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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

For example, a manufacturing company might explore new markets or develop complementary products to ensure a more stable income. For example, during the 2008 financial crisis Microsoft used its large cash reserves to continue investing in software development and R&D, which has paid off in the long run.

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Technology Is Changing What a Premium Automotive Brand Looks Like

Harvard Business

The automotive industry is being disrupted by electric vehicles and self-driving cars, just as home appliances is being disrupted by the Internet of Things and smart appliances, home entertainment by on-demand content providers, and apparel by online personal stylists such as Stitch Fix and Trunk Club. Marketing and sales: offline vs. online.

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3 ways to turn first-time electric vehicle owners into loyal customers

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EV sales are growing at a rapid clip as consumer interest in sustainable products and air quality increase and automotive manufacturers deliver a wider range of EVs at different price points. In addition to zero tailpipe emissions, EVs offer more efficiency than traditional vehicles, lower energy costs, and require less maintenance.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. Rationale: In both the Siri and Beats cases, Apple had the capabilities to develop the technology / product it was purchasing itself. Rationale: The cost to develop a new car platform is high.

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Why You and Your Clients Will Benefit from the Kanban Approach

Comatch

Work management methods ensure a workplace runs as efficiently as possible. Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work developed by David J. It is built on concepts used by Toyota and applied to knowledge work rather than purely in automotive industrial plants. What is Kanban? Anderson at Microsoft in 2004.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for a NAFTA Overhaul?

Harvard Business

At the same time, exports and other foreign sales would be made tax free. companies in the automotive, agricultural, and textile industries by as much as one percentage point (assuming no pass-through of higher costs to consumers). The uncertain nature of trade policy has left many leadership teams reluctant to act. Options and hedges.

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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. Consider the automotive industry. But to thrive in that future, the auto industry will have to get over its obsession with unit sales. For years, U.S. For years, U.S.

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