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VIDEO – Silicon Valley unofficial mayor talks pancakes, Steve Jobs, startups and pouring millions into ideas

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VIDEO – A creative and whacky look at the place to have a power breakfast in Silicon Valley. Leaders and innovators, how the Valley got to where it is today – and where its headed.
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IDC talks about flaws in EMS value propositions

In the medical electronics sector, Jabil has been the leader but Flextronics has been investing in its medical practice. Flextronics gained a significant presence in the medical space through its acquisition of Solectron and then followed this up with the purchase of Avail, an EMS firm specializing in disposable products…
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Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) on innovation and failure

We rub elbows with Richard Notargiacomo, a former product development manager with Eastman Kodak and now the chairman and president of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). PDMA is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization with the mission to improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing new products, covering new goods…
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Former IKEA exec Goran Carstedt on corporate change and why HR fails

Creating is very different from problem solving. In problem solving, we seek to make something we do not want to go away. In creation, we seek to make something we truly care about to come into existence. That implies a very different way of thinking. We need to use back-casting from sustainability principles, because forecasting…
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The global economy and table seating at the world business buffet

The fact that so many more companies are trading and investing overseas also means that one core source of support for protectionist policies, that is, manufacturers who produce solely in the United States, has gotten smaller. This means…
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Chinese authority Dr. Kerry Brown on China’s issues and western ways

Kerry Brown, Ph.D. is the author of ‘Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century’ and, ‘The Rise of the Dragon: Chinese Inward and Outward Investment in the Reform Period.’ He is also a committee member with 48 Group Club, a business network committed to promoting positive relations with China, and …
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