During their monthly consulting sessions in the early 1970s, Peter Drucker and Mort Mandel, the then-CEO of electronics and auto-parts distributor Premier Industrial Corp.
January is an exciting time for both green technology and eco-friendly cars, as the Consumer Electronics Show segues into the Detroit Auto Show -- which just kicked off today!
Berkshire saw revenues rise down the list of the companies it holds in businesses ranging between railroads, auto insurance, electronics components and RV-makers.
That's changing according to Vlad Sejnoha, chief technology officer at Nuance, who says auto makers have had to re-invent themselves as consumer electronics manufacturers.
Ford and other auto companies wanted to be able to prove that their infotainment systems could keep up with the consumer-electronics industry and a pace of product introduction and obsolescence that is many times faster than the glacial pace in the car business.