{"id":90783,"date":"2011-04-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/artikel\/the-courage-to-expose-oneself-to-the-unknown-our-most-important-locational-advantage\/"},"modified":"2011-04-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T12:00:00","slug":"the-courage-to-expose-oneself-to-the-unknown-our-most-important-locational-advantage","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/the-courage-to-expose-oneself-to-the-unknown-our-most-important-locational-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Courage to Expose Oneself to the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- GITO PUB shortened content start --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-protected\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- GITO PUB shortened content end --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;text-align:center !important;margin:30px 0;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;border:1px solid #555;padding:10px;max-width:600px;text-align:left;\">\n<h2 class=\"gito-pub-download-section\"><center>Access limited<\/center><\/h2>\n<p>You are currently <strong>not logged in \/ not yet registered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In order to download the desired file(s), you must be logged in and have an appropriate inclusive subscription. 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It will always be possible to find regions offering cheaper labor, lax rules of operation in terms of environmental criteria or fewer regulatory stipulations. Yet, highly successful enterprises continue to count firmly on sites here. It must surely be down to the driving spirit of change as so aptly defined in the Economist \u201e&#8230;to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress&#8230;\u201c. As clear and as simple as this may seem, the difficulty lies in translating this into everyday corporate life. It takes courage to look beyond the boundaries of one\u2019s own experience, while we are always immersed in a framework defined by people of different characters. Only by seeking and accepting what is possible beyond the limited range of our own imagination, can we bring about structural change. Wealth lies not in the optimization of the existing system but in real innovation. 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