In re Ecological Literacy LO14093; R.M. Tomasko offers the following:
> Some do what some earlier posts on this thread mentioned, gravitate to
> situations that involve them specializing and avoiding wasteful
> head-to-head competition. AMP, Rolex, Solectron and many in the German
> mittlestand are masters at this.
>
> But others are chronic competitors, with a deep inclination to go after
> other's markets. Pepsi, P&G, Toyota, Marriott and MCI come to mind.
I would ask that we remember that people are running the companies, not
corporate names by themselves. It occurs to me that there are members of
the organization who themselves are what is being mentioned, i.e., "those
with a deep inclination" of one kind or another. Ergo, the cultural bias
of the individuals within the cultural environment of the organization
lead the organization down the path of x or y. If they were not inclined
that way they would not do so. If the competitors noted had a different
set of individuals at the controls, there might well be totally different
outcomes, and not simply be "chronic" anythings, good or bad.
It seems to me.
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