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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

Ajay is a technologist and business strategist who often obsesses over issues that range from the impact of technology on disruptive business models to entrepreneurship and impact investing. Innovation Sandbox” was the term coined by C.K. [Editor''s Note: This is a guest post from Ajay Swamy. You can find him at [link].].

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Collaboration Will Drive the Next Wave of Productivity Gains

Harvard Business Review

The ways individual companies achieve these straightforward goals fall in two basic categories: developing and adopting new management practices (such as total quality management, lean manufacturing, reengineering, and employee engagement), or adopting new technology and integrating it into the way work is done.

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The Dirty Little Secret About Digitally Transforming Operations

Harvard Business Review

the Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Manufacturing, and big data and advanced analytics. There is a common misconception that technology alone can produce magical results. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. It was all reminiscent of 19 th century advertisements for cure-all patent medicines.

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Employee Suggestion Schemes Don’t Have to Be Exercises in Futility

Harvard Business Review

First, even though the technology makes it easier to reach more people, simply offering a venue for employees to voice their ideas and concerns does not guarantee that they will use it. How technology is changing the way we work. But it has a few big limitations. Insight Center. Corporate Culture for a Digital World.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls, and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. Why are older incumbent firms slow to adopt new technologies even when the economic or strategic benefits are clear?