Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

But without a robust labor market, textile workers could not look forward to a long career at different workplaces and so they had little reason to invest in learning. Now, however, automation and offshoring have eliminated many of those jobs for weavers and steelworkers and typographers; many of the old skills are obsolete.

Technology 8

Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. In a recent survey of 369 manufacturers , researchers found that across a range of fields U.S. While few SMMs entertain offshoring strategies, they do, increasingly, compete globally. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

Innovation 9

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

First, let's make sure we're focused on the two biggest pressures on joblessness and job generation: the would-be new entrants — the 16- to 24-year-olds — lacking the necessary skills and experience to land gainful employment, and the post-55-year-old mature workers, intent on remaining in the labor market, or scrambling to get back in.

Politics 10

Politics Maturity Mentor Offshoring 10