Posts Tagged ‘Competition’

Robber Barons

Posted on April 14, 2020, 8:48 am, by Bill Rouse, under Archetypes, Challenges, Innovation.

Unregulated capitalism developed a strategy in the 19th century, if not earlier, of the big players putting the small players out of business, either by acquiring them or cutting prices below which the smaller players could not survive. Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Carnegie excelled at this, often financed by JP Morgan. Once the small, possible innovators, […]

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Market Forces

Posted on January 3, 2012, 9:36 am, by Bill Rouse, under Challenges, Change, Education, Health.

Change happens when it is forced.  The force can be an opportunity or a threat, perhaps embodied in a crisis.  In many domains, the forces for change are manifested as market forces.  Competitors, large or small, recognized or unrecognized, are the sources of market forces.  Thus, change happens when there is competition to meet market […]

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