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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true. However, it does indicate the industry’s optimism. Neither is the relationship one sided: tech firms need the engineering and manufacturing expertise that only the automobile industry can provide.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. All different industries…all eventual failures. Autopsy #1 – Borders.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business

Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. The next explanation is that Kodak mismanaged its investment in digital cameras, overshooting the market by trying to match performance of traditional film rather than embrace the simplicity of digital.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

in business, clearly have a love for aviation and were a professional in the aviation industry from 2006 to 2010. I also landed an apprenticeship with a company called Friendly Human Productions. So depending on your tax status, maybe you are an independent contractor so you can call it Garrett Films, or whatever you want to.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business

Many leading American digital firms, including Google, Amazon, eBay, and Uber, have successfully expanded internationally by introducing their products, services, and platforms in other countries. underestimating the major differences between digital business and other industries. failure to fully embed operations in China.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business

One major Asian electronics company built a design lab to develop new hardware product ideas. When sales of the Frankenstein product missed their mark, everyone shared the blame. Explorers work in teams like R&D, customer insights, or product development. They didn’t have a handoff, they had a drop-off.

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US Car Makers Crank Out Cars Around the Clock; Who is Buying the Cars?

MishTalk

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. industry that we''ve had this high a level of capacity utilization," he said. management consulting firm.