Products and Services
Blog Articles:
(in alphabetical order)
Acquisitions to Gain Product Capability
Another High Growth Industry Comes Under Assault
Blockbuster versus Netflix...Again
The Brand is Worth More than the Land
The Causes and Symptoms of Overcapacity
Competing Against Low-End Competition
Delivering More by Offering Less
Digits Save Lives...and Costs by Improving Effectiveness
Digits Save Lives...and Costs by Improving Efficiency
The Exceptional Growth of a Price Leader Product
A Fast-Growing Market Under Attack from Below
The Fate of Price Point Specialists in Hostility
The Flexibility of a Great Retailer
Function Innovation in a Service Industry
Future Trouble for the Branded Foods Industry
GM and Sears...Slip Sliding Away
GM Goes for Help with its Used Cars
Good Market Share. Fast Growth. No Profits. Why?
Good News and Bad News of Reliability in Product Innovation
Google versus Microsoft in the Office
High Growth and Falling Profits
Hit Them on Both Sides of the Head
How the High End Company is Vulnerable
Industry Evolution Forces Cost Management
Industry Leader Preempts the Low End of the Market
Just when they thought it was safe...
Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
Lagging Badly Pedaling Downhill
The Low-End Competitor May Not Stay at the Low End
Market Share at the Low End of the Market
Microsoft is Leaving Money on the Table
Microsoft Office versus Google Apps
Nearing End Game for Domestic Auto Industry
New Product in a Fast Growing Industry: Bing
New Product in a Fast Growing Industry: The Pre
New Product in a Fast Growing Industry: Verizon in Cloud Computers
One Up, One Down, One Sideways
Paying Attention to Low-End Competitors
The Power of Low-End Products for Industry Leaders
The Price Advantage of Reliability
Price Leaders Against Standard Leaders in Troubled Times
A Price Leader Enters the Performance Leader Market
Price Leader Expansion Under Standard Leader Umbrella
Pricing Against a High-Priced Product
Pricing in Today's Airline Industry - Part 2
Product Innovation Using Twitter and Tweetups - Part 1
Product Innovation Using Twitter and Tweetups - Part 2
Reducing the Customer's Hassle Factor??
Reliability Measures: The Good News and the Bad News
Retailers as the Source of Creativity
Schlitz, Lessons from the Past
The Schwab Credit Card and What it Tells Us
A Silver Competitor Follows the Wrong Strategy
A Standard Leader Blocks the Price Leader Competitor
Standard Leader Expands in Tough Market and Uses Price
There is a New (Rich) Sucker Born Every Minute
The Two Best Consultants in the World Warn the Associated Press
Two Companies Who Perform Well in Good or Bad Markets
Value in Two Hostile Industries
Will a Partial Silver Strategy Work for United
A Win Win Cost Reduction/Performance Innovation in the Cell Phone Industry