Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. Since joining the Harvard Business School in 2007 (after a long career at IBM, Kodak, Silicon Graphics, and other companies), I have visited hundreds of factories. When R&D and Manufacturing Must Be Near.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Few of us will pursue college degrees as nonagenarians, or even as mid-career professionals (though recent statistics indicate that increasing numbers of people are pursuing college degrees at advanced ages). In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

These are not jobs that can be offshored — they must be filled right here. These short-term apprenticeships accelerate welding training, equip trainees with marketable credentials, and position their "graduates" on a career ladder for powerful job prospects, where they can gain more skills and greater income. While the U.S.

Politics 12

Politics Maturity Mentor Offshoring 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. 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.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. Massive data storage capacity, super-fast data transmission and mobility devices—along with slick application program interfaces—have left companies scrambling to adapt.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The importance of foreign talent to a country’s innovative capabilities was underlined by a recent letter signed by 40 heads of business schools from across the United States, which makes the case for a more liberal immigration policy that allows greater mobility of talent. “We do not believe the U.S. ” Early warning.

Globalization 52

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

But without a robust labor market, textile workers could not look forward to a long career at different workplaces and so they had little reason to invest in learning. Now, however, automation and offshoring have eliminated many of those jobs for weavers and steelworkers and typographers; many of the old skills are obsolete.

Technology 8

Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills Offshoring 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350