Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

That's because information technology — not just the Internet, but also mobile devices, " big data " for intensive data-crunching, and other computer hardware and software — will render even some of today's most proficient business processes obsolete by the end of the decade. I see three big opportunities: 1.

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Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2016

They’re doing this because hiring independent workers on a contingent basis increases business flexibility and agility, provides access to hard-to-hire specialized talent, and potentially reduces costs. In the U.S. alone, companies are engaging roughly 6.4 Both benefit from having a stronger, more direct relationship with each other.

MBO 8

MBO Long-term Human Capital Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Innovation isn’t merely outsourced to low-cost providers, it’s globally networked between peers and partners. This globality phenomenon is itself surprisingly global: the Berlin and Beijing startup scenes, for example, appear almost as technologically transnational as Boston’s and the Bay Area’s.

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Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. Technology? This only results in technology being deployed on time and to budget and works. IT management Information & technology'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But even though they know they must innovate in response, they don''t know how to do so in the complex global market. As a reaction to these business changes, the enterprise is beginning to respond in a number of ways: Outsourcing services. The value of a cell phone is more based on its app ecosystem than its function and features.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We're not pivoting fast enough towards the new marketing normal. I love a great commercial as much the next person and am in awe of the creative and strategic minds that create them, but modern marketing success requires a whole lot more than great ads. Nor should you outsource everything. We are competing with the internet.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. These relationships were essential in gaining the confidence of customers who had qualms about outsourcing to IBM. Patience and a long-term view.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Increasingly, the CIO and IT must be seen less as merely developing and deploying technology, and more as a source of innovation and transformation that delivers business value, leveraging technology instead of directly delivering it. CIOs must be an integral and vocal part of conversations on new ventures and resource allocation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. Some companies believe that outsourcing to design firms is becoming less attractive as the value of UX as a core business asset increases.

Strategy 9

Strategy Six Sigma Engineering Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. Google has its own contender in the market, Google Voice. But a solution could come by following the example of the lean, agile, and India-based company Bharti AirTel Limited. In the U.S.,

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Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

While the technology giant's second-quarter revenue increased by 3%, its relatively new CEO, Leo Apotheker, was forced to lower the forecast for revenue for the fiscal year. He blamed the Japan earthquake, the anemic PC market, and a troubled services organization. The technology market is the epitome of creative destruction.

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Software Technology Intellectual Capital Marketing 12

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs. The dissemination of technology. Indeed, a recent German study found that the jobs landscape is harmed by the poor distribution of technologies such as robotics throughout the economy.

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TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 74

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Research at the University of Missouri suggests that the mere announcement of a co-CEO structure produces a positive reaction from the market. Smucker, Whole Foods Market, Aéropostale, SAP. Indeed, Wipro gave up on the model when competitors seemed to show greater agility, and unceremoniously fired both leaders.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. As Harvard lecturer and global trend watcher Vikram Mansharamani shows in this eye-opening and perspective-shifting book, our complex, data-flooded world has made us ever more reliant on experts, protocols, and technology.

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Books Leadership Simon Learning-by-Doing 448

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

CEOs must convince the board, markets, employees, and customers that what they are doing is valuable. Ashok Vemuri, the head of Americas at Infosys, the Indian business process outsourcing company, made a similar point. Instead, what he looks for are intelligence, curiosity and an agile mind.

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Succession Conference Outsourcing Long-term 15