kannibalizáció

Kannibalizáció is a term with multiple meanings, primarily used in business and biology. In a business context, it refers to the situation where a new product or service offered by a company inadvertently reduces the sales of its existing products or services. This can occur when a company launches a similar, often lower-priced, alternative that attracts customers away from its older offerings. While seemingly detrimental, companies sometimes strategically introduce cannibalizing products to pre-empt competitors, capture a larger market share, or phase out older, less profitable items.

In biology, kannibalizáció, or cannibalism, describes the act of an organism consuming another individual of the same species. This behavior can manifest in various forms, such as adults consuming their young, individuals eating injured or weaker members of the group, or predation within the species. The reasons for cannibalism in the animal kingdom are diverse and can include nutritional benefits, population control, or opportunistic feeding. It is a natural, albeit often unsettling, phenomenon observed across many species.