Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Consider the competencies required to deliver on some typical sales ops projects. These activities are best performed by people who have analysis/design expertise – individuals with strong creative and problem-solving skills, and project management and collaborative abilities.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

This raises the question of whether retaining strategic cash makes economic sense and should be viewed as a legitimate corporate finance tool in today's environment. Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs.

Company 14

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Highly structured work that requires lower skills and education — transactional work — is going away in many Western companies, supplanted by automation, outsourcing, and offshoring. With accelerating changes in technology, competition, regulation, and globalization, so too has the half-life of any business process.

Process 16

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Examples of this trend include the Pebble , a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch). First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 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. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. A start-up might need an angel investor who believes in the project to provide initial equity.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Finally, in earnings call after earnings call, we hear CEOs describing one or two bets — at most — on growth, and devoting most of the time to showcasing the results of restructuring, offshoring and other cost-focused initiatives.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The debates ( pro and con ) around these projects have brought data journalism out of its niche in digital media conferences and trade publications into the limelight. One of the main sources of data for this project is a handpicked collection of news articles going back as far as 1988, maintained by one journalist.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10