Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

The basic goal of competition — companies need to out-compete in order to out-perform — is now holding back companies from financial success, such as the protected one described above. Third, the company could earn goodwill from the local communities in which it manufactures its products.

Co-Opetition 14

Co-Opetition Company Brandenburger Game Theory 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

More and more companies embrace consumers as "co-creation" partners in their innovation efforts, instead of as buyers at the end of a value chain. For example, IBM's co-created product lines account for approximately 20% of its revenue and many of its innovations. In business jargon, it's a move from competitiveness to co-opetition.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Business Model Politics Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

But we’d speculate that Fitbit could do just as well at coaching you through your personal health goals by logging the reading on the minute and storing 1/60th of the data. If it’s accurate enough to detect arrhythmia, then maybe it should be collected on the second, every second, and subsidized by insurance companies.

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.”.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Nalebuff Licensing Cooper 8