May 2002

China- Whether We Like It or Not. What’s to Do?

Strategy

 Okay, let’s review the rules.   1)            The consumer eventually gets what they want to the extent the market is capable of providing it. 2)            Companies do whatever they perceive will give them a competitive advantage, or at least let them survive. 3)            The less real differentiation there is among products in the same product […]

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Changes in the Skateboard Competitive Environment. Time to Run Your Business Differently?

General Management, Skateboarding

It’s interesting how a handful of events and business trends seem to be converging in skateboarding at this time. They have, I think, the potential to change the industry and how it does business. The consumers, as always, will get what they want. For some companies- usually those willing to take a risk and do something a little

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