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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. For example, printing products on demand would significantly reduce the U.S. What happens, for example, if the value of a product’s underlying intellectual property overtakes its production value?

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. That doesn’t mean that you should stop delivering your current products or services. Rethink the role of partnerships in your business model.

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Industry-Academic Partnerships Can Solve Bigger Problems

Harvard Business

Faculty and interns from IIT-Madras and elsewhere collaborate with SGRI’s researchers to assess energy efficiency and visual comfort for both small-scale models (less than 100 square feet) and large commercial buildings (more than 100,000 square feet.). Early results from this collaborative innovation model are showing lots of promise.