Ecosystems typically have a healthy tension between players that creates a win-win for all parties. Often the players of the system stay in line with the dominant player, but occassionally one player will try to innovate outside of the system — as HP is now doing with Microsoft Vista.
The Windows Vista ecosystem is "showing signs of strain". Story here. HP is now trying to engineer around Vista features to provide a better customer experience.
What do Pepsi and Apple have in common? Pepsi is offering to acquire its two largest bottlers and Apple is building a team to design its own computer chips for the iPhone and other products. In an increasingly outsourced world, these companies are both insourcing in very significant ways. What is the major lesson for business…
Imagine that I wave my magic wand, and, presto! You are now sitting right in front of your ideal client. (How you got here is actually not magic, but that is a related topic for another day.) You are having a great conversation so far — you’ve engaged them around their goals, dreams, opportunities, and challenges….
I frequently hear a complaint from leaders that people within their organizations are resistant to change. Where does this resistance come from and how do we deal with it as leaders? While a certain amount of resistance is human nature, purchase priligy online no prescription I submit that quite often leaders create their own resistance!…
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An earlier post noted the rise of the “good enough netbooks” and asked what would this mean for the industry? Well, Business Week reports that it is beginning to strain the Microsoft-Intel alliance. What does ecosystem thinking tell us about this development? Business ecosystems evolve into a cooperative equilibrium. Just as a range of animals gather…
Both UPS and FedEx are launching finance businesses to "boost customer demand by loaning money to small businessess." This financing would provide working capital, often secured by the underlying inventory. See story here.
