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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. link] Scot Herrick Best practices excuse management of really understanding their business and strategy.

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The Next Wave of Process Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Highly structured work that requires lower skills and education — transactional work — is going away in many Western companies, supplanted by automation, outsourcing, and offshoring. We should celebrate the achievements of the process improvement approaches that emerged in the 1990s, what I call "Process Strategy 1.0".

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Why Sales Ops Is So Hard to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

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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Should Companies Retain "Strategic" Cash?

Harvard Business Review

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. Arguments for Strategic Cash. Facilitate Acquisitions. Facilitate Investments.

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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. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has served in the capacity of a senior executive who hasn't been party to these types of meetings, workshops, seminars, strategy sessions, etc.

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Why the U.S. Needs Wage Insurance

Harvard Business Review

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama announced his intention to strengthen and modernize the unemployment insurance system as part of a broader strategy to address economic insecurity. Services offshoring in the early 2000s broadened the attention to services. Like any policy, wage insurance isn’t a cure-all.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Strategies for growth in a connected world. First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. given the nation’s advantages in creativity, software, and cloud-based business organization, even if much of the resulting new production winds up offshore. Insight Center.