Are Microservices to Ecosystems as Core Competencies were to Conglomerates?
The Agile Manager
JANUARY 31, 2016
During the 1950's and 60's, companies also pursued conglomerate strategies: bringing seemingly unrelated businesses under one roof, sometimes seeking synergies (as Sears did owning a retail merchandiser and retail brokerage - "buy your stocks where you buy your socks"), and sometimes not (as LTV did owning a steel company and an airline).
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