Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Leaders recognize that lean and agile business strategies require new ways of accessing talent to fill critical gaps — without necessarily bringing on more full-time employees. Studies of the global agile-talent community vary in their estimates of the size of the population. One of the main problems is decision making.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

By cutting the fixed costs of computing — avoiding the need to hire IT staff, servers, and hardware — even the smallest firm can satisfy large and unexpected computing needs. This operational agility can be particularly valuable when facing uncertain demand or a fast-evolving competitive environment.

Technology 10

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

But a solution could come by following the example of the lean, agile, and India-based company Bharti AirTel Limited. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. Bharti is the largest telecommunications services provider in India.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10