Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. The technology is sometimes described as supporting “ swivel chair ” processes involving a lot of back-and-forth access to multiple information systems. However, many companies don’t do that.

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Process Six Sigma Company Technology 15

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.

Offshoring 16

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 16

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Let the attacks begin – I’ll publish any comments that are civil… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] MAPping Company Success [.] Mike Myatt’s views are sure to get you thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. As workforces hollow out, the remaining employees will be highly specialized and experienced business/technology hybrids—a new breed of professional who can work in highly distributed environments and shift from managing people to managing experiences and technology.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Some of the nuggets that Jim did disseminate were as follows: Success that translates in hubris leads to failure. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. Don’t waste time trying to be successful, spend time being useful. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry. competitiveness and growth in the 21 st century. .” average (20%) of highly intensive STEM occupations. Yet, there is a problem.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering 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. And there is an increasing fear that technology could make matters worse by displacing jobs on a large scale. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 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. And it is interesting to note that how effectively these new partnerships function seems to be critical to the success of the region.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

In oil and gas, underwater robots fix gas pipelines off the coast and drones inspect offshore oil rigs. These are just some of the many ways technology is transforming the demand and supply of resources. Historically, the resources sector followed a dig-and-deliver model, where success was mainly about the size and quality of assets.

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. Alice Potter/Getty Images. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

Company 14

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 14

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.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The most successful manufacturers of the next ten years will be those who seize this opportunity before their competitors do. This shift is being brought about by three developments. Design Manufacturing Product development' The tools to do this are already here.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Products Productivity Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Most of them focus on digitalization specifically and on communications technology, though some attention continues to be paid to transportation infrastructure (e.g., For more than 150 years now, new technologies have been touted as making the world one. Parag Khanna’s Connectography ).

Globalization 8

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. Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island.

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. The successful ones have, at least. Effective risk management requires business leaders to attend to these nonmarket threats and to develop nonmarket strategies.

Politics 15

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 15