03 July 2008

Support systems - Cover story

  • Support systems - Cover story

As the industry gets more complex, we all need a helping hand. By John Moor.

Globalisation and relentless technological progress are having a universal and significant effect on how businesses operate.
Whilst globalisation brings new growth and market opportunities, it also brings business risk and an increased threat of competition. In response, companies are moving from the classic ‘closed’ system – in which they rely upon their internal capabilities to progress – to an ‘open’ system, where they work with others.

Author
John Moor

Supporting Information

Downloads
14678\Support Systems.pdf

Websites
http://www.hbs.edu/
www.nmi.org.uk

Companies
Harvard Business School
National Microelectronics Institute

This material is protected by Findlay Media copyright
See Terms and Conditions.
One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not.
For multiple copies contact the sales team.

Do you have any comments about this article?

Add your comments

Name
 
Email
 
Comments
 

Your comments/feedback may be edited prior to publishing. Not all entries will be published.
Please view our Terms and Conditions before leaving a comment.

 

Related Articles

Hafnium oxide breakthrough

Researchers have developed a unique material that paves the way for next ...

Optoelectronics breakth

Researchers have, for the first time, developed crystalline materials that ...

Graphene breakthrough

Scientists from the University of Manchester have opened a third dimension in ...

The seven stages of start up

The south of France is a haven for start ups and its success can be measured by ...

Space electronics: Cubesats

Towards the end of 2012, a tiny satellite the shape of a cd rack will be ...

Crystal clear solution

The perceived wisdom is that diamonds are a girl's best friend. But the highly ...

Altium's Innovation Station

An introduction to the Altium Innovation Station. It includes an overview of ...

Eclipse-based embedded IDE combines best of ...

Software development tools for embedded systems have evolved in an interesting ...

Express Logic and Ball Aerospace team up to ...

On January 12, 2005, NASA, working with the engineers at the Jet Propulsion ...

IBM tackles 22nm challenges

IBM has announced the semiconductor industry’s first computationally based ...

Touch interface innovation

A new contact microphone, when connected to a system, is able to process sound ...

The Ben Heck Show (New series)

In this season 2 premiere of 'The Ben Heck Show', modding guru Ben Heck puts ...

Ben Heck builds LAN computer

In this episode of The Ben Heck Show, Ben builds a retro inspired portable LAN ...

Bionic lenses and rabbits

A Terminator style bionic contact lens has been developed by researchers in a ...

Richard Noble's Bloodhound Project diary

I apologise – my web updates always seem to be late and I feel I am letting you ...

The worm hasn't turned

Every once in a while, you look at the results of a research project and ask ...

Brent Hudson, Sagentia

Sagentia's ceo tells Graham Pitcher how the consulting company is anticipating ...

Prof Donal Bradley, Imperial

Graham Pitcher talks to a researcher who was 'there at the start' of the ...

Geoff Halls, Roke Manor

Roke Manor continues to be a world leader in communications research, but ...