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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

Other times, shifts may be driven by disruptions and disrupters like the one happening in the transportation and hotel markets right now thanks to the likes of Uber and Airbnb. The decade also saw the rise of formidable emerging-market competitors and opportunities. telecom, music, and aviation) experienced upheavals.

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Understanding the Rise of Manufacturing in India

Harvard Business Review

For example, Chicago-based Abbott, which operates in 150 countries and owns top brands such as Similac infant formula, recently built a manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, Gujarat, in order to compete in India’s large branded generics market. India was one of the first expansion markets for Abbott, after Canada and the U.K,

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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. As the definition of and market for the latest thinking evolves, SU is in a unique position to fluidly respond. And that would be interesting enough. Is that scary? For many, yes.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

” It’s part of a Robotics as a Service market that research from Allied Market Research estimated will be worth some $34.7 It will provide capacity in markets that struggle with labor capacity either through the difficulty of the work itself or the cost pressures they face. The need for investment in technology.

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