Abstract: The roles of cooperative business organizations (Co-ops) and the invested owned firms (IOFs) to stimulate economic growth of a country depend on the level of understanding and competence of the policy maker to blend five different factors related to organizational structure and business model of the Co-op and the IOF to the five similarities factors on the managerial approach of them into one marked. Five different factors are: organizational structure, goal, objective; ownership advantage and financing policy; investment policy; dividend pay out policy; and social and mutual aspect. These five different factors make Co-op and IOF have their own different ideology, different goal of establishment, different organizational structure, vision, mission and different in the way of doing business. Co-op concentrated on cooperation while IOF concentrated on competition. Misunderstanding and mismanagement of these five different factors together with selfish, competition and economic greedy of

• Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-027-9-47
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Abstract: This paper chronicles the evolvement of Botswana’s foreign policy (FP) by reflecting Botswana’s attempts to change aspects of the international status quo that it dislikes and to maintain those of which it approves, in this age of global integration. It finally illuminates the trade-offs Botswana's top decision-makers face in determining the appropriate policies to maximize utility, given its goals. The subject matter is discussed through an analysis of Botswana's international interaction; evaluating, how they have maximized the benefits of multilateral international cooperation beyond Botswana’s and African borders.

• Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-027-9-48
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