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Chapter 1 presented the fundamental ideas of the power of two, some examples, and the need for selection/development of particular customer–supplier partnerships. In all of this, there is an overriding need for joint efforts: It takes two to tango. But more importantly, there are ever-increasing payoffs to be derived from these collaborative relationships. The power of two has the overriding goal that collaboration should exponentially increase competitive advantage: 2 squared, then 2 cubed, etc.
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© 2008 Carlos Cordón & Thomas E. Vollmann
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Cordón, C., Vollmann, T.E. (2008). Mastering the four stages of collaboration. In: The Power of Two. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594968_3
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