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Executive Director Of The Harvard Business School California Research Center

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According to Christina L. Darwall, executive director of the Harvard Business School California Research Center, Built to flip is an essential element of competing in the new economy, successful businesses are necessarily to be short in time. (Palowski, 2000) In the 21st century, there is a rising impatience within the economy. Investors are no longer interested in long-term and sustaining companies, but most of the businesses are aiming to do quickly and get acquired within a short period, which are the “Build to flip” companies. (Collin, 2000; p. 1) Under the culture of entitlement, managers now see themselves are entitled to make money, and in a case that ‘The faster I go, the faster I feel I need to go’. (Thrift, 2000; p. 26) As well as the rapid growth of consumer demand, leads to the massive expansion in customer service entitlements. (2014, Lecture 4; p. 8) This is an unquestionable sign of a boom in decay. (Thrift, 2000; p. 26) In addition, impermanence is a feature in different phenomenon, and everything will come to the stage of deterioration. (Zsolnai, 2014; p. 63) If it was permanent in everything, we do not have to make choices, judgments, responsibilities and entitlements. (2014, Lecture 9; p. 1) Yet, the successes of mass-production and consumption in the new economy seem cause us entirely forgot to notify finitude and limits of the whole world. This problem would be a threat in our future and the next generation.
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