Adaptive Strategies Blog » competition http://www.adaptstrat.com/blog We Help Managers Make a Difference Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Putting the pieces together http://www.adaptstrat.com/blog/index.php/putting-the-pieces-together http://www.adaptstrat.com/blog/index.php/putting-the-pieces-together#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:36:52 +0000 Bill Welter http://www.adaptstrat.com/blog/?p=12

Apple, a “computer company,” launched the iPod phenomenon by combining music and computers and consumer electronics. Sony, the icon of portable music in the 1980s and 1990s owned a computer company, a record company and a consumer electronics company. Why didn’t they see the potential that Apple saw?

What combinations of assets (skills, knowledge, products,etc) do you own that you should combine before a competitor does?

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