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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

Inherently, digital printing’s “additive” manufacturing process promises to be less costly than more conventional “subtractive” manufacturing techniques — think about printing something layer by layer instead of milling a block of material into a final product. trillion in inventories held by U.S.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Value is in the products and services themselves.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While there are many risks and obstacles involved in being an innovation leader – producing products not supported by the current infrastructure, creating more waste than recycling, and the high cost and limited capacity of existing energy storage methods – these problems also represent opportunities for innovation and growth.

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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business

However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks. New entrants tend to start by exporting finished goods from the nearest Asian factory with a desire to protect brand quality and/or intellectual property and/or to minimize capital investments.

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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.