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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) So a constant reengineering of our business portfolio, operating model, and culture has been a key to our evolution. The context demanded operational excellence. Operational excellence had made us vulnerable to disrupters that were figuring out new ways to move mainstream.

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Understanding the Rise of Manufacturing in India

Harvard Business Review

To decide if India is a good candidate for your operations, it’s important to understand the opportunities of doing business in the country — as well as the challenges. India was one of the first expansion markets for Abbott, after Canada and the U.K, “In the future, manufacturing will be far more decentralized.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. ” It’s part of a Robotics as a Service market that research from Allied Market Research estimated will be worth some $34.7

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Social Means Freedom, for Better or for Worse

Harvard Business Review

While social stuff is often associated with marketing or customer service, social can affect every part of the business model , including how we organize. The seven full time employees form a nucleus, or core group to handle program management, operations, and communications. And that would be interesting enough.