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Article: Risk in Innovation.(manufacturing sector)(Brief Article)
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- February 1, 2001
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What are the risks of innovation? Innovation in manufacturing tends to be seen in an almost exclusively positive light. But, that view is usually the result of successful innovation. Failed innovation comes with a cost and manufacturers have to ask whether it is worth it.
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