Competition rules in the new era
——The "fast" survive
In today's era, science and technology are changing with each passing day, and focusing on technological innovation has become a worldwide trend. The speed of updates has been greatly accelerated, and the product life cycle has been significantly shortened. In a certain sense, the competition between enterprises has become a competition in the speed of technological and management innovation. Only those who are fast can seize the opportunity and win the initiative. Because of this, many successful companies regard "fast" as one of the key points in their competitive strategies. There is no such thing as day or night in Silicon Valley. "Sky" is no longer a measure of time, because when you wake up, your field may have been reshuffled. Competition in Taiwan's computer industry often involves A launching a new model, which will be bought back by rival B as soon as it goes on the market. Then B, from the perspective of a user, spends an entire night dissecting and analyzing to find out the flaws, and then launches it within three days. own improved model to seize the market. Haier Group focuses on the rapid launch of new products and strives to take one step in the market and create a new "cake." Last year, it developed a new product every working day on average, applied for two patents every year, and the new product contribution rate reached 70%.
Where does technological advantage come from
——Talent is the key to high-tech competition
The decisive factor in technological advantage is the strength of scientific and technological talents. The "World Science Report" published by UNESCO points out that the proportion of scientific and technological personnel in a country's population is directly proportional to the country's economic strength. The average number of scientific and technological personnel per 10,000 people is 94.1 in Japan, 75.6 in the United States, 59.2 in Germany, 51.6 in France, 40 in the United Kingdom, 21 in Central and Eastern Europe, and 10 in newly industrialized countries (regions) in Asia. , 10 people in Russia, 5 people in Latin America, 4 people in China, and 3 people in Africa. The lack of scientific and technological personnel has become a serious obstacle to our participation in the world's high-tech competition.
The "strangling phenomenon" in the tropical rainforest
- Survival of the fittest is the law of nature
All kinds of things survive in competition, and plants also No exceptions. The unique "strangling phenomenon" in tropical rainforests reflects the intensity of competition in the rainforest. Most of the stranglers in tropical rainforests are plants called banyan trees, such as Ficus crescentus. After the fruits of these banyan trees are eaten by birds, the seeds are not digested and are excreted on other trees with their feces. Under suitable conditions, they sprout and grow many aerial roots. The growing aerial roots climb to the ground along the host trunk and penetrate into the soil, desperately robbing the host plant of nutrients and water.
At the same time, these aerial roots continue to thicken and branch out to form a network system that tightly binds the main trunk of the host tree. As time goes by, the aerial roots of the strangulated plant grow more and more lush, and the strangulated host plant eventually dies due to the oppression of the external strangulation and the lack of internal nutrients. Finally, the strangler takes its place and becomes a plant. Standalone tree.
Proust pays tribute to competitors
- Competition brings development
As we all know, the discoverer of the "Law of Certain Proportions" was a French scientist Proust. However, in order to explore this scientific mystery, he and Besoler engaged in a nine-year debate without giving in. Both sides denied and rejected many of the other's conclusions that attempted to prove the correctness of their views. In the end, Proust emerged as the winner of the competition. How did they treat the results of the competition? Proust was not arrogant at all because of his victory. He sincerely thanked Bertholler and said: "If it weren't for your questioning, it would be difficult for me to study the law of definite proportions in depth. ." He solemnly declared to the world: "Besole had half of the credit for discovering the law of fixed proportions." Was Besole frustrated? No. On the contrary, he was overjoyed that he had discovered the truth in scientific debate. He wrote to Proust: "You have discovered the law of definite proportions. It is gratifying. Nine years of debate has borne fruit. I salute you, the discoverer of truth!"
Hina Eagle competition
——Survival of the fittest
Every spring, eagles lay eggs to raise their children, usually two eggs at a time. The young eagles begin to compete as soon as they hatch out of their shells. As long as their parents bring back food, they will immediately open their mouths and cry loudly, hoping to stuff the food into their mouths. The big eagle will raise its head every time. Screaming child for feeding. However, every time, the young eagle, which is strong and in good physical condition, eats the food because its head is raised higher.
