Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on August 14, 2021, 8:28 AM

 

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Question: A member asked for the difference between One Oasis (which I postulated in Harvard) and Cash Cow?

Response by E.A.: “The concept is a bit different. Cash cow is a product or service that gives a lot of profit. One oasis may be a product or service that does not generate any profit but very vital to enable other products and services the company provides to make a lot of profit. Example Alibaba offers logistics at a loss to help Alipay grow. Amazon runs e-commerce at a loss because AWS is the goose that lays the golden eggs. This is possible because loss making e-commerce and logistics provides the critical number of people and data needed to drive other more profitable businesses.”