Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Throughout my career, I have consistently faced the question, "How does HR add value in a business?" 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.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. While few SMMs entertain offshoring strategies, they do, increasingly, compete globally. We can trace how this happened in the U.S. By the time that substantial U.S. had already ceded electronics manufacturing to Asia.

Innovation 11

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

They must hire, develop, manage, and lead a team of people with diverse and specialized competencies who do fundamentally different jobs and likely have dissimilar career aspirations. What does this mean for sales ops leaders?

Offshoring 11

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

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. These include advanced and specialty materials, biologics, nanotechnology, and precision mechanical devices.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Ten of the engineers were in the early stages of their careers, 19 were mid-career, and five were in late career. But now it makes sense to develop a career here. Much has been written about why women in the field leave , but we wanted to better understand what encourages some women to stay. There is plenty they can do.

Engineering 10

Engineering Management Learning-by-Doing Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. It's not easy, but you can still chart a career through this difficult this environment. Niche professional expertise is less likely to be reengineered and sent to an offshore or low-cost provider.

Marketing 17

Marketing CPA Outsourcing Forrester 17

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). Trends including AI, robotics, and offshoring mean constant shifts in the nature of work. Learning is positive for health.

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

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

As companies introduce software bots and digital self-service, and as they transform assembly lines, they must bring along their key employees, leaders, and customers as they redefine jobs, career paths, workforce management, and social contracts. Automation will transform not just production, but operating models.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 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. The New Science of Human Capital.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

innovation, in terms of jobs, income, revenue, and taxes, has gone offshore. The Corporate Elite continued to do what they did most of their careers: increase efficiencies, boost scale, and lower costs to maximize profits. One common definition of innovation is invention that generates value. But we never ask value for whom?

Innovation 14

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 14

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

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

They weren’t turning to the domestic labor market to find the talent they needed, or indeed investing in training local workers, but instead offshoring to where the talent already was. It’s a message that came through loud and clear at the recent annual conference of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT).

Globalization 52

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 52

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. Although it’s difficult to measure directly, entrepreneurship is understood to be a way to a middle class life.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

More people are becoming skeptical about choosing certain careers, while employers in some sectors are getting more assurance of not having to push so hard on talent management in the future. The offshore supply vessel was slated to become operation by 2018, but the team has missed the timeline.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > For individuals, younger workers see a flatter world and prioritize international experiences and mobility for career development. According to a PwC report on Millennials , 71% desire to work abroad at some point in their career. They need to be more flexible and open to moving around today.

Metrics 15

Metrics Comparison Globalization Cost 15