The "C" Word

• Autores: Gillian Tett
• Localización: Foreign Policy, ISSN-e 1945-2276, Nº. 218, 2016, págs. 68-69
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the fear of convergence in collapsing of product categories and business sectors, focusing on the companies that have set bureaucracies and resist change. It talks about the electronics company Sony, who defined the entire category for the product Walkman. It states that leaders in the automotive sector in the U.S. are touting record sales due to the connection between cars and people. It also notes that information technology (IT) no longer exists in automobile sector, which changes consumers' idea of transportation systems in urban landscape