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. Falling trade barriers, inexpensive energy and low transport charges further strengthened the case for making products overseas.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Recently, Thomson-Reuters published its latest list of the Top 100 Global Innovators honoring the leading organizations and companies most responsible for sizeable, influential patents worldwide. A quick scan of the list indicates that all 100 organizations are located in developed countries. Offshore Outsourced Product Development.

Engineering 8

Engineering Globalization Innovation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. The promise of global progress has become a reality for many — but not for all. In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil supply may be enough on its own to meet all of this year’s growth in global oil demand. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

And what drives their success with these global engineering initiatives? 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. In fact, costs go up initially.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The global banking industry faces two opposing truths. The result is a chasm of opportunity — a vacuum ready to be filled by banks from both the emerging and developed worlds. The result is a chasm of opportunity — a vacuum ready to be filled by banks from both the emerging and developed worlds. Filling the Gap.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Offshoring Maturity 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However it is my opinion that diversity is not being addressed properly, and as a result has become one of the leading killers of corporate productivity. I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Work across organizational and global boundaries. But organizations continue to use information technology to r edesign work across organizational and global boundaries. They then must help define the support they need and ways to develop their skills. I see three big opportunities: 1.

Process 15

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 15

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. Global IT and increasing global pressures have dramatically changed the game. to low-cost countries by 2015.

Marketing 16

Marketing CPA Outsourcing Forrester 16

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

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Gulf Coast, an announcement by Flextronics of plans to create a $32 million product innovation center in Silicon Valley, and a decision by Airbus to build a $600 million assembly line in Alabama for its jetliners. manufacturers have also closed the gap somewhat by enhancing their productivity and their use of automation. In the U.S.,

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 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. But however well intentioned the ideas are, this is not the best use of one of the most productive workforces in the world.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. “Now, access to tools, capital, and other supports [make] manufacturable products like the [ Oru ] collapsible kayak possible.” “Now, access to tools, capital, and other supports [make] manufacturable products like the [ Oru ] collapsible kayak possible.” Insight Center.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

It's a private, independent company in the Chicago area that handles biopharma production for a number of partners. Hospira began life when Abbott Laboratories spun off its production division, and it is now the world leader in the production of injectable pharmaceuticals. In photonics, offshoring has sometimes prevented U.S.

Contract Manufacturing 9

Contract Manufacturing Offshoring Supply Chain Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But to Sweden-based SKF Group — the leading company in the $76 billion global market for ball bearing systems — these objects are heroic, destined to become the “brains of rotating machinery” by transmitting data to boost performance, reduce downtime, and prevent accidents. That lag poses dangers. Insight Center.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

But in order to create and foster more such firms, we need to recognize that today’s most cutting-edge industrial players are not monolithic; they straddle the lines between manufacturing and services, and production and innovation. competitiveness and growth in the 21 st century. .” Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We used agile method to build the product using the latest open source stack and some mashups with a few online services. We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. We will pursue a global channel strategy after we complete our I18N project.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. To that end, managers should develop a list of 10 to 15 processes that bots can quickly improve.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

After World War II proved him right — when not only Germany, but other economically gutted nations succumbed to nationalism and fascism — Keynes tried to design a new global financial system, creating the IMF and the World Bank. In all these societies, social contracts prize growth over real human development.

Politics 8

Politics Offshoring Globalization Banking 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Leaders get too caught up in trivial things and don’t pay enough attention to leadership development. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic. Carlos is responsible for more than 300 brands globally, and it’s no wonder why – he has a plan and he’s sticking to it.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Here, too, start-ups are the driving engine of our nation's global innovation leadership. Without those patents and the funding they attract, few start-ups can afford to hire the people they need to develop their new products, services and medical treatments for the public. million patent applications waiting for review.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As advances in technology have allowed us to work in more virtual ways, we have literally and figuratively lost touch with the products we're building. Offshoring manufacturing and design. They achieved differentiation by adding software layers for management and application development, rather than by designing better hardware.

Engineering 10

Engineering Crisis Software Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. Hence the development of the Playbook, an array of new approaches that can be tailored to meet the specific situation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Global Knowledge. By outsourcing or offshoring certain business aspects, a company will be able to learn about the global market, and in time they may even decide to make the move across the globe and open up an office abroad. They can also look into developing the business in new areas and grow the business from there.

Outsourcing 69

Outsourcing Offshoring Content Engineering 69

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

In developed economies, they have even sparked a trend toward the return of jobs from overseas, or “botsourcing.” This new wave of bringing production back home through robotics automation may be the single biggest disruptive threat to India’s $118 billion information technology industry.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Jetta Productions/Getty Images. has lost what Harvard Business School’s Willy Shih calls the “ industrial commons ”: indispensable production skills and capabilities. has lost what Harvard Business School’s Willy Shih calls the “ industrial commons ”: indispensable production skills and capabilities.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

In oil and gas, underwater robots fix gas pipelines off the coast and drones inspect offshore oil rigs. In this new commodity landscape, incumbents and attackers will race to develop viable business models, and not everyone will win. Productivity-enhancing technology is already being deployed in mining operations around the world.

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Physical product customizers such as Nike iD and Moto Maker have earned strong customer followings, but they’re still closer to “designed for me” than the “designed by me” experience we’ve been promised. This shift is being brought about by three developments. What if you could have it installed and ready to use within a week?

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Productivity Products Competitive Advantage 8

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Developments in telecommunications, computing technologies, and electronic sensors are inspiring less of human intervention in controlling some sensitive equipment including vehicles, planes, helicopters, trains, etc. Productivity increase in some companies is as significant as 20 percent. Mining automation market will reach $3.29

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

globalization is seen as a political hot potato rather than a hot ticket to prosperity. This populist backlash reminds us that the rewards of globalization are not evenly distributed, and as a result there has been some questioning of the idea that borders should be open to trade — as well as concerns about what might happen instead.

Globalization 8

Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Something similar has occurred when Chinese consumers have on earlier occasions read the signals for when they were meant to boycott Japanese and South Korean products. national security concerns because they incorporate Chinese technology into their end products. Nor do those countries have the resources to develop them rapidly.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) (They may also, on a limited basis, move some jobs back to the U.S. Business Purpose.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. But given Trump’s likely stance, any global progress on climate will happen in spite of headwinds from the U.S. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10