Magazines create demand, competitions create aspiration, supplements and equipment monetise it — each channel fuels the next.
Brothers of Iron: Building the Weider Empire · Joe Weider, Ben Weider, Mike Steere
Establish relationships to achieve integration benefits
Competitive Strategy · Michael E. Porter
Integrate to Compete
Competitive Strategy · Michael E. Porter
Analyzing industry competition
Competitive Strategy · Michael E. Porter
Systematically evaluate the strategic costs and benefits of vertical integration
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors · Michael E. Porter
Identify clusters of firms with similar strategies to find your competitive neighborhood
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors · Michael E. Porter
Combine deep expertise with broad empathy across disciplines
Change by Design · Tim Brown
Balance your innovation portfolio across four quadrants of risk and reward
Change by Design · Tim Brown
Manufacture 70% of components in-house rather than outsourcing to suppliers
Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson