This document presents a parable comparing the management of two cows between different corporate models: - Traditional capitalism involves selling one cow, buying a bull, and letting the herd multiply to eventually retire on sales. - American corporations overwork animals and are surprised when productivity drops. French corporations go on strike for more. Japanese corporations redesign cows to be more productive. German corporations engineer cows to be highly efficient. British and Italian corporations are disorganized. Swiss make money storing others' cows. Chinese claim high output but arrest reporters questioning numbers. Indians worship their cows. Malaysians change contracts frequently. Singaporeans centrally manage production.

1. A Tale of Two Cows – A Parable
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2. TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
• You have two cows. You sell one and buy a
bull.
• Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
• You sell them and retire on the income.

3. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You sell one, and force the other to produce
the milk of four cows.
• You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

4. A FRENCH CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You go on strike because you want three cows.

5. A JAPANESE CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You redesign them so they are one‐tenth the
size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty
times the milk.
• You then create clever cow cartoon images
called 'Cowkimon' and market them
worldwide.

6. A GERMAN CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You reengineer them so they live for 100
years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

7. A BRITISH CORPORATION
• You have two cows. Both are mad.

8. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
• You have two cows, but you don't know where
they are.
• You break for lunch.

9. A SWISS CORPORATION
• You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to
you.
• You charge others for storing them.

10. A CHINESE CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You have 300 people milking them.
• You claim full employment and high bovine
productivity.
• You have the newsman who reported on the
numbers arrested.

11. AN INDIAN CORPORATION
• You have two cows.
• You worship them.

12. A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION
• . You have two cows. You signed a 40‐year
contract to supply milk at 0.06 per lit. Then
midway you raised the price to 0.60 or you cut
supply. When the buyer agrees to the new
price, you change your mind again and now
want 1.20.
• The buyer decided you can keep the milk and
they go look for milk that comes from recycled
cows. Your two cows retire together with the
Prime Minister.

13. A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION
• . You have two cows:
• One "cow‐peh" and one "cow‐bull".
• Both are owned by a government linked
corporation.

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