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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. Product: mechanical vs. interactive.

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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. Where OEMs and others stumble is not delivering an equally effortless post-sales experience.

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Organizational structure for remote teams

Asamby Consulting

When employees have less distractions at work, it increases their productivity and performance, resulting in a better profitability for the organization. With the lack of an office environment, employees working alone could have a sense of isolation, which might lead to low productivity.

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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. It is built on concepts used by Toyota and applied to knowledge work rather than purely in automotive industrial plants. The sales, marketing, and HR teams, for example, used this approach to visualize the workflow and status of ongoing projects. .

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. What is the value of the individual and combined entities? But it decided not to.

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Can Anyone Stop Amazon from Winning the Industrial Internet?

Harvard Business

There are three types of products today. Type 2: These are once-analog products that have now been converted into digital products, such as photography, books, and music. These products are typically sold as a service via digital distribution platforms (Audible.com for books, Spotify for music, Netflix for movies).

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Attended vs. Unattended RPA: It Doesn’t Need to be an Either-Or

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Streamlining Efficiency. This results in faster resolutions for customers, better overall experiences, and increased productivity. Streamlining employees’ processes makes them more productive and, in the end, leads to better customer experiences. Most likely, the answer is: both.