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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World

N2Growth Blog

MFG of South Dakota is a subsidiary of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), a leader in the field of reinforced plastics and composites, serving diverse markets with a variety of composite material systems and processes. On December 6, 2017, MFG announced closure of its wind blade manufacturing plant located in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

Although digitization has a significant catalytic effect on these processes, a successful diversification strategy would still need a solid basis and a set of scalable growth patterns that could apply to target markets. It will most likely overcome cross-cultural barriers as it expands into new markets.

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Investing In Robots Can Cause Profits To Fall

The Horizons Tracker

The study analyzed industry data spanning from 1995 to 2017 in the UK and 24 other European countries. As robot integration becomes more extensive within a company’s operations, they are increasingly leveraged to generate revenue through the innovation of new products. Profit margin can be a useful way to analyze this.”

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Industry Concentration Doesn’t Help Workers

The Horizons Tracker

A shift from manufacturing to services between 1992 and 2017 has been a significant factor in this change, with a reallocation of jobs rather than sales playing a key role. Larger factories operated with fewer employees, while service jobs, such as those in independent hair salons, increased. Similarly, the top 0.1

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Artificial Persuasion: The Invisible Brand

Leading Blog

William Ammerman states in The Invisible Brand , “ AI will play an increasingly important role in our lives in the years ahead as marketers turn vast amounts of computing power to the problem of influence people’s decisions.”. Indeed, broadly speaking, everything we do is marketing. ).

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Proximity Helps Startups To Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, the study found that neighbors are far more likely to adopt one another’s technology, with this especially likely when the companies operate in different markets (and are therefore complimentary rather than competitive). The benefits from such proximity are numerous and extend beyond mere knowledge sharing.