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Alphabet Isn’t a Typical Conglomerate

Harvard Business Review

Its creation marks the beginning of the end of the e-commerce era defined by browsers, search, maps, and apps and monetized through advertising and the beginning of the next arc of digital transformation of industries (automotive, health care, and others) propelled by the combination of human minds and powerful machines. A talent magnet.

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Innovation Is as Much About Finding Partners as Building Products

Harvard Business Review

A123 Systems promised to be a clean tech success with a soaring IPO in 2009. and shifts its local focus to engineering and testing. Startups inject new technical expertise, and venture capitalists offer funding and access to new talent. We are seeing early hints of the possibilities among automotive OEMs.