Re:We Never Paid for Journalism
by jldugger on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:18PM
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> Why don't some of them would learn not to and bring massive returns to shareholders?
I decided not to answer that question in the comments above in the name of brevity, but since you asked. My own thoughts:
- Punctuated evolution. The firms that follow the data are the ones more likely to survive recessions. One hopes that orgs where convention is only upset in a crisis are the ones more likely to fold.
- Re Jobs: he is widely regarded as a 'sales and marketing' genius, and was succeeded by a former IBMer focused on supply chain logistics, which is where monopolies actually focus. Why hire more salesman when your customer has to come to you to buy regardless?
I decided not to answer that question in the comments above in the name of brevity, but since you asked. My own thoughts:
- Punctuated evolution. The firms that follow the data are the ones more likely to survive recessions. One hopes that orgs where convention is only upset in a crisis are the ones more likely to fold.
- Re Jobs: he is widely regarded as a 'sales and marketing' genius, and was succeeded by a former IBMer focused on supply chain logistics, which is where monopolies actually focus. Why hire more salesman when your customer has to come to you to buy regardless?