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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

For more than 60 years, investors, analysts, business leaders, and even governments, have classified companies based on industries. Industry walls are disintegrating at a rapid pace. Over the past five years, Apple and Google have made significant moves in the automotive, healthcare, media, and smart home markets, among many others.

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What Will Your Industry Look Like in 2030? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Harvard Business

Around half of them are telling us that they’re worried about digital disruption, and again, nearly half are saying they don’t know what their industry is going to look like in three to five years’ time, which is quite shocking. And we realized some time ago that a lot of our customers are very fearful of digital disruption.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Business Valuation.

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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. manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, according to a leading technology industry analyst. In some industries, 3D printing is projected to reach the mainstream in three to ten years.

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Research: Self-Disruption Can Hurt the Companies That Need It the Most

Harvard Business

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. Traditional automotive manufacturers certainly do. Companies in the satellite TV industry fall into this quadrant. Fuse/Getty Images. These are rarely studied questions.

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Industry-Academic Partnerships Can Solve Bigger Problems

Harvard Business

In a country where academia and industry usually tread separate paths, it’s unusual to see the two innovate together. However, for such a technology to spread widely, a company like Saint-Gobain is needed to manufacture various materials on an industrial scale.

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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. Today, Delta has industry-leading operations in metrics such as on-time arrivals, flight cancellations, and lost bags.