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CapitalWorks - A Six Disciplines Client Case Study Part 2

Six Disciplines

KKSP Precision Machining in Glendale Heights, Illinois, is a manufacturer of high-volume, precision made-to-print automatic screw machine products for automotive, medical/veterinary, appliance, HVAC and aerospace markets.

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Guest Post: Talk is Cheap!

Lead on Purpose

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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As Emerging Markets Slow, Firms Search for “New” BRICs

Harvard Business Review

By all measures, emerging markets are having a tough year. However, multinationals still expect their emerging market portfolios to deliver robust growth and increasing profits based on the memory of their performance in recent, more bullish years. Let’s see how this story is playing out in the different emerging market regions.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Bezos’ approach works especially well when the innovation requires overcoming a lot of market/demand uncertainty (will people buy it?) Unfortunately, many of us have developed expertise in only one field (software engineering, information technology [IT], marketing, biotechnology, automobile manufacturing, the food industry, etc.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

To many, a modern meat plant might seem somewhat “shocking”, but to us this “automotive assembly plant operating in reverse” is common place and, in fact, we are not easily “shocked” by much of anything (for evidence of this you are welcome to view the video on our website).

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GM’s Stock Buyback Is Bad for America and the Company

Harvard Business Review

In 2010 the “New GM” did one of the largest initial public offerings in history, with share sales to the public of $23.1 billion from 2010 through 2013), it would probably still be bankrupt but for the booming Chinese market. Taxpayers and workers should demand that open-market repurchases by all companies be banned.

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Elon Musk’s Patent Decision Reflects Three Strategic Truths

Harvard Business Review

Traditional automakers define themselves by their role within the automotive industry. Is Tesla even an automotive company? Not exactly – despite the product it markets and sells to consumers. By contrast, here we are referring to the market-wide activities the company performs in its broader ecosystem.).