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. Technology to the rescue? Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The promise of global progress has become a reality for many — but not for all. Our global narrative of progress, the implicit case for embracing change in exchange for its fruits, is being increasingly called into question by economically marginalized groups and populist politicians across the globe.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

The former states that digital technology and robotics are advancing at such a pace that: “Professions of all kinds — from lawyers to truck drivers — will be forever upended. But over time technology is a far more reliable path to increased productivity. Technology' Companies will be forced to transform or die.”

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

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.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

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. Work across organizational and global boundaries. and how it can improve work that is more global, faster-paced, and dependent on knowledge workers.

Process 15

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. It operates at the task level and not the end-to-end process level.” The company may have collections of standard operating procedures, but they are often poorly documented and out of date.

Process 12

Process Six Sigma Company Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Freeways full of driverless cars and beer trucks are still far off, because of technological and regulatory limitations. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But to Sweden-based SKF Group — the leading company in the $76 billion global market for ball bearing systems — these objects are heroic, destined to become the “brains of rotating machinery” by transmitting data to boost performance, reduce downtime, and prevent accidents. Insight Center. Growing Digital Business.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash to distinguish it from the "operating" cash that is needed to run the business. Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. Facilitate Acquisitions.

Company 13

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Global Digital Economy. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. M-PESA offers services that are dislocating the banking architecture of Kenya, and not even global banking giants have been spared. Across Africa, banking is being redesigned. Data consolidation. What works in U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

” In the book, I warned that technology might actually destroy more jobs than it was creating. It appears that the biggest culprit is digital technologies themselves. We’ve already seen knowledge work such as accounting and legal services being shipped offshore to cheaper employees. The Global Digital Economy.

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

Today, by contrast, GE does all it can to escape taxation, in large part through “ innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore ,” as the New York Times characterized it. Corporate social responsibility Global business Public relations' Still, it wouldn’t have dreamed of not paying its share.

Public Relations 9

Public Relations Offshoring Magazine Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

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. For example, if engineers don't possess the know-how needed to limit the material and energy cost of setting up and operating cloud services, IT can't scale as it needs to.

Engineering 10

Engineering Crisis Software Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

as global hegemon. economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. innovation, in terms of jobs, income, revenue, and taxes, has gone offshore.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2011

Such is the case already with many work functions, shipped offshore to less expensive theaters like the Philippines, the latest phenom in inexpensive, English-friendly workforces. and the author of ANYWHERE: How Global Connectivity Is Revolutionizing the Way We Do Business (McGraw-Hill, 2010).

Call Center 12

Call Center Offshoring Charisma Video 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Few of these rules were made with computing, or even technology, in mind. Private investors, unlike government funders, operate at lightning speed. Equally counter-productive are tax policies that force foreign earnings to be spent offshore, instead of allowing them to be repatriated and invested in more innovation at home.

Policies 8

Policies Offshoring Engineering Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Second, rising labor costs and stronger currency are reducing the appeal of high-volume Chinese manufacturing, and nudging more companies to move operations closer to their headquarters or their customers. Third, the demand for more personalized experiences, nurtured by our highly customizable digital devices, is on the rise.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Productivity Products Competitive Advantage 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore.

Blog 306

Blog Brand Media Influence 306

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. <span>How Joy Global's smart, connected heavy machinery optimizes mine performance and safety.</span>

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 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. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly. Globalization will continue to exert pressure on workers. Today, the American middle class is being squeezed.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion. federal research in the 1990s largely established the feasibility of the technology, U.S. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

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. For example, the delays associated with social conflict at large mining operations can run in the vicinity of $20 million per week.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

The use of automation technology is rapidly changing the landscape of various industries, mostly in the labor-intensive sectors. Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. It’s difficult to overlook the benefits of autonomous technologies in the mining industry.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

” However, there are other ways for Chinese authorities to take reprisals against Western multinationals operating in China should they so choose. technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain. technology company needs.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

relationship with China, it’s important to recognize that global macroeconomic headwinds are moving against Trump and his efforts to generate jobs for a working-class constituency. Low-wage economies like Mexico’s and China’s absorb American technology and build industrial capability more easily today than ever.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

But given Trump’s likely stance, any global progress on climate will happen in spite of headwinds from the U.S. With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. This is all promising.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8