Researchers, pundits, and policy makers have long debated whether economic interdependence pacifies or provokes conflict among states. Here, I suggest how interdependence can do both. Valuable linkages offer a mechanism for signaling and coercion short of military violence that stands to increase moderate (non-militarized) conflict behavior while reducing more intense conflict or uses of force....

Interdependence theory presents a logical analysis of the structure of interpersonal situations, offering a conceptual framework in which interdependence situations can be analyzed in terms of six dimensions. Specific situations present specific problems and opportunities, logically implying the relevance of specific motives and permitting their expression. Via the concept of transformation, th...

BACKGROUND Strategies to implement evidence-based practice have highlighted the bidirectional relationship of organisational change on organisational culture. The present study examined changes in perceptions of organisational culture in two community mental health services implementing cognitive therapies into routine psychosis care over 3 years. During the time of the study there were a numbe...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the benefits delivered to traditional retailers from using shopping portals as their entry mechanism to the online trading environment. The paper also aims to highlight the possible drawbacks inherent in such an approach. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach was used with an online portal, combining documentary analysis and semi-st...

Financial markets worldwide have been experiencing dramatic changes since the mid-1990s. It has been claimed that XBRL, an XML vocabulary for business reporting, is capable of introducing greater integration and transparency into financial information systems, and thus addressing some of the challenges presented by these changes. This paper presents an exploratory case study of the cooperative ...

Purpose: The dynamic interdependence between the deployment of technological assets and organisational performance remains a challenge for modern enterprises. Organisations reinforce competitiveness improve when business activities information technology (IT) efforts are aligned. credibility IT organisation is an important influence on alignment. This research guides managers directs future to ...

To reap the value in diverse teams, leaders may try to manipulate structuralinterdependence – through task design – to foster synergistic collaboration. However, ambiguityabout the nature and appropriate intersections of members’ unique and valuable cognitiveperspectives can make it difficult to fully anticipate collaborative activity in task design. Here,teams need emergent...

This research paper investigates the impact of organisational culture on commitment employees working in hotel industry Pakistan. As plays a pivotal role growth and success any organisation. study examines culture’s influence sample two hundred thirty-seven with more than ten years experience SPSS is used for data analysis mean; standard deviation analysed as part descriptive statistics. To tes...

Risk assessment can potentially provide an objective framework to synthesise and prioritise climate change risks to inform adaptation policy. However, there are significant challenges in the application of comparative risk assessment procedures to climate change, particularly for the natural environment. These challenges are evaluated with particular reference to the first statutory Climate Cha...