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The Industries Plagued by the Most Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

That means new technologies and new competitors are hitting the market at an unprecedented rate. and technological uncertainty (can we make a desirable solution?) Technological uncertainty results from unknowns regarding the technologies that might emerge or be combined to create a new solution.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. The Indian firms we studied promote diversity in their R&D management by hiring external talent to build and oversee their global innovation network. facility in Cambridge Science Park.

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Get Your Passion Project Moving Without Quitting Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

Kate had had a taste of entrepreneurial life — she was on the management team of ArtusLabs, the North Carolina-based software company that was bought by PerkinElmer in 2011 — and knew how “exciting it was to work at a start-up.” Managing yourself Career planning Professional transitions'