Could the prospect of this wearable device technology falling into the hands of Google or Samsung (for instance) prompt Apple to expedite its own product development?

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For years GM operated as a loose federation, in which Opel in Europe and Holden in Australia each had their own product development and assembly operations, separate from North America.

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I'd hire Mr. Trippi to run a campaign, but as a business consultant he hasn't finished his own product-development stage.

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Using its own product-development skills, Yamaichi's customer base and Sanwa's 400 branches, Merrill hoped for a fast start in fund management.

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Each has its own product-development and marketing executives.

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So, why is Google paying for the development of a competitor to its own product?

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And when I look back at my own tenure as the CEO of my own company, I realize that most of the skills that made me successful in product development, marketing, management, or just collecting our receivables were just footnotes to that crash course in human nature that I got from sales.

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