. Do you think operating as adversaries is easier or more difficult than operating as partners with other companies? Discuss.

4. The population ecology perspective argues that it is healthy for society to have new organizations emerging and old organizations dying as the environment changes. Do you agree? Why would some countries pass laws to sustain traditional organizations and inhibit the emergence of new ones?

5. Discuss how the process of variation, selection, and retention might explain innovations that take place within an organization? Explain. 6. How do mimetic forces differ from normative forces? Give an example of each.