Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

” If the answer to both is “yes,” I will serve you as inexpensively as possible using techniques such as self-help on the web, endless IVR loops (“for billing questions, press 1”) and/or offshore labor. Some firms may look at this situation and see operational headaches and increased service costs.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Self-aware Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

“In some offshore wind applications, changing the main bearing on a turbine is so expensive that it undermines the business case for building the turbine in the first place,” said Filippo Zingariello, director of global strategic development at SKF. Railway operators and wind farm owners were among the first to deploy the concept.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

By doing so, they can move to a position in which they make judgments based upon known probabilities and comparable outcomes. This is core to how the Royal Marines train and operate. The Royal Marines react to sudden change by converting uncertainty and ambiguity into well-defined risks. How do they do it?

Arkes 12

Arkes Management Offshoring Uncertainty 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. As competition heats up and provision of personalized services becomes critical, banks need to consolidate disparate data sets scattered over decades of their operations. Across Africa, banking is being redesigned.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. from offshore. America loves small businesses.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 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. First, there is someone else in the picture, most often a bank, which also has a stake in having a positive outcome. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Business leaders can take an active role in shaping the next phase of globalization by looking beyond cost-based offshoring and emphasizing the benefits of trade and technology across a wider geographic and demographic base. Business needs to remain deeply embedded in society to positively affect it. Essential background.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

Despite the doom and gloom, advances in robotics and associated technology are having a positive impact on local manufacturing and services and both sustaining and creating jobs. Rather than moving operations to wherever work costs the least, consider which pieces can be automated, and how best to combine human and robotic expertise.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Oil and Gas subsea operators across the world are adopting a GE Industrial Internet technology developed in Norway. ” Another benefit is that the sensors are located at a distance and are detached from the monitored equipment so do not interfere with on-going operations or processes. Sponsor Content Insight from GE.

Industry 8

Industry Offshoring Engineering Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

” Choices about whether and how to use money to remedy social problems should be left to individuals, he argued, who would be in better position to provide it if they were not being in effect taxed by corporate managers who thought they had better ideas for how to spend it.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. Mining companies are increasingly moving to the latest automation technology to modernize their operations. Automation in mining also handles increasing safety challenges associated with conventional operations.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

multinationals, while increasingly harassed by Beijing , have many leading market share positions in China, especially in high-tech and sophisticated capital goods such as U.S.-made He has two levels to operate on: first, directly influencing corporate investment and buying decisions, and second, diplomatic engagement with trading partners.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. Offshoring and outsourcing today are like sex in the Victorian era: repressed or criticized in public discussion, much practiced in private behavior. Business Purpose.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

We’ve already seen knowledge work such as accounting and legal services being shipped offshore to cheaper employees. Data frackers such as Facebook are acquiring vast treasure troves of data that position them to dominate multiple industries. Arguably, structural unemployment will be the biggest public policy issue for decades.

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve already mentioned the historic Paris agreement, but there are more positive steps worth noting. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8