Toro Buys Spartan Mowers

[bertsmobile1]

Innovation in terms of better products dies because there is no competitive pressure to improve. What innovation remains is focused on reducing costs to improve margins.

Exactly
And people outside the particular industry have no idea how astronomical the costs of R & D can be
A lot more profitable not to do any then use that money to buy other peoples profits .
And that is what they teach MBA's to do , seek out innovative or improved then buy out the company and close it down.
At the very best you might use some of their IP, MTD's adoption of the Cub Cadet deck mounting is a prime example

 

[StarTech]

The old nag isn't what she used to be.... Oh well enough with the problems going out to play in the snow with Jack, George, and Jim. At least this time I got the milk.

 

[bkeller500]

What we are talking about is a microcosm of what has been going on in our country. We are worried about getting well built, reliable, mower equipment and mower parts at a reasonable price. Bring back American ingenuity, engineering and American manufacturing would solve a lot of our lawn forum problems..........and a lot of our country's economic and political issues.

 

[bertsmobile1]

What we are talking about is a microcosm of what has been going on in our country. We are worried about getting well built, reliable, mower equipment and mower parts at a reasonable price. Bring back American ingenuity, engineering and American manufacturing would solve a lot of our lawn forum problems..........and a lot of our country's economic and political issues.

The biggest problem with the USA is your very corrupt election system and until that is addressed then nothing will change because the parties are dependent upon the megga rich to fund the insane spending on election campains and of course they business & individuals do not give away all that money without demanding some form of pay back .
Unions need to become a lot stronger and get a seat on the boards as happens in most large German companies .
And finally anti trust laws need to be enforced to maintain a strongly competative market .

Now if you think any of this will happen peacefully with out blood on the streets you are the eternal optimumist .
It should happen at the ballot box but you saw what happened the first time in it's history the USA actually had an election which almost resembled being fair .