In a few days, the weaker young eagle will starve to death. This is the law of survival of the fittest in nature.
"Competing for talent seedlings"
- The new concept of competition for human resources among multinational companies
The concept of competition for human resources among multinational companies has changed. Ready-made talents are developed into talent-seeking seedlings. Motorola Corporation of the United States launched the "Star of Hope Scholarship". The person in charge of the Motorola company said that they will shift from simple funding to talent cultivation. Intel Corporation and the China Association for Science and Technology have reached a formal agreement to form four teams of Chinese middle school students to go to the United States to participate in a special competition - the Intel Science Genius Trial, known as the Little Nobel Prize. The total competition amount reaches 1.2 million US dollars. In addition, multinational companies are competing for intelligence ahead of time. Domestic companies generally believe that talent competition occurs around college graduation, while multinational companies have advanced the time for talent competition. For example, when Microsoft hears that there are talented children, they will come to visit them. Some children start to receive wages from Microsoft when they are in middle school. At Microsoft, this is called "the battle for young talent."
Reviving Tiger Power
- Competition is a necessity for survival
In the National Zoo of Peru, a protected jaguar lives in a 1,500-acre building. In the tiger garden, it lay in the air-conditioned tiger room all day long, eating and sleeping. However, since the staff released the three leopards into the tiger park, they have never returned to the tiger house. They are either standing on the top of the mountain roaring, or rushing down the mountain and wandering on the grass. It began to hunt on its own instead of only eating meat given by the ranger as before, and it successfully gave birth to a tiger cub to a female tiger in Paraguay.
The "competition" of art masters
——Legal competition, mutual progress
Before liberation, Mr. Cheng Yanqiu once worshiped Mr. Mei Lanfang as his teacher . At that time, Cheng Yanqiu had not yet become famous. In order to give Cheng Yanqiu more learning opportunities, Mei Lanfang would leave a good ticket for Cheng Yanqiu to watch every night.
In 1947, Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu performed in Shanghai at the same time, Mei Lanfang at the Chinese Theater and Cheng Yanqiu at the Tianchan Stage. In order to increase Cheng's reputation, Mei Lanfang took the following measures: First, he took the initiative to ask Cheng Yanqiu every day what program he was performing that night. If he found that the program arranged by the other party was the same as his own, he took the initiative to change it and never repeated it. So as not to affect the number of Cheng's audience; secondly, the ticket price of the performance should be set as low as possible to not exceed that of Cheng Yanqiu, in order to indicate Cheng's value and status.
For a while, every night, the two theaters in Shanghai were filled with people inside and outside, and the lights were brightly lit. The audience applauded not only the friendly "competition" between the two art giants, but also Mei Lanfang's noble teacher ethics. He Xi De cheers.
Panasonic only improves but does not invent
- Good at finding tips in competition
Japan's Panasonic Electric Company has 23 state-of-the-art production research laboratories. However, they have always adhered to Mr. Matsushita's principle of "only improve, not invent" and specifically improve the electrical appliance patents purchased by the company and the products of competitors. Mr. Matsushita believes that this has several advantages over inventions: first, it saves time; second, it reduces costs; third, it ensures efficiency. For example, Panasonic successfully improved Sony's Betamax video recorder. Although Sony's video recorders entered the market first, Panasonic's improved video recorders had large capacity, small size, reliable performance and low price; in the end, Panasonic made a lot of money.
Vase and Stone
- Chinese interpretation of competition
There is such a story recorded in the Christian Bible: A stone fell on the vase, The vase broke; the vase fell on the stone, and the vase still broke... This story is the ancient sage warning his descendants to use this principle at all times, thus creating a situation where I am the stone and my competitor is the vase.