CEO Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

If there is a trend to moving offshore then there are markets for things like ESL, accent correction, communication process and systems. Moving offshore would need to be done efficiently so a focus on making it frictionless. Put your data out there and use open innovation and crowd sourcing to reduce cost and speed development.

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Innovation Offshoring Trends Outsourcing 140

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

“Recent developments are placing additional stress on the U.S. Indeed, the policies are often prompting companies to offshore R&D facilities to countries where the brightest talent is rather than trying to attract that talent to the country.

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Innovation Offshoring Human Capital Report 94

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 22, 2017

Guest post from Angela Sebaly: A recent Harvard Business Review article examined Shell Corporation’s adoption of an 18-month program designed to help the company’s offshore workers give and receive feedback before their upcoming deployment.

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Offshoring Chemicals Construction Benchmarking 151

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 26, 2020

Around half of the organizations surveyed revealed that if they were unable to bring the talent they needed to the United States, they would offshore the work instead. Indeed, some 84% of organizations said that recruiting from overseas had become harder under the current administration. ”

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Trends Offshoring Policies Education 81

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The funds saved in this area may be used for marketing, customer service, research and development, and more. In the past, electronic part production runs were handled offshore for a range of reasons. They reduce the capital spent on storage, as they pay less in warehouse fees and the labor required to manage the storage.

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Offshoring Engineering Cost Bottom-up 115

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Just because a company can offshore some portion of its operations doesn’t mean it should. That appears to be the case with the offshoring of research and development, according to a new paper from the Center for European Economic Research.

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Offshoring Innovation Restructuring Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Develop a Website. If all this is too much to handle, you can enroll a web developer instead of doing it yourself. Then, consider whether you want to locate your company in offshore countries or not, based on your government jurisdiction. App Developing : Are you a coder with a great new app idea? Legalize the Business.

Affiliate Marketing 73

Affiliate Marketing How To SWOT Offshoring 73

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

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. Offshoring isn't going away, but companies will have to be smarter about it. Not if you want to stay in the game. Diversify.

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Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 2, 2013

And like individuals, teams can develop the capacity for rebounding from pressure and setbacks. She was struck by their ability to execute a seamless recovery: “The first offshore race I did with the Ramblers lit a fire as to why I wanted to join them as a team member.

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Teamwork Offshoring Follow-up Executive Coaching 273

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The iconic Sydney to Hobart Race, a 723-mile deepwater challenge—often called the "Everest" of offshore ocean racing—is considered one of the toughest in the world. They need to keep an eye out to see if someone is wavering, or a faction developing. Not everybody's perfect, so a good leader is able to deal with imperfections.

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Teamwork Offshoring Follow-up Executive Coaching 283

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Nations that prioritize its development, its attraction, its retention, and its movement across borders will be best positioned to compete. This allows the researchers to gain a unique insight into the role immigration plays, and the vital role business schools are playing as the gatekeepers of immigration and talent development.

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Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 52

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

In turn, this makes offshoring more efficient. These companies will increase their spending on software development from 6% last year to 9% this year. You can expect to see new players for software development outsourcing. These tasks include arranging schedules, finalizing meetings, and qualifying clients, among others.

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Outsourcing Trends Offshoring Telecommunications 66

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

Developing economies are yet to reach their full appetite for fossil fuels. Even offshore drilling hasn’t delivered on its potential yet. Still Keeping the Lights On. The industry will harness the power of growth catalysts to stay ahead of the curve. First of all, there are still untapped and undiscovered reserves out there.

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Industry Energy Offshoring Technology 75

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

These executives, bankers and hedge fund managers who took over the once proud manufacturing industry in America and broke it up, outsourced the work or shipped entire factories offshore for obscene profits while destroying the lives of millions of employees don’t need happy coaches. I wonder why? Posting your comment.

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Organization Outsourcing Leadership Hedge 186

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

The investment required to find, employ, and train staff to do so often outweighs that of the one-off cost you would pay a freelancer or a small web developer company. There are offshore markets to explore too. Many highly skilled developers can be found in emerging markets such as India, where costs are far lower.

