Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

During the global financial crisis, Robert Remenar, CEO of Nexteer, a Michigan-based automotive steering firm, deliberately searched for potential new Chinese owners. In 2010, Chinese firm AVIC Automotive purchased Nexteer for $465 million. Or will they remain reliant on experienced Hollywood experts for the long term?

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Automotive Long-term Operations Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

For Westerners at least, our working cultural definition owes a lot to robots in stories and film, as well as real-life robots past and present. million industrial robots are in use or available in various industries including automotive, electronics, rubber and plastics, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage.

Definition 8

Definition Ethics Industry Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software. Kodak accepted the pain of shuttering plants and laying off tens of thousands of film-factory workers. Today, it is occurring at the level of ecosystems.

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Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Fujifilm, for example, outlasted Kodak not only because it changed from being a film to an image company two decades ago but because it built its entire organization around its new approach. Under these circumstances, as I outline at great length in The Disruption Dilemma , independence is exactly the wrong impulse.

Christensen 8

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2017

From the automotive industry to construction and even medicine, it seems like there isn’t a single industry that 3D printing is failing to revolutionize. The pertinence of each to your business’ specific needs may vary but across all industries these are the ones to watch… 3D printing. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

When people think of the automotive Factory of the Future, the first word that comes to mind is automation. But the reality is that any major leap forward on cost and efficiency will no longer be possible through automation alone, since most of the tasks that can be automated in an automotive factory have already been tackled.

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Process Automotive Rogers Operations 8