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Why Your Company Should Partner with Rivals

Harvard Business Review

So I asked: Do you foresee a time when you'd willingly provide access to your leading green technology to your competitors? The thinking behind this axiom began to be challenged in the mid-1990s, with the publication of smart, highly-regarded competitive strategy books, such as Co-opetition by Barry Nalebuff and Adam Brandenburger.

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If America Is a Land of Abundance, Why Are We So Divided?

Harvard Business Review

America was abundance: a place that welcomed fatherless children, a place that gave equal opportunity to learn at a reasonable expense, a place that allowed anyone to contribute regardless of their family lineage. For example, IBM's co-created product lines account for approximately 20% of its revenue and many of its innovations.