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Why Your Company Should Partner with Rivals

Harvard Business Review

Recently the CEO of a very well known consumer brand nearly scared the wits out of me. That strategy could be especially effective if the company priced access at the point just below the competitions' 'go/no-go' price for developing similar technology. Here's how and why this matters to you.

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Use Co-opetition to Build New Lines of Revenue

Harvard Business Review

Nalebuff have written in their book Co-Opetition , businesses that form co-opetitions become more competitive by cooperating. They’re now talking about joint ventures to develop a lightweight-hybrid truck. Apple makes money through licensing and Microsoft gets help in their mobile development department.