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The Uncertainty Arbitrage

CaseInterview.com

It is something I call the uncertainty arbitrage. While uncertainty is self-explanatory, if you're not from a finance background, the concept of arbitrage may be new to you. In its usual context, arbitrage is a financial trading strategy design to exploit goods that are inefficiently priced. Additional Resources.

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Building a Resilient Global Enterprise Inspired by Biology

BCG

This powerful formula for economic arbitrage enabled by technology and supported by the politics of open borders is the fruit of several decades of globalization. Today, all three elements of the equation not only are changing but also are subject to unprecedented levels of uncertainty.

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Building a Resilient Business Inspired by Biology

BCG

This powerful formula for economic arbitrage enabled by technology and supported by the politics of open borders is the fruit of several decades of globalization. Today, all three elements of the equation not only are changing but also are subject to unprecedented levels of uncertainty.

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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. All this adds up to an unprecedented level of uncertainty about trade policies and their effect.