Power Implications
In resource-dependence theory,large independent companies have power over small suppliers.
When one company has power over another, it can ask suppliers to absorb more costs ,ship more efficiently, and provide more sevices than ever before, often without a price increase.
Often the suppliers have no choice but to go along,and those who fail to do so may go out of business .
Small suppliers are currently resisting the power tactics of Anheuser-Busch InBev,but so far the large company still has the upper hand.