WE HANG TOGETHER

-Similar to what you are learning in AP Econ about interdependence and why firms would do it.
-“Strategic Alliance” evolved through the diversity of the term. Used to be because of business, now its for creative purposes and opportunities.
- Interdependence can be confused with competition but it’s not.
-Failure is only an op
SURVIVAL OF THE INTERDEPENDENT
-Darwin basically said we need relationships and interdependencies to survive.
-TRUST AND COMMUNICATION (2 major factors of success of interdependency)

THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE FALLACY OF “GOING IT ALONE”
- The answer lies in ourselves.
- Young age is the key to socialization
- Working alone sacrifices the idea of community and teamwork
- Going alone means that you are only a filling a wish but not a problem in society
- Reality is not as realistic as it seems because companies advertise “going alone and doing your own thing when really you need people”
- For interdependence to work you must have the same ideas and values to succeed.
- Irony in companies not letting people be an individual when they spend millions trying to be.
opportunity.