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

Harvard Business Review

These high school kids must have thought I was Iranian, which I am not, or that I sided against America, when in reality I cried the same tears over the hostage crisis as every other American did. 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.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

Benefits and risks of co-opetition. Likewise, the European Commission is barely willing to tolerate so-called “ crisis cartels ” that would be set up by industry in an attempt to reduce overcapacity in an orderly fashion. Another risk is the opportunity cost of not benefiting from lower investment costs.