Archetype

The winner takes it all

Ruimte voor slechts een oplossing

Hoewel de wereld in het algemeen en innovatie in het bijzonder, baat heeft bij diversiteit en concurrentie, is er soms toch maar plek voor één dominante speler. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan standaarden die nodig zijn om daarop individuele ontwikkelingen mogelijk te maken. ABBA maakte hier ooit een liedje over: ‘The winner takes it all, the loser standing small.’

6 most recent lessons

1.

No (Golden) Grand Slam for Novak Djokovic

Only one player could be crowned the winner. Medvedev played incredibly well and Djokovic was without a chance as a result.

2.

End of soccer club Chievo Verona

During Chievo Verona's match against Venezia, only one of the clubs could win and get promoted, Chievo Verona lost and sank even further as a result.

3.

Electrical car Dyson

Because of Tesla's large market share, it was difficult for a newcomer to the market with a similar model to also sell many cars.

4.

Dismantling oil platforms

The oil companies themselves have departments that work on decommissioning, if companies wanted to decommission their platforms, they preferred to give the order to those departments and not to an outside party.

5.

Ford Edsel

Competing companies did have customer loyalty and therefore took potential customers from Edsel.

6.

LG on the phone market: a pioneer slowly overtaken

The smartphone market is dominated by a few large companies and it is difficult to be relevant enough to belong to that small group.