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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

Activists and politicians demand the modernization of energy production, supply, and consumption. In the meantime, alternative sources of energy, such as solar and wind, are surging. Figures there and elsewhere suggest they are the fastest-growing energy option on the globe. Sustainability is the new business benchmark.

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What's Next When Offshoring Isn't so Cheap?

Harvard Business Review

Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. Cheap, plentiful labor was readily available in developing countries like China, India, Mexico and Eastern Europe. Falling trade barriers, inexpensive energy and low transport charges further strengthened the case for making products overseas.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

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Big Data and Big Oil: GE’s Systems and Sensors Drive Efficiencies for BP

Harvard Business Review

With energy demands rising and reserves of oil and gas becoming more challenging to access, the productivity revolution promoted by the Industrial Internet is of vital importance to the oil and gas sector. This is sponsor content – insight from GE. trillion of relevant sectors.

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Emerging-Market Engineers Power Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

A quick scan of the list indicates that all 100 organizations are located in developed countries. From this list, some readers may infer that innovation is largely the realm of engineers and scientists working in developed countries for large companies, assuming that innovators from countries such as India and China don''t matter after all.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

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How Industrial Systems Are Turning into Digital Services

Harvard Business Review

“In some offshore wind applications, changing the main bearing on a turbine is so expensive that it undermines the business case for building the turbine in the first place,” said Filippo Zingariello, director of global strategic development at SKF. Turns out, data from all of these little things can make a big difference.