Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica USA no longer selling repair parts
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:07:22 -0400

Exactly. Strategy versus tactics. Win the battle and lose the war.

JB

On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Clive Moss wrote:

> Leica is simply making another misstep in a long line of missteps. It 
> has
> failed to respond competitively to several rounds of "disruptive
> technologies" in the Clay Christenson sense. What appears to be 
> reasonable
> tactical management can often be awful strategic management.
> See e.g. http://www.disruptivetechnologies.com/ccinterview.html
> Kodak seems to be going down the same path, as did Polaroid.

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