Comments on: Hegel & Brown’s Big Shift http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2010/01/hegel-browns-big-shift Ben Hyde Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bhyde http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2010/01/hegel-browns-big-shift/comment-page-1#comment-3510 bhyde Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:54:45 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=2781#comment-3510 Luis - Fair enough; yes relationships are messy and pliable; and so presumably dynamic. But... Relationships take time. Over the life cycle of the relationship something stable is going to come into existence. e.g. a repeated prisoner's dilemma game, and that game will be stable. The transaction->relationship point usually is made in the biz books to highlight that your supply chain can't be framed as commodities and contracts, but must be framed into something richer, fine grained, and more flexible. Mumbling about japanese car supply chains usually is heard at this point. These are sticky - where voice and loyality displace exit; and all that's stable eh? Well ... that's what I was thinking. Luis – Fair enough; yes relationships are messy and pliable; and so presumably dynamic. But…

Relationships take time. Over the life cycle of the relationship something stable is going to come into existence. e.g. a repeated prisoner’s dilemma game, and that game will be stable.

The transaction->relationship point usually is made in the biz books to highlight that your supply chain can’t be framed as commodities and contracts, but must be framed into something richer, fine grained, and more flexible. Mumbling about japanese car supply chains usually is heard at this point. These are sticky – where voice and loyality displace exit; and all that’s stable eh?

Well … that’s what I was thinking.

]]> By: Luis http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2010/01/hegel-browns-big-shift/comment-page-1#comment-3508 Luis Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:32:49 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=2781#comment-3508 <i>Isn’t there something deeply at odds between the point about relationships and the point about stablity?</i> No. Relationships aren't stable; they are emotional and political and messy. Transactions can be fine-chunked enough to make them stable, or at least give everyone the impression of stability. Isn’t there something deeply at odds between the point about relationships and the point about stablity?
No. Relationships aren’t stable; they are emotional and political and messy. Transactions can be fine-chunked enough to make them stable, or at least give everyone the impression of stability.

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