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Today’s Organizations Are Outward Bound

Leading Blog

Offering a platform for others The opposite of outsourcing is a kind of insourcing: an organization sets itself up as a platform for the particular use of outsiders. Yet its influence on our social discourse has caused it to be treated like common property. It funds itself by soliciting donations from its users.

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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. If I'm candid, I had a difficult time finding female leadership bloggers that had the online influence that male leadership bloggers have. This isn't a gender issue, it's a blogging issue.

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New Math Will Drive a U.S. Manufacturing Comeback

Harvard Business Review

But company decisions on what and where to place production facilities, while influenced by many factors, ultimately depend on the math. We originally saw this "insourcing" phenomenon, as the White House now refers to it, starting around 2015. Thankfully, the math these days is starting to work in America's favor again.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Among the approved recommendations were opportunities to save nearly $4 million in HR administrative cost by deploying more self-service technology supported by a shared services organization, nearly $8 million from insourcing second physician reviews of inpatient charts, and up to $3.5

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