Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 12, 2011
Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. dollar, rising fuel costs and the risks inherent in longer supply chains have many companies rethinking their sourcing strategies. for the first time in 2009 to become the world's top market for new vehicles. Is it time to retrench?
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
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. I am not referring to things like accounting best practices but to business strategy, marketing approaches, etc.
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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.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. These are the seven areas: 1. Shape the next wave of globalization.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 6, 2012
These factors include China's rapidly rising labor costs, which we discussed in an earlier HBR blog ; the increased value of the yuan; the challenge of managing long-distance supply chains; the quality control concerns that continue to haunt many manufacturers that have offshored production; and the significantly higher productivity of U.S.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value. given the nation’s advantages in creativity, software, and cloud-based business organization, even if much of the resulting new production winds up offshore. Such an age could be beneficial for the U.S. Beyond that, this surge could help cities.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Combine that with the offshoring mania among established manufacturers, and you've got a full-blown crisis. Some 85 people attended and pored over the company's financial and operating plans, intellectual-property portfolio, and employment contracts and examined other aspects of the technology, team, business, and market.
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