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SCALE. ETC.
Sluggish + Obese + Unimaginative + More
Sluggish + More Obese + More Unimaginative + Even More Sluggish + Even More
Obese + Even More Unimaginative = Nissan + Renault + GM = Innovative Challenger for Toyota????
“I don’t believe in
economies of scale. You don’t get better by being bigger. You get worse.” —
Dick Kovacevich/Wells Fargo/Forbes/08.04 (ROA: Wells, 1.7%; Citi, 1.5%; BofA, 1.3%;
J.P. Morgan Chase, 0.9%)
Last week’s “Invincibles”:
DellMicrosoft
Big Pharma
Scale?
“Microsoft’s Struggle With
Scale” —Headline, FT, 09.2005
“Troubling Exits at Microsoft” —Cover Story, BW, 09.2005
“Too Big to Move Fast?” —Headline, BW, 09.2005
New Economy?!
Genentech09, Amgen09
> Merck09 (70K-3/394B-5)
Wal*Mart + Home Depot + Walt Disney +
Intel + Microsoft + Pfizer = Flat
Source: “Blue Chip Blues”, Cover, BW, 0417.06
More than $$$$
#1 R&D spending,
last 25 years?
GM
Line Extensions:
86 percent of new
products. 62 percent of revenues.
39 percent of profit.
Source: Blue Ocean Strategy, Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
I HEREBY PLEDGE …
When asked, “What are some examples of companies stepping up to today’s
challenges?” … I will … NEVER AGAIN … offer an example of a Giant Company; instead I’ll refer to
Cirque du Soleil, Donnelly’s Weatherstrip Service, 3K tanning salons, 10.6M women-owned businesses (or the
typically female recipients of micro-lending) …*
*There is more to Biz Life than Giant Cos … LOTS MORE … that “hidden 99%”
“While many people big oil finds with big companies, over the years
about 80 percent of the oil found in the United States has been
brought in by wildcatters such as Mr Findley, says Larry Nation,
spokesman for the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists.” —WSJ, “Wildcat Producer Sparks Oil
Boom in Montana,” 0405.2006
Market Share, Anyone?
— 240 industries: Market- share leader is ROA leader 29% of the time
— Profit /ROA leaders: “aggressively weed out customers who generate low returns”
Source: Donald V. Potter, Wall Street Journal
Sluggish + Obese + Unimaginative + More
Sluggish + More Obese + More Unimaginative + Even More Sluggish + Even More
Obese + Even More Unimaginative = Nissan + Renault + GM = Innovative Challenger for Toyota????
??????????????
Crappy Management (GM) + Arrogant-Overstretched
Management (Carlos G) = Great Management
Bacteria. (“Left tail” limits.)
Productivity of small.Failure rate of Big Mergers.
Failure rate of Big Companies.Terrorists.
Galbraith vs Hayek.