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Outsourcing Strategic Planning Offshoring Resources 50

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now. consultants, etc.),

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 295

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

To find out, we developed a measure and coined the term Global Engineering Intensity (GEI) as the ratio of the headcount of R&D staff in India plus China to a company’s current annual R&D expense. “Don’t send only ‘undesirable’ work like porting or testing offshore.

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Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

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.

Engineering 8

Engineering Globalization Innovation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

BP has deployed GE’s System1TM and SmartSignalTM software across a number of its offshore production facilities located in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, along with other key oil and gas areas such as Gulf of Mexico, Caspian Sea and Angola.

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Efficiency Offshoring System Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

They must hire, develop, manage, and lead a team of people with diverse and specialized competencies who do fundamentally different jobs and likely have dissimilar career aspirations. Asking a process/detail expert to do the work of an analysis/design expert, or vice versa, is a recipe for disaster. What does this mean for sales ops leaders?

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Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR. This is a role that cannot be automated, shared as a service, offshored or outsourced.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

For some time now, it has been obvious that these companies will have to go beyond the offshoring model that served them well in the past and develop innovative new ones. Moreover, governments, concerned about job-creation, data-security, and user-privacy, are challenging the offshoring model.

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Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That is because advanced manufacturing provides an important institutional foundation for learning and developing process skills and capabilities that are increasingly intertwined with core R&D in some of the industries most important to the country's economic future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In many ways, the biggest business developments of 2010 were the things that didn't happen. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Banks with cash didn't lend it.

Technology 14

Technology Innovation Offshoring Trends 14

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. Located at the home office, she developed long-term relationship with her clients. Learning about new developments in your field will be more engaging than pounding the pavement for your old job. Find a market niche.

Marketing 16

Marketing CPA Outsourcing Forrester 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Ford, for example, reengineered its global product development process to keep all parties, including suppliers, up to date on the status of new products in its pipeline. They then must help define the support they need and ways to develop their skills. Apple uses Foxconn to make iPads, iPhones, and iPads.

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Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

By shifting much of their production to Asia, Western companies have also offshored critical aspects of innovation. In photonics, offshoring has sometimes prevented U.S. start-ups from developing and using production innovations such as integrated design that could have cemented a U.S. advantage for years to come.

Contract Manufacturing 9

Contract Manufacturing Offshoring Supply Chain Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Books, online courses, MOOCs, professional development programs, podcasts, and other resources have never been more abundant or accessible, making it easier than ever to make a habit of lifelong learning. Every day, each of us is offered the opportunity to pursue intellectual development in ways that are tailored to our learning style.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2016

First, while we cannot ever fully convincingly establish causality between the two developments (because we are dealing with multifaceted processes that are way too complicated for that), the coincidence of the two developments will lead, and has led, many people to make that conclusion. But coincidence in time is not enough.

Globalization 8

Globalization Class Offshoring Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

It developed my confidence so that I now think I can do higher-level work. Challenging and higher-level responsibilities not only helped women to develop confidence in their potential but also enhanced their social networks and profiles within the organization; women became more firmly embedded within their engineering community.

Engineering 10

Engineering Management Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. .” The rise of hardware startups still has the feel of an insurgency. Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

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Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The death of over 800 people in the collapse of Rana Plaza , a building with garment factories in Bangladesh, spurred widespread outrage over working conditions in offshore factories. In the search for blame, many commentators point to the absence of building codes, lack of workplace safety rules, and the greed of US corporations.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The result is a chasm of opportunity — a vacuum ready to be filled by banks from both the emerging and developed worlds. Even amidst the euro crisis, the World Bank (PDF) expects developing economies to grow at a rate nearly four times that of the developed world over the next year. Filling the Gap.

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Banking Globalization Offshoring Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

The CEO of a manufacturer in the automotive industry added: “We hesitate to put a component or product that requires high, stringent control in many developing countries.” In the future, many commoditized products will continue to be made offshore. So the picture is truly nuanced. In the U.S.,

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 8

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. You can say that we are sort of using cloud computing a bit. The goal is to fully leverage the power of Amazon EC2 kind of infrastructure to help with scaling when we start seeing an eyeball-explosion.

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Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30