Fixed Pies and Third Place
In this week's New Yorker, James Surowiecki reminds us that "business is not a sporting event [and] victory for one company doesn't mean defeat for everyone else." Surowiecki's article, In Praise of Third Place, concerns the fight for market dominance in the video-game industry. The players? Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's Play-Station 3 and Nintendo's Wii. The takeaway? Good news for those of us who continually hector our fellows about collaborative problem-solving and the real social, political and environmental dangers of fixed pie thinking. By not competiting for the number one video-game slot, Nintendo is "beating" its Goliath competitors. [Nintendo] has five billion dollars in the bank...
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