Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

But in today's interdependent world, this flawed belief is proving a thorn in the balloon that would otherwise raise many companies' future commercial success. Indeed, the true paradox that smart, trailblazing companies are solving is how to outperform their competition by collaborating with their competition. His blunt response: No.

Co-Opetition 13

Co-Opetition Company Brandenburger Game Theory 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

In our recent book, “ Leadership 2030: The six megatrends you need to understand to lead your company into the future ,” we examined the repercussions of the convergence of major forces like globalization, climate change, increased individualism, and accelerating digitization.

Co-Opetition 9

Co-Opetition McClelland Leadership Emotional Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The company's job is to define the product, and the buyers' is to consume it. For example, Google reveals its topline direction to everyone in the company and asks that all employees figure out how their work fits into the company's strategy. The idea of a company creating and buyers consuming is dated.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Business Model Politics Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now. To escape this quandary, a number of companies are considering alternative asset ownership and operation models, whose objective is to reduce capital outlays, investment risk, or both.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most large companies struggle to get the most out of the vast amounts of data they’ve collected. That fact becomes apparent when you juxtapose the balance sheet of a company like Microsoft with the balance sheet of a company like Siemens. Where we land is firmly in the face of a management paradox.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The way forward is co-opetition, in which entities in the same industries act with what everyone recognizes as partial congruence of interests. Nalebuff have written in their book Co-Opetition , businesses that form co-opetitions become more competitive by cooperating. There [are] lots of co-opetitions.”.

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Co-Opetition Nalebuff Licensing Cooper 8