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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business Review

In the early days, following the company’s pivot from industrial manufacturing to marketing services, major acquisitions were the fastest way for it to achieve scale in its new industry. You meet the bar on this lever if you are among the top 20% in your industry in your ratio of capital spending to sales.

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How We Think About Innovation at Cisco

Harvard Business Review

From drones to refrigerators, from massive industrial robots to tiny, implanted medical devices, machines already are communicating with other machines, sharing data and, without human guidance, accomplishing ever more sophisticated tasks. Experts from outside industries. No one doubts that the future belongs to the Internet of Things.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

Industrial companies like JCB, Cummins, AECOM, General Electric and investors like Brookfield have successfully capitalized on India’s infrastructure investments. The country has over 350 million smart phones and this number is growing 25% CAGR. In fact, JCB makes half its global profits in India.