Competition versus Cooperation

      
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		            		John Troughton
Sustainable Business Management, Australia
			            
Competition versus Cooperation

	          		Porter has undermined society with his over-emphasis on competition. Co-operation should be the driver of business and progressive companies are seeing this and ditching competition and Porter.
				      
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						            	Humberto Ochoa, USA
												
				                Competition and Collaboration

													It is a complex topic, competition can end the life of the weakest, competition gives birth to new players, it is the origin in many cases of the most innovative ideas and the reason for many jobs to temporarily disappear. It is still to be discovered who is right or wrong.

Collaboration can build wealth too; but finding a healthy reason for it has not seeing many successes. I hope this can trigger additional thought.
				                
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						            	Juergen Peterke
Management Consultant, Germany
												
				                Competition and Cooperation

													Porter hasn´t brought up the idea of competition - he describes a phenomena which is there obviously. And cooperation wouldn´t substitute competition but might lead to competitive advantage.

In today´s turbulent times many companies are at the same time cooperating with and competing each other.
				                
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						            	Barry Leach
Consultant, Germany
												
				                Competition vs. collaboration

													Collaboration may be a fine and useful avenue to pursue but when it comes down to the customer or co... Sign up
				              
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						            	S K Bal Palekar, India
												
				                Collaboration is a part of competition !

													Conflict is fundamental. That's why no story - whether of a fairy or a hero or of a nation - is neve... Sign up
				              
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						            	Alec Fraher
Student (Other), United Kingdom
												
				                More Competition Models

													There are more models of competition than first appear or would seem apparent - the Harvard School M... Sign up
				              
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						            	Stewart Goldring
Director, United Kingdom
												
				                Competitive Advantage - Beginning to Breakdown?

													This kind of advantage - when placed in the present global conditions of a deterioration in the bene... Sign up
				              
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						            	Colin Holmes
Business Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                People Intervention

													John, you are right. No business would take place without the intervention of people and is the reas... Sign up
				              
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						            	Neena Kumar
Student (MBA), United Kingdom
												
				                Competition Fuels Improvement

													Competitive advantage would remain relevant because to a customer, he is in an either A or B situati... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gopalakrishna Bhat
Project Manager, India
												
				                Competition Mixed with Co-operation

													Market stability rests on a mix of competition and co-operation between players in the same segment.... Sign up
				              
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						            	John Carlisle
Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Competition versus Cooperation

													@Gopalakrishna Bhat: do you have evidence for your statement: "Growth and innovation won't come with... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Competition and Cooperation

													@John Carlisle:  I wonder how John Carlisle's opinion would stand up to an examination of the intern... Sign up
				              
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						            	John Carlisle
Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                INTERNAL COMPETITION

													@Andrew Blaine: Andrew, Bell Labs no longer exists; but when it did., it was all institutionalized c... Sign up
				              
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