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SAP CFO, Luka Mucic

SAP is eyeing small acquisitions and partnerships with big industrial companies to prepare the business software maker for new trends such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and machine learning, the finance chief said. "In these areas it makes sense to look at smaller acquisitions," he said. "Most of the larger software companies have too much overlap with our activities," he said. SAP is also pushing to form partnerships with big industrial players to connect everything from cars and screwdrivers to the interne. "The idea of cooperating with competitors is new for some manufacturing companies but for software companies this has been normal practice for years," he said.

“为做好迎接人工智能、区块链和机器学习等新趋势的准备，商业软件制造商SAP正在瞄准小企业收购，同时与大型工业企业展开合作。”CFO Luka Mucic解释说，“在这些领域进行较小规模的收购意义重大，因为多数大型软件公司的业务与我们的有太多重叠。”不过，SAP同时也在推动与大型工业企业建立伙伴关系，将从汽车到螺丝刀的一切事物都连接到互联网。“与竞争对手合作的想法对于一些制造企业而言还很新鲜，但这在软件开发领域是多年来常见的做法。”

BMW CFO，Friedrich Eichiner

BMW AG CFO Friedrich Eichiner said the company had substantially reduced its inventory overhang in the U.S. and had made progress shifting its product offering from slow-selling sedans to meet high U.S. demand for sport-utility vehicles."Inventories in the U.S. have been clearly reduced and our pipeline is now better prepared against possible setbacks,"

宝马集团CFO Friedrich Eichiner表示，该公司在美国市场的库存积压已经大幅降低，同时公司在产品调整方面也取得了一定进展，用动型多用途汽车替代滞销轿车，以迎合美国市场的高需求。“美国市场的库存已经大幅减少，我们现在的渠道已经能够更好地应对潜在的困难。”

Ford CFO，Bob Shanks

Ford Motor Co CFO Bob Shanks told investors it is too early to assess the impact of the election of Donald Trump U.S. president on its business over the next several years. Shanks said he expects that the North American Free Trade Agreement will be revised in a Trump administration. The Ford CFO said the automaker also expects a Trump administration to alter regulations on fuel economy and emissions, adding that while Ford still expects those regulations to stiffen in the next few years，that the pace toward more stringent fuel economy and emissions targets may slow.

福特汽车CFO Bob Shanks向投资者表示，目前对于特朗普当选美国总统对未来几年经济的影响进行评估为时尚早。Shanks透露，“我们期待北美自由贸易协定（NAFTA）能够在特朗普任期内得到修订，以及特朗普政府能够对燃油经济性及排放法规进行修改。虽然福特仍然预计这些规章制度在未来几年会得到加强，但迈向更严格的燃料经济性及排放目标的速度可能会放缓。”