N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
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. Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. But manufacturing?
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 27, 2017
The Autonomous Outsourcer. Business process outsourcing becomes business process algorithmization. The same sensibilities and economic opportunities that make outsourcing appealing become managerial principles for computational autonomy. Their loyalty and accountability belongs to top management.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 26, 2016
Conventional wisdom holds that improving working conditions (which typically costs money) would undermine the competitive advantage these firms enjoy. However, our research suggests that outsourcing production is not inexorably tied to poor workplace conditions. Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 21, 2011
There is also a great opportunity for adding talent leverage via outsourcing, crowdsourcing, and other contract opportunities that provide cost savings and scale. Often times these acquisitions can provide you some form of exclusivity or other form of competitive advantage.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 19, 2013
However, most companies require considerable planning and need both a competitive advantage and a solid business plan in order to succeed. Plan for a realistic amount of sales and interest so you can conservatively manage your finances. Will customers be able to identify and discuss your competitive advantage?
Harvard Business Review
MAY 19, 2015
Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.
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