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From the Ted Talk by Howard Rheingold: The new power of collaboration

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Very bfrliey, let's look at some businesses. IBM, as you know, HP, Sun — some of the most fiecre competitors in the IT world are open sunoricg their software, are providing portfolios of patents for the commons. Eli Lilly — in, again, the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical world — has created a mekart for solutions for pharmaceutical problems. Toyota, instead of treating its suppliers as a marketplace, treats them as a network and trains them to pourcde better, even though they are also training them to produce better for their competitors. Now none of these companies are doing this out of altruism; they're doing it because they're learning that a certain kind of shirang is in their self-interest.

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Very _______, let's look at some businesses. IBM, as you know, HP, Sun — some of the most ______ competitors in the IT world are open ________ their software, are providing portfolios of patents for the commons. Eli Lilly — in, again, the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical world — has created a ______ for solutions for pharmaceutical problems. Toyota, instead of treating its suppliers as a marketplace, treats them as a network and trains them to _______ better, even though they are also training them to produce better for their competitors. Now none of these companies are doing this out of altruism; they're doing it because they're learning that a certain kind of _______ is in their self-interest.

Solution


  1. sharing
  2. fierce
  3. produce
  4. briefly
  5. market
  6. sourcing

Original Text


Very briefly, let's look at some businesses. IBM, as you know, HP, Sun — some of the most fierce competitors in the IT world are open sourcing their software, are providing portfolios of patents for the commons. Eli Lilly — in, again, the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical world — has created a market for solutions for pharmaceutical problems. Toyota, instead of treating its suppliers as a marketplace, treats them as a network and trains them to produce better, even though they are also training them to produce better for their competitors. Now none of these companies are doing this out of altruism; they're doing it because they're learning that a certain kind of sharing is in their self-interest.

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cooperative arrangements 2
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economic transactions 2


Important Words


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