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.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Perhaps the biggest challenge for sales ops leaders is delivering a huge diversity of work, while operating in a constantly changing business and technology environment. •Evaluate sales force strategies, plans, goals, and objectives. The diversity of this sales ops role cuts across two dimensions. First, they face many decisions.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR. This is a role that cannot be automated, shared as a service, offshored or outsourced.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. The technology is sometimes described as supporting “ swivel chair ” processes involving a lot of back-and-forth access to multiple information systems. However, many companies don’t do that.

Process 12

Process Six Sigma Company Technology 12

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has served in the capacity of a senior executive who hasn't been party to these types of meetings, workshops, seminars, strategy sessions, etc.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Facilitate Acquisitions. energy or telecom) or research-intensive industries (e.g., Allow for Greater Responsiveness to Future Events. Arguments Against Strategic Cash.

Company 13

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama announced his intention to strengthen and modernize the unemployment insurance system as part of a broader strategy to address economic insecurity. Services offshoring in the early 2000s broadened the attention to services. What wage insurance does.

Insurance 8

Insurance Offshoring Long-term Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

With the rise of the internet of things, our individual technology envelopes – our personal networks of smart, connected devices — are rapidly becoming more complicated as more and more devices from a growing profusion of vendors do ever more complex jobs. New tools and strategies. Insight Center. Growing Digital Business.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Self-aware Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Yet even though SKF has a century-long track record of keeping the wheels of industry turning, this new vision of bearings with brains by no means assures that SKF will prosper in the changeover in technology represented by the internet of things, in which every conceivable object can become a node on the net. New tools and strategies.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

What has happened is that in the name of speed and efficiency, local managers and their employees have been equipped with web-based technologies, which is potentially a good thing: The right kind of system can empower workers to improve the customer experience and engage in a dialogue with the clientele.

Call Center 13

Call Center Offshoring Policies System 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Technological improvements in health care have given us the quality of life we enjoy today. He didn’t do it by making cars shoddier or offshoring production to low-wage countries. Knowledge and technology have advanced at a such a rapid pace that today that quite a number of medical conditions can be treated using a “process” approach.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Lean Production Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. A few of her thoughts can be found below: Social Media is forcing us to redefine leadership. What’s the ROI on a handshake?

Blog 306

Blog Brand Media Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Strategies for growth in a connected world. Says CEO Nat Mani of the Silicon Valley contract manufacturer Bestronics : “We are increasingly seeking to work with start-ups as a form of business development, but also to stay on top of new technologies. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Nothing about markets or strategies — CEOs have canned answers for that kind of thing. We''re not a technology firm." "We This enabled the intruders to open a breach into the system and gain an understanding of the acquisition strategy ahead of time. You''d want to make it count. He''ll protest: "What wartime?" "We''re

CEO 8

CEO CFO Offshoring Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

The reality is that we're debating energy strategy anyway, for reasons ranging from national security to national competitiveness to climate change. Underwater drilling and nuclear energy are some of the most complicated technologies in the world, which means there are very large inherent risks. Local energy is local in its risks also.

Energy 14

Energy Transportation Offshoring Cost 14

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. And it is hardly alone.

Public Relations 9

Public Relations Offshoring Magazine Globalization 9

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. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. But these things are not enough.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Everyone thinks they have a digital strategy these days. But while your company may have a business or IT strategy that incorporates digital technology, an IT strategy does not equal a digital strategy. Because most IT strategies treat technology in isolation. Does your strategy capitalize on that?

IT Strategy 9

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 9

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

MAY 1, 2014

Faced with rapid evolution in their industry, the executive team of a large energy company had decided to transform their solid but complacent organization into a high-tech, sustainability-oriented firm, a key element of which was the completion of a multibillion dollar offshore energy project. Open, constructive communication was missing.

360-Degree Feedback 10

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Ideal uses might also include applications that require a great deal of bandwidth—such as smart lighting, parking spaces, and offshore oil rigs. This includes detailing the strategy, including the use of edge analytics. Detail business-critical insights and their application at multiple points in the ecosystem.

Content 8

Content Tools Offshoring Analysis 8

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. And refusing to engage with disagreeable protesters or activists rarely works as a strategy for managing social risk.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

The use of automation technology is rapidly changing the landscape of various industries, mostly in the labor-intensive sectors. Autonomous shipping and the ability to control trucks inside mining pits from an office are some few technologies emanating from artificial intelligence. million ounces of gold.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Most of them focus on digitalization specifically and on communications technology, though some attention continues to be paid to transportation infrastructure (e.g., For more than 150 years now, new technologies have been touted as making the world one. Parag Khanna’s Connectography ).

Globalization 8

Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 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. Insight Center. Going Forward.

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Low-wage economies like Mexico’s and China’s absorb American technology and build industrial capability more easily today than ever. Trump may have overpromised on bringing back jobs, but he does have some tools to work with as he tries to narrow the trade gap and create a strategy for China.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

But he was very clear he was doing it to expand the Medtronic mission of helping patients — the strategy is a perfect fit, and it allows them to invest more money in innovation, ironically, because they can now use the $14 billion they have in cash trapped overseas to invest in the U.S. If he’s doing it for tax inversion, he’s got trouble.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. Renewables Kept Growing and Getting Cheaper. cents per kilowatt-hour. Investors Focused on Climate, Sustainability, and Short-Termism.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10