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Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

It would be unrealistic to imagine a return to low-value-add, low-skill, low-wage production in the commodity industries that employed millions of Americans a century ago. Combine that with the offshoring mania among established manufacturers, and you've got a full-blown crisis. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. But manufacturing?

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Why Sales Ops Is So Hard to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

According to “Spin Selling” author Neil Rackham, when Xerox first established a sales operations group in the 1970s to take on activities such as sales planning, compensation, forecasting, and territory design, group leader J. •Evaluate sales force strategies, plans, goals, and objectives.

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The Next Wave of Process Strategy

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to operational improvement, organizations today are light years ahead of where they were two decades ago, but there's no time to celebrate yesterday's wins. They then must help define the support they need and ways to develop their skills. Knowledge work redesign.

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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

These are the dry cleaners, restaurants, car repair operations, and local retailers that are part of the fabric of our daily lives. These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. from offshore.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. At least for the first while, while you get them skilled up to where they need to be. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore.

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