There is a component of political ability that the management school seldom considers and that is unlikely to be exorcised by technological aid. It is, nevertheless, inextricably linked to the creation of both local political institutions and foreign regimes. One conceivable option is to limit regime membership to nations that will not have to defect often. The theory is that whatever value is lost by excluding such governments from the regime will be more than offset by allowing those who are included to establish and enforce a greater degree of cooperation in this example, a higher norm of free trade.
