Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources. Technology companies with the capabilities and courage to innovate were bright spots and signals of important trends for the future.

Technology 14

Technology Innovation Offshoring Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

And what drives their success with these global engineering initiatives? 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. They consider global engineering to be strategic.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The global banking industry faces two opposing truths. Recent headlines have been foreboding, highlighting concerns that the retrenchment could leave the most promising engines of global economic growth sputtering. Their movements could potentially create a new class of global banking leaders for the next decade.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Offshoring Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil supply may be enough on its own to meet all of this year’s growth in global oil demand. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

These have multiple causes including the shift of the economy to services and information-intensive activities, productivity growth, the appearance of new products and services, demographics, and continued offshoring that now includes services ranging from call centers to medical procedures. million, were the largest in U.S.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However it is my opinion that diversity is not being addressed properly, and as a result has become one of the leading killers of corporate productivity. I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen!

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

It's a private, independent company in the Chicago area that handles biopharma production for a number of partners. Hospira began life when Abbott Laboratories spun off its production division, and it is now the world leader in the production of injectable pharmaceuticals. A freelancer, if you will. CMOs do a lot of good.

Contract Manufacturing 8

Contract Manufacturing Offshoring Supply Chain Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. 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.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The death of over 800 people in the collapse of Rana Plaza , a building with garment factories in Bangladesh, spurred widespread outrage over working conditions in offshore factories. But however well intentioned the ideas are, this is not the best use of one of the most productive workforces in the world.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. “Now, access to tools, capital, and other supports [make] manufacturable products like the [ Oru ] collapsible kayak possible.” “Now, access to tools, capital, and other supports [make] manufacturable products like the [ Oru ] collapsible kayak possible.” Insight Center.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

M-PESA offers services that are dislocating the banking architecture of Kenya, and not even global banking giants have been spared. Increasingly, executing that capability will be dependent on a new species of talent with deep technical skills to integrate local realities into products. Innovate ferociously. What works in U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Gulf Coast, an announcement by Flextronics of plans to create a $32 million product innovation center in Silicon Valley, and a decision by Airbus to build a $600 million assembly line in Alabama for its jetliners. manufacturers have also closed the gap somewhat by enhancing their productivity and their use of automation.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 8

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We used agile method to build the product using the latest open source stack and some mashups with a few online services. 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.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. Automation will transform not just production, but operating models. For example, Anheuser-Busch, working with Uber (and Otto), just delivered 2,000 cases of Budweiser in a self-driving truck.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Carlos is responsible for more than 300 brands globally, and it’s no wonder why – he has a plan and he’s sticking to it. Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

In your address last night, Mr. President, you correctly noted that, "The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation." Here, too, start-ups are the driving engine of our nation's global innovation leadership. In other words, Mr. President, everything depends upon start-ups: Job creation.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Therefore, criminalizing many of the activities and products associated with cybercrime is likely to have more symbolic value than actual effect. There’s ample evidence that for every cybercriminal activity that gets squashed in the United States, an offshore competitor takes it — at cheaper rates. So what is the answer?

Proposal 8

Proposal GDP Cooper Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In an era of physical innovation, people understood instinctively how things worked, even if they weren't familiar with the underlying theories of physics. As advances in technology have allowed us to work in more virtual ways, we have literally and figuratively lost touch with the products we're building.

Engineering 10

Engineering Crisis Software Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Jetta Productions/Getty Images. From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. It’s that the U.S.

Innovation 9

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

ROE 12

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

In oil and gas, underwater robots fix gas pipelines off the coast and drones inspect offshore oil rigs. <span>How Joy Global's smart, connected heavy machinery optimizes mine performance and safety.</span> Productivity-enhancing technology is already being deployed in mining operations around the world.

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests. But it’s not good at innovation.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Physical product customizers such as Nike iD and Moto Maker have earned strong customer followings, but they’re still closer to “designed for me” than the “designed by me” experience we’ve been promised. The most successful manufacturers of the next ten years will be those who seize this opportunity before their competitors do.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Productivity Products Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

VCs provide the funds that fuel every significant innovation in the region and beyond. And also seeing the need for a frictionless market within the EU for the free flow of information products and services between member nations—something U.S. And quickly. Private investors, unlike government funders, operate at lightning speed.

Policies 8

Policies Offshoring Engineering Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. They aren’t planning to do an inversion, but on the other hand after tax they’re earning less than 1% on that money, compared to over 30% when they invest it in new products and R&D and innovation. Exxon pays 45% tax on a global basis.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. But given Trump’s likely stance, any global progress on climate will happen in spite of headwinds from the U.S. Speaking from this year’s UN global climate meeting – which happened to coincide with the U.S. 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. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 9

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 9