Recordar Lawrence... nada está escrito (parte V)

Recordando Lindgren:
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"“Likewise, we cannot say any single strategy in the Prisioner’s Dilemma ecology was a winner. Lindgren’s model showed that once in a while, a particular strategy would rise up, dominate the game for a while, have its day in the sun, and then inevitably be brought down by some innovative competitor. Sometimes, several strategies shared the limelight, battling for “market share” control of the game board, and then an outsider would come in and bring them all down. During other periods, two strategies working as a symbiotic pair would rise up together – but then if one got into trouble, both collapsed.”
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And now, the grande finale: 
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“We discovered that there is no one best strategy; rather, the evolutionary process creates an ecosystem of strategies – an ecosystem that changes over time in Schumpeterian gales of creative destruction.”
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Na prática, na vida do dia-a-dia o que Lindgren encontra nas suas simulações é isto:
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""I've got a lot of experience overseas, and things are changing," he said. "China is getting more expensive."
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Beside rising labor costs, shipping expenses and timeliness in obtaining parts play a roll in a company's decision to move their manufacturing back to the U.S., said Frank Johnson, president of the 300-member Manufacturing Alliance of Connecticut in Waterbury.
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Many U.S. companies have adopted just-in-time manufacturing strategies and need quicker access to parts, he said."
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História completa aqui "Manufacturing in China has its challenges"