Apple gets a lot of stick about manufacturing in China, and the issue came up again recently with the release of the iPhone 5. A recent article on the “Cult of Mac”contrasts Apple to Timbuk2, a US producer of traveler and messenger bags, that proudly locates most of its of its manufacturing in San Francisco, one of the most expensive places on earth.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/10/why-apple-has-to-manufacture-in-china/
After a brief hiatus due to vacations and travel over summer, the Renaissance Innovator blog is back! While I was catching up on the stack of journals which accumulated over summer, a Fortune article about Volkswagen which describes transformation of the company from a local German producer to a global phenomenon with over €160B in sales caught my eye. … Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/making-car-manufacturing-sane-business-model-innovation-at-volkswagen/
Among Renaissance Innovations that dramatically changed airline industries around the world is dynamic pricing. Now we take for granted that a person sitting next to you on the plane might have paid a fraction of what you paid. However, it was not always this way. … Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/02/is-there-such-thing-as-fair-price/
