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U.S. Manufacturers Are Hurting Themselves by the Way They Hire

Harvard Business Review

Given the hypercompetitive nature of global manufacturing, it wouldn't take much to kill this momentum and put the U.S. Robots and computer-operated tools are everywhere. Companies that learn to hire and partner with an engaged, savvy workforce will ensure a viable American manufacturing sector and prepare the way for long-term growth.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

The Future of Operations. The latter are troublesome because the knowledge base and skills required to operate in the new realm are so fundamentally different. Paralleling Jim March’s classic analysis of “exploration vs. exploitation,” short term crowds out long term here as well. Insight Center.