ECO.6:1 - Problem frame

Use this pattern when investment, location, integration or acquired know-how makes a trading relationship difficult to leave, and future changes cannot all be agreed in advance. Start with the contribution that loses value outside the relationship and the next disturbance the arrangement must handle. Compare ways to preserve useful adaptation without making either party’s exposure needlessly large.

The result is an economic choice among feasible arrangements, including keeping the current one. Routine allocation within existing responsibilities remains operating management.