ECO.6:4.2 - Compare feasible constructions

First test whether technical or operating changes can reduce the dependence: standard interfaces, redeployable equipment, buffers or an alternative source. Their performance cost can be worth the improved ability to adapt.

Compare suitable contractual and relational arrangements: reciprocal commitments, price-adjustment rules, staged investment, rights to specific assets or knowledge, joint adaptation decisions, and a practical dispute or exit route. State who can propose, decide and carry the cost of a change. A continuing relationship can support cooperation, but reputation has force only where future opportunities matter.

Consider common ownership or a changed organization when decision rights, incentives and adaptation costs make that a serious alternative. Include the costs of organizing and directing work after the change. OCE and CGOV supply the actual organization or corporate construction; an economic preference does not itself establish it.