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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Evaluate the technological, commercial, and regulatory risks of not investing in times of slack demand. Risks of missing the boat.

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If the U.S. Gets into a Trade War with the EU, It Will Lose an Ally in Pressuring China

Harvard Business Review

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. The goal for 2035 is “enter the front ranks of second tier manufacturing powers,” and the target for 2045 is to “enter the first tier with world leading technology and industrial systems.” In recent years, U.S.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

Data-driven selvesware could help the global project manager hoping to foster greater cooperation and camaraderie within their team. Just as they do for physical fitness, technologies tracking steps and heart rates already capture actionable inferences about individual energy levels and moods.

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6 Ways the North American Clean Economy Agreement Will Affect Business

Harvard Business Review

It’s a big step forward for cross-border cooperation, and the ramifications for energy producers and users (that is, everyone) could be enormous. Whatever form a carbon price takes — either direct taxation or this kind of cap-and-trade scheme – it will deeply impact industries reliant on fossil fuels, like chemicals.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation. Allow time and persevere.

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How to Actually Put Your Marketing Data to Use

Harvard Business Review

So marketers today have unprecedented “weapons” and “recon” in terms of technological tools and access to data. In 2014, Atrion — a privately owned Technology Services company based in Warwick, RI — had a problem. Still, as military experts will tell you, air campaigns don’t win wars.

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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. Suzlon's head of technology is John O'Halloran, a former Cummins Engine executive who now leads Suzlon's 500-strong global R&D team out of Hamburg. facility in Cambridge Science Park. and the U.K.