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How is 3D printing revolutionising the packaging industry?

Strategy Driven

Packaging and transporting the product is as important as manufacturing it. They can be remodelled many times by heating without causing any chemical change. Its surface is treated with manual labour or chemicals for the desired shape. But with 3D printing’s additive technology, we can use as much as we want.

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Lobbyists Are Behind the Rise in Corporate Profits

Harvard Business Review

Firms engage in political “rent seeking”—lobbying for regulations that provide them sheltered markets—rather than competing on innovation. Perhaps profits are rising because firms are increasingly making profitable investments in new technology, in IT, or in their organizational capabilities.

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The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

” Digital communication was set to upend markets and change everything. The economics of the “New Economy” could be described at a high level: Digital technology would cause a reduction in the cost of search and communication. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Insight Center.

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Can GM Make it Safe for Employees to Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

In an industry that involves selling machines that transport humans at fast speeds, the notion that employees wouldn’t be encouraged to discuss safety seems odd. “The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.”

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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. Advances in manufacturing technology. It also saves money because transportation costs on those U.S.-made

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6 Ways the North American Clean Economy Agreement Will Affect Business

Harvard Business Review

A deep shift in energy markets, including the agreement’s goals on making the grid more flexible and resilient, will change how utilities and energy companies need to operate. These governments will continue to direct spending toward cleaner technologies. Big guys like Google, Apple, Dow, Owens Corning, Microsoft, Cisco bought 3.4

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