Industry Analysis: Business Supplies

Commodity goods, consolidated margins

Future Cone

Future Cone is an elegant framework for thinking systematically about the future

Industry Analysis: Architecture and Planning

Who profits from shaping the built world

Five Product Levels Framework

Kotler's Five Product Levels Framework highlights five ways to add value to a product or service

Micron's Windfall, Not A Moat

Micron's fiscal 2026 earnings tripled its stock, but the memory shortage behind the surge is temporary, not the durable moat that protects Nvidia

SAVE Framework

The SAVE (Solution, Access, Value, and Education) framework helps businesses better address customer needs and expectations

Industry Analysis: Clinical Research CROs

Who profits from outsourced drug trials

Industry Analysis: Alternative Dispute Resolution

Who profits from resolving disputes outside court

Electrical VDC Outsourcing's New Economics

Specialty firms replace in-house BIM teams

Industry Analysis: Government Relations

Market structure, economics and strategy

Industry Analysis: Forestry

Where margin sits in forestry

How Costco Makes Money

Membership fees, not markups, fund profit