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In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection

Harvard Business

In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. The second company is Fiat Chrysler, which introduced the Dodge Dart compact in 2012 with great fanfare, and even greater expectations. In the U.S.,

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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

Social enterprise has the potential to change the status quo in three important ways: Firstly, social enterprises are allowed to make a profit, which means they have an incentive to innovate and operate efficiently. Rise of Social Enterprise. The growing trend towards social enterprise could be a game changer.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? Rationale: In both the Siri and Beats cases, Apple had the capabilities to develop the technology / product it was purchasing itself. Situation #3: Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche have been combined companies since 2012. Rationale: The cost to develop a new car platform is high.

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Blue River, which has raised more than $3 million in venture capital, also plans to develop machines to automate weeding – and eventually harvesting – using many of the same technologies. Still, there is much research and development to be done.

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Analysis of Obama's Plan to Save the World From Greenhouse Gasses

MishTalk

New Energy Finance predicts that it might fall as low as €1. Climate and weather disasters in 2012 cost the American economy more than $100 billion. Steve Jobs didn’t develop the PC because the price of typewriters went up.” But an innovation strategy to develop cheaper, better clean energy technologies doesn’t make the cut.

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"China Urbanization Growth Fallacy"; Trouble with Ponzi Schemes

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. For the newly converted, the risk is that they see the recent slowdown as a consequence of unexpected adverse developments, rather than as an expression of the underlying systemic problem with the growth model. 2012-11-03: Capital Account. 2012-04-15: Max Keiser.

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5 Ways U.S. Hospitals Can Respond to Medicare’s Mounting Costs

Harvard Business

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. hospitals from treating Medicare patients escalated sharply in 2012, when Congress included Medicare in its budget sequester, and they have remained high since. Use data analytics to develop a pathway to higher profitability. The losses of U.S.

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