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Show moreGlobal automotive supply chains comprise of an intricate network of suppliers, brokers, manufacturers and customers. Within the industry structure and sometimes within automotive product development programs these firms could be competitors, customers, suppliers or partners at the same time. Firms are revisiting their non-core businesses and outsourcing to a set of strategic suppliers that help them be competitive. The players in the supply chain rarely cater to only one customer and hence it is important to develop a secure network when you know that your customers and suppliers will also be interacting with your competition. Developing this secure network involves operational matters like logistics, legal issues, reward systems, understanding cultures and most importantly creating, nurturing and developing long-term trust. It is clear that alliances based on trust create more value and are important both for product development and supply chain management of the automotive value chain. These concepts are difficult to embrace and implement within the same culture and industry structure mostly due to social dilemma (a version of prisoners dilemma) of creating and building trust for the collective good. When variables such as geography, skill-set, culture, norms, political and social bias are added to this already complex dilemma we have a situation we find in today’s automotive industry: attempting to source non-commodity items in the product development phase to relatively new suppliers who are sometimes located in foreign ‘low-cost’ countries. This paper deals with the investigation of incentives required at various levels in an organization that will allow inter and intra firm pragmatic collaboration within the global automotive product development industry.
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Show moreThere are many sociocultural and economic factors that shape discussions about treatment options for terminally ill patients. These factors include access to lifeprolonging medical options, societal priorities regarding the allocation of limited health care resources, cost constraints of payers, and societal consensus that patient autonomy underpins lifesustaining treatment decisions. The focus of this study is primarily directed to issues of endoflife care decisions as they relate to advance directives (ADs) and palliative care. It is argued that when death is expected or foreseeable, advance care planning has value for the individual, family, organization and community. It is debatable whether ADs are of value in actual decisions regarding advance care planning, particularly as the end of life approaches. There is some evidence to suggest that the conversations with patient, family, health care proxy and others are more helpful than written ADs. Various healthcare providers working in a palliative care environment will be interviewed to examine their experiences in the use of advance care planning – both written advance directives and evidence of family discussions about planning care. The concepts of autonomy and social capital are explored as possible theoretical models on which to base findings. This study will include both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data and the generation of theory. Keywords: Advance directives, advance care planning, autonomy, end of life, palliative care, hospice, and social capital.
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