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Difference between revisions of "Competitors"
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== Risk Factors == | == Risk Factors == | ||
− | + | Competitors can attempt to discover your new product and introduce it to the market before you. They can also attempt to gain access to proprietary trade secrets or acquire client database information. | |
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
=== Destructive Competition === | === Destructive Competition === | ||
− | : In 2007 the McLaren Mercedes | + | : In 2007, the McLaren Mercedes Formula One championship team was implicated in a spying scandal that plagued the sport for the remainder of the season. In response, they were fined $100 million and excluded from the constructor’s title. |
=== Cooperative Competition === | === Cooperative Competition === | ||
− | : If two companies are competing for business | + | : If two companies are competing for business but exchange some information about the market, they can improve their products to increase their sales. |
==Related [[Attacks]]== | ==Related [[Attacks]]== |
Latest revision as of 03:10, 10 December 2012
Description
Competition is an interaction between individuals from the same species or different species (Human, animal or vegetal) who dispute something. This dispute may be for food, for territory, for light, for employment, for female, for male and so on. So the competition is an incentive for self-improvement, it is necessary to overcome the expectations to win it. The competition can be destructive, when the individual/group/organism seeks to benefit by damaging/eliminating competing or cooperative, when there is improvement of their level by the manner through peaceful exchange and without violating other people.
Risk Factors
Competitors can attempt to discover your new product and introduce it to the market before you. They can also attempt to gain access to proprietary trade secrets or acquire client database information.
Examples
Destructive Competition
- In 2007, the McLaren Mercedes Formula One championship team was implicated in a spying scandal that plagued the sport for the remainder of the season. In response, they were fined $100 million and excluded from the constructor’s title.
Cooperative Competition
- If two companies are competing for business but exchange some information about the market, they can improve their products to increase their sales.
Related Attacks
TBD
Related Vulnerabilities
TBD