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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology? That compilation of tasks that go from time sheet to paycheck?

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, it has been government’s role to provide equality of opportunity (particularly through education), an effective safety net, and social, political, and economic stability. Education is critical in creating career mobility and equality of opportunity, which are at least as important as, and closely tied to, income gaps.

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It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities

Harvard Business Review

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. All of these approaches must extend across the firm and be practiced by contractors down the supply chain.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

innovation, in terms of jobs, income, revenue, and taxes, has gone offshore. Start with the wages of college-educated workers, people who tend to work in creative industries. One common definition of innovation is invention that generates value. But we never ask value for whom? By not investing in traditional Made In America, the U.S.

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Where Trump Does (and Doesn’t) Have Leverage with China

Harvard Business Review

has created no net new jobs for those whose highest educational level is a high-school degree (or less) since the job market bottomed out in 2010, but it has created 4 million jobs for people with a bachelor’s degree. service industries like higher education, publishing, design, and consulting. To understand the U.S.

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In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. Business Purpose. Use of Revenues and Margins.

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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. This should involve not only education but also incentives, such as employer contributions that go beyond what is required by law.