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. In this golden period, even an ill-conceived, poorly executed strategy could deliver big savings. Is it time to retrench? Diversify.

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Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? link] Scot Herrick Best practices excuse management of really understanding their business and strategy.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

In turn, this makes offshoring more efficient. These companies will increase their spending on software development from 6% last year to 9% this year. You can expect to see new players for software development outsourcing. These tasks include arranging schedules, finalizing meetings, and qualifying clients, among others.

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Outsourcing Trends Offshoring Telecommunications 66

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

Developing economies are yet to reach their full appetite for fossil fuels. Even offshore drilling hasn’t delivered on its potential yet. Still Keeping the Lights On. The industry will harness the power of growth catalysts to stay ahead of the curve. First of all, there are still untapped and undiscovered reserves out there.

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Industry Energy Offshoring Technology 75

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

The investment required to find, employ, and train staff to do so often outweighs that of the one-off cost you would pay a freelancer or a small web developer company. There are offshore markets to explore too. Many highly skilled developers can be found in emerging markets such as India, where costs are far lower.

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Outsourcing Strategic Planning Offshoring Resources 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Ford, for example, reengineered its global product development process to keep all parties, including suppliers, up to date on the status of new products in its pipeline. They then must help define the support they need and ways to develop their skills. In my next post I will dig further into "Process Strategy 2.0"

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Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

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. .” “Don’t send only ‘undesirable’ work like porting or testing offshore.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. I hope you stop by again Ron.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As an example, a recent job posting on the website of a global healthcare company seeks an individual for a sales operations leadership position who can do the following: Strategy: •Contribute to the 1- and 3-year business vision as a member of the executive leadership team. First, they face many decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR. This is a role that cannot be automated, shared as a service, offshored or outsourced.

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Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 14

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

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. In the interim we might also look at piloting an Affiliate Marketing Strategy. We are excited about this new release.

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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. Learning about new developments in your field will be more engaging than pounding the pavement for your old job. Find a market niche.

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Marketing CPA Outsourcing Forrester 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Industrial companies have tended to be among the last to create digital strategies that harness the new opportunities arising from the proliferation of smart products. Building an industrial internet strategy. Such challenges, he says, require industrial companies to take a fresh approach to strategy. New tools and strategies.

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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. Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore. Senen Perfecto Thanks Mike!

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Strategies for growth in a connected world. But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

In the early 2000s, as part of a huge offshoring trend in the business economy, GE shifted manufacturing to suppliers such as Samsung and LG. GE needed to reduce new product development cycles from 3-4 years to 1-1.5 It needed to invest in new development labs and to co-locate teams. The development team was extremely cohesive.

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Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

What sets RPA apart from other automation technologies is that its ability to imitate a human user of one or more information systems reduces development time and extends the range of functions that can be automated across a much wider range of business activities. RPA-based process design can restore some useful steps at little cost.

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Process Six Sigma Company Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support. PG&E responded by developing the PowerPathway program , a partnership with local community college systems in selected U.S.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

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. An effective policy strategy for small businesses needs to focus on the unique needs these companies have.

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Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 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. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. Essential background. Leverage technology from front to back.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2017

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. Global Knowledge.

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Outsourcing Offshoring Content Engineering 69

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

Faced with rapid evolution in their industry, the executive team of a large energy company had decided to transform their solid but complacent organization into a high-tech, sustainability-oriented firm, a key element of which was the completion of a multibillion dollar offshore energy project. Open, constructive communication was missing.

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360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. When capital costs are high, strategies that expand margins are almost always better than strategies that accelerate growth. Related Video.

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ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

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Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

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. The company is currently developing autonomous technology to make the service a reality in the next few years.

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Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > For individuals, younger workers see a flatter world and prioritize international experiences and mobility for career development. Their internal tax team researches the applicable national and local taxes, social security payments, and family allowances to develop representative tax models.

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Metrics Comparison Globalization Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Especially given the fragmentation of the ”splinternet,” dramatized by the development of a distinct internet ecology in China, this is currently a matter of much concern. But developments such as robotics and 3-D printing might end up reducing rather than increasing trade levels, depending on how quickly their costs drop.

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Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. They will increasingly partner to tackle big global targets like the UN’s Sustainable Development goals.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. Effective risk management requires business leaders to attend to these nonmarket threats and to develop nonmarket strategies.

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