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Respond to each discussion with at least 300 words per discussion.

Suppliers. Please respond to the following:

• Discuss three (3) legal and three (3) ethical considerations that you deem most important to your company or organization when forming a strategic alliance with a supplier.

• Explain which one (1) of the evaluation methods in Chapter 13 is most appropriate to use by a small business. State your rationale.

• Describe the strategic technology-based alliances of Amazon or Dell Computer eStore, and describe the competitive advantage to both and/or multiple businesses of the alliance.

Global Suppliers. Please respond to the following:

• Describe how organizations can overcome the geographic, cultural, and language challenges when seeking potential overseas suppliers. Give specific examples.

• Decide how organizations can instill the same ethical standards in overseas suppliers, especially Asian suppliers.

• Explain what other two (2) assessments, in addition to what is published in the Global Competitiveness Report, you might need to determine the risks and opportunities of an overseas supplier for your company or organization or institution. Expand on the value add of these two (2) assessments.

Ross Wood. Please respond to the following:

• Describe and explain the pros and cons of subcontracting logistics for a building or moving enterprise.

• Provide recommendations to Claude Dakin in Case 16-1.

• Explain, in addition to Ross Wood's reason, why taking over the responsibility for accounts payable might be the only way.

• Describe an alternative way and provide a rationale.