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 40

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Policies 40

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 16

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 16

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 20

Marketing CPA Outsourcing Forrester 20

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 17

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 17

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 14

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 14

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 14

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Maturity 14

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 13

Politics Maturity Mentor Offshoring 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Some companies have succeeded at leadership by transferring strong leaders from headquarters to offshore location; others have done equally well by hiring locally in India and China. While you can start an offshore location with non-critical responsibilities, unless responsibilities move upstream, you risk attrition.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

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 14

Engineering Management Learning-by-Doing Offshoring 14

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 15

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 15

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore. Out of all the speakers on today’s agenda David is the one I’d be most interested in having dinner with. Looking to hire great leaders – hire one of our veterans.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

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

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

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

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

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

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