Twenty years ago, Chemco Corporation developed, manufactured, and marketed Kepone, a chemical pesticide. As a result of manufacturing practices that violated state environmental standards, harmful levels of Kepone were discharged into the soil and groundwater. A state agency sued Chemco for damages, and the corporation was indicted for criminal negligence for the unlawful discharge of toxic substances. The judge imposed a $1 million fine on Chemco. After extensive meetings with the judge and prosecutors, Chemco created the Midwest Environment Foundation, the purpose of which is to alleviate the effects of Kepone waste. Chemco contributed $950,000 to this nonprofit organization, and the judge promptly reduced the fine to $50,000.

Resources and capabilities, such as interpersonal relations among managers and a firm's culture, that may be costly to imitate because they are beyond the ability of firms to systematically manage and influence are referred to asanswers: socially complex.causally ambiguous.path dependent.the result of unique historical conditions.

In order to minimize project risk which step comes after the step of identifying risks

Identify the management, organization, and technology factors responsible for slow adoption rates of internal corporate social networks.when a company decides to launch a social networking program the management, all need to be on board with the launch. from the ceo down to the shift or assistant manager everyone needs to know its coming and be excited. the organization of such a launch needs to be mapped out, and training provided for the new systems. within the company, they need to make sure the technology at hand (computers, tablets, and company phones), are all compatible with the system. when a company launches a new system, and the find that the employees are not adopting it, they need to investigate the reasons. is the management at all level's onboard? did we organize the launch properly? do we have the right technology for the system? things can goeither way but if