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Just How Important Is Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

Making parts for an iPhone is a challenging mix of materials science, mechanical engineering, precision fabrication, and managing mind-boggling complexity in the supply chain. Producing biologics involves enough biochemistry, chemical engineering, and cell biology to make a graduate student wince.

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Crisis Management Failures in Japan's Reactors and the BP Spill

Harvard Business Review

These two unprecedented events are stark reminders that effective crisis management involving complex science and technology is wholly dependent on well-thought-out — and actively practiced — crisis response plans. government initially left many dimensions of crisis management and response to BP.