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Managing Risks in Manufacturing Projects: Essentials and Best Practices

Epicflow

Supply chain disruption involves raw material shortages, delays in transportation, trade restrictions, and more. Risks related to advanced technology use Even though manufacturers implement the latest technologies to increase operational efficiency, these technologies may pose additional risks. Resource optimization. Risk management.

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Case Interviews: How to Stand Out in the Crowd

Tom Spencer

The scenarios can range from market entry strategies to profitability analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and more. If you are not from a business background, it is important to learn basic concepts such as market sizing, supply and demand, competitive analysis, and basic financial principles such as profit margins and break-even analysis.

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Combatting COVID-19 in Emerging Markets

Tom Spencer

Much less emphasis has been placed on developing tools suitable for emerging markets and the businesses in these economies. Obstacles in Emerging Markets. Emerging markets face a unique challenge when it comes to deploying technology to fight COVID-19 due to the large role that informal markets play in these economies.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

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The Rise of FinTech in Supply Chains

Harvard Business

FinTechs are internet companies that streamline financial systems and make funding the supply chain more efficient. This improved working capital can be used to fund growth in new markets. This is similar to the way third-party logistics companies (3PLs) arrange transportation. FinTechs typically act like brokers.

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The Reason Air Travel Is Terrible and So Few Airlines Are Profitable

Harvard Business

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large.

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The Goldilocks Theory of Product Success

Harvard Business

Almost 50% of market pioneers fail, and later entrants or organizations that don’t enter a market first often end up being more successful. Being optimally distinct—and marketing yourself as such. Horses had been the primary transportation method for thousands of years. They weren’t.