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What Tesla Knows That Other Patent-Holders Don’t

Harvard Business Review

Rather than worrying about car companies copying their technology, Tesla now hopes they will do so, in order to expand the overall market for electric vehicles. That gap is probably relevant in this market.”. This counterintuitive strategy is more than good PR — although that too — say several IP experts.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

An Indonesian engineer found commonality with Rakuten’s requirement that employees spend five minutes per week cleaning their desks by comparing it to his practice of washing his feet and hands when entering a mosque. Interactions are also vital for sharing knowledge across sites. Aspiring to a global career.

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Case Study: Will Our Chinese Partner Copy Our Technology?

Harvard Business Review

"At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market. The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. "Our It was among the fastest-growing Chinese automakers, and it was racing to get into the hybrid market.

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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

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Even in a Digital World, Globalization Is Not Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Think of tacit knowledge, which John Hagel III and John Seely Brown, who have thought deeply about information flows, argue is increasing rather than decreasing in value. Friedman’s declaration that the world is flat was motivated by the example of Indian software. But purely telematic interactions do sound a bit cold.