A tie-up between Domino’s Pizza and ITC Foods for home delivery of food staples under the current lockdown in India is one such example. The two companies have put their fields of core competence together to generate value. It should spark similar creative alliances among other private companies. Given the nature of the coronavirus outbreak, how long restrictions on public interaction last is anybody’s guess. Many firms have idle capacity that could be repurposed, just as automakers like Mahindra and Mahindra are looking at ventilator production, for the cause.

Source: Mint April 02, 2020 17:48 UTC