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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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Just How Important Is Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

Since joining the Harvard Business School in 2007 (after a long career at IBM, Kodak, Silicon Graphics, and other companies), I have visited hundreds of factories. Making parts for an iPhone is a challenging mix of materials science, mechanical engineering, precision fabrication, and managing mind-boggling complexity in the supply chain.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business Review

While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. As corporations rethink their global supply chains and business models, creating ecosystems of suppliers and aspiring entrepreneurs could be part of the solution.

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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. The Corporate Elite continued to do what they did most of their careers: increase efficiencies, boost scale, and lower costs to maximize profits. One common definition of innovation is invention that generates value. But we never ask value for whom?