Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Contracting to outsource An organization’s boundaries begin to blur when it engages in outsourcing — the opposite of vertically integration — as some activities previously done in-house are contracted to outside organizations or individuals. Some outsourcing has been around for a long time.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , a new film set in India and directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden (age 63), hangs its plot on the notion of "outsourcing" the elderly. Why not outsource those liabilities — simply get them off the books? She goes from being outsourced, to becoming a resource. and the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The crisis that started in the housing markets has unearthed a series of cascading consequences that few companies were prepared to handle. SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Turney gives the example of outsourcing product assembly work.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

So far, the theory behind this laissez-fair regulatory approach — which many in Silicon Valley are happy to endorse — is that platform companies define new markets for which regulators were not prepared, and as such can’t be regulated in the same way as legacy companies. In contrast, in the U.S., In contrast, in the U.S.,

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Hotels Disintermediation Real Estate Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

For my company, I focused on a big market and found a profitable and attractive niche. With Getaroom, I understood the lodging market is massive and knew a niche player could capture a large amount of revenue, but my initial projections were modest and I watched expenses closely. Find your niche in a sizable market.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

You could even outsource the task to a market research agency who'll conduct surveys and focus groups on your behalf. Alerting people to the fact that many previous guests reused their towels and linens during their stay increases significantly their own reuse saving the hotel chain fortunes in laundry costs.

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Cialdini Hotels Energy Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

Visitors staying at Starwood’s Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, California, not only have the luxury of humans greeting them and toting around their luggage. They also may be taken care of by a robot bellhop, named Botlr, who is mainly charged with delivering toiletries to guests’ rooms and eliciting smiles along the way.

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