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Item Interorganizational relationship management: managing across hierachies, markets and networks(University of the Western Cape, 2006) Muleya, Cedrick; Isaacs, Eslyn; Dept. of Management; Faculty of Economics and Management SciencesThis study focused on understanding inter-organizational relationships (IOR) of a dynamic nature. A dynamic process that has repetitive sequences of negotiation, commitment, and execution stages is central to inter-organizational relationships. The dynamic process is a tool that is used by management through collaboration, co-operation, and coordination to engender formation, governance, and performance of inter-organizational relationships. This report looked into how the resource-dependency theory gives insight into the formation of an inter-organizational relationships and how the transaction-cost theory contributes to the understanding ofinter-organizational relationships governance.