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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

Such “co-opetition” will require leaders to maintain a difficult dual perspective – rivals must be simultaneously seen as both vital partners and market threats. But possibly the biggest adjustment for leaders of today is a power shift that is requiring major changes to how they think and work.

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

Harvard Business Review

Every evening for several months, we had all watched powerful scenes of the Iran hostage situation of 1979, in which students and militants took over the American embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian revolution. For example, IBM's co-created product lines account for approximately 20% of its revenue and many of its innovations.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East. Benefits and risks of co-opetition. Distributed power generation is a well-known example. Model 6: Cofunding of a third-party asset.

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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Instead of using traditional tools to compete in an environment of clear customers, suppliers, partners, and competitors, we find ourselves in an era of “ Co-opetition.” Getting that ecosystem meant sharing the data that had powered the core business.