Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

When a company diversified, it bought companies in other businesses, or else developed new businesses internally, to sell additional products or services, as with Honda, which has exploited its expertise in motors to produce a variety of other vehicles — outboard motors, lawnmowers, ATVs, and so on.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 22, 2012

I’ve been thinking about the 2 nd , 3 rd order effects of outsourcing, especially now that some companies are either doing or seriously considering insourcing. In November, I spoke with Bernard Charlès , CEO of Dassault Systèmes , (DS), creator of 3D simulation products for manufacturing to life sciences.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

GE''s " insourcing " of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. GE''s insourcing is actually quite similar. Immelt asked why production should be put in old factories in a union environment. We can have engineering work more closely with production. GE needed to reduce new product development cycles from 3-4 years to 1-1.5

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

And instead of assigning a high-variety group from inside and around their organization to develop solutions, they’ll tend to go to the usual suspects, keep the group small, and rely on what they see, know and believe (which, with complex problems, isn’t nearly enough). ” The Power of Questions. ” -Komlos, Benjamin.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

” Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. For instance, numerous smartphone apps have been developed that do not solve any actual problems. This “insourcing” of household chores hurt many of the small , service-oriented businesses that had previously handled these tasks.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

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