C.K Prahaladand Gary Hamel'sHBRclassiccoreCompetence of the Corporationmadepopular the notion that knowingand masteringcore business factors can beleveraged across productsand markets.
Thus Roger Martin in his classic article, The Age of Customer Capitalism, (HBR, Jan 2010), shows how a focus on maximizing profitability tends to lead companies to do things that actually undermine long-term profitability.