Reading Reflection Week 6

1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

• The biggest surprise for me in the reading was that the most successful companies are the most profitable companies, but that does not necessarily mean that they are the biggest companies. It was interesting to see the examples they used. 

2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

• There was nothing in the reading that was confusing to me, although the reading was very interesting. I will admit it would take me a while to really comprehend the different industries and their respective profitabilities.

3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

• I would be interested in seeing more applied examples in the reading
• At which point does competition between industries become destructive rather than constructive? Could you give some more examples of such situations?

4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

• Nearly all of the information in this chapter was new information for me, so I would have to know more about the subject to be able to disagree with the author.