Date: March 17th, 2008

Cooperating competitors

17 March, 2008 (08:48) | Innovations, Markets | No comments

Why is it that, in Colombo, all the motorcycle repair shops line a single street?
Because the motorcycle vendors have a cooperative interest in getting you to find one of them greater than any one of them has a competitive interest in trying to pre-empt competition.
 

 
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