Similarly, resource dependency theory proposes that actors lacking essential resources
will seek to establish relationships with others in order to obtain needed resources (Pfeffer
and Salancik 2003). According to this perspective, local organizations, in order to secure
needed external resources, may attempt to alter their interdependent relationships by minimizing
their independency and by increasing their dependency on other organizations.
This will alter the structural relationships among organizations in the network (Ulrich
and Barney 1984).