Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. Cheap, plentiful labor was readily available in developing countries like China, India, Mexico and Eastern Europe. Offshoring isn't going away, but companies will have to be smarter about it. Not if you want to stay in the game. Diversify.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In many ways, the biggest business developments of 2010 were the things that didn't happen. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Banks with cash didn't lend it.

Technology 15

Technology Innovation Offshoring Trends 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Just because a company can offshore some portion of its operations doesn’t mean it should. That appears to be the case with the offshoring of research and development, according to a new paper from the Center for European Economic Research.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Innovation Restructuring Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

The former states that digital technology and robotics are advancing at such a pace that: “Professions of all kinds — from lawyers to truck drivers — will be forever upended. In developed economies, they have even sparked a trend toward the return of jobs from overseas, or “botsourcing.” Technology'

Offshoring 12

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 12

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 16

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

That's because information technology — not just the Internet, but also mobile devices, " big data " for intensive data-crunching, and other computer hardware and software — will render even some of today's most proficient business processes obsolete by the end of the decade. Apple uses Foxconn to make iPads, iPhones, and iPads.

Process 18

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

In oil and gas, underwater robots fix gas pipelines off the coast and drones inspect offshore oil rigs. These are just some of the many ways technology is transforming the demand and supply of resources. In this new commodity landscape, incumbents and attackers will race to develop viable business models, and not everyone will win.

Technology 9

Technology Resources Industry Energy 9

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. With growing demand for data analytics, sales ops capabilities have become an even more important ingredient in sales force success.

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. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

Innovation 14

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

A quick scan of the list indicates that all 100 organizations are located in developed countries. From this list, some readers may infer that innovation is largely the realm of engineers and scientists working in developed countries for large companies, assuming that innovators from countries such as India and China don''t matter after all.

Engineering 11

Engineering Globalization Innovation Marketing 11

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.

360-Degree Feedback 13

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 13

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 17

Process Six Sigma Company Technology 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Today’s great paradox is that we feel the impact of technology everywhere – in our cars, our phones, the supermarket, the doctor’s office – but not in our paychecks. We work differently, communicate with each other differently, create differently, and entertain ourselves differently, all thanks to new technology.

Technology 8

Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

It is startups who have generated virtually all of our nation's major technological breakthroughs in the last hundred years — from cars and planes to semiconductors, PCs, software, and the Internet — and in the process sparked the creation of whole new industries and millions of new jobs. Sincerely, Henry R.

Entrepreneur 17

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Offshoring Policies 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs.

Finance 14

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As advances in technology have allowed us to work in more virtual ways, we have literally and figuratively lost touch with the products we're building. Offshoring manufacturing and design. As hard drives became smaller and improved technology reduced the number of components, design and value-added engineering also left the U.S.

Engineering 14

Engineering Crisis Software Offshoring 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

BP has deployed GE’s System1TM and SmartSignalTM software across a number of its offshore production facilities located in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, along with other key oil and gas areas such as Gulf of Mexico, Caspian Sea and Angola. See how GE can give you the edge: invent.ge/oil-and-gas. oil-and-gas.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Offshoring System Operations 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. Alice Potter/Getty Images. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

Company 13

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 13

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Oil and Gas subsea operators across the world are adopting a GE Industrial Internet technology developed in Norway. The listening ‘ear’, an array of sensors in a 500-pound ‘birdcage’ dome that sits on the sea floor or on subsea equipment, was developed at the GE Measurement and Control site in Bergen, Norway.

Industry 8

Industry Offshoring Engineering Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

The CEO of a manufacturer in the automotive industry added: “We hesitate to put a component or product that requires high, stringent control in many developing countries.” In the future, many commoditized products will continue to be made offshore. As a corporate strategist at one U.S. In the U.S.,

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 9

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 7, 2017

Books, online courses, MOOCs, professional development programs, podcasts, and other resources have never been more abundant or accessible, making it easier than ever to make a habit of lifelong learning. Every day, each of us is offered the opportunity to pursue intellectual development in ways that are tailored to our learning style.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This shift is being brought about by three developments. This wouldn’t matter if consumers hadn’t developed a taste for customized products, but the explosion in popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken care of that. Design Manufacturing Product development' The tools to do this are already here.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Products Productivity Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. As workforces hollow out, the remaining employees will be highly specialized and experienced business/technology hybrids—a new breed of professional who can work in highly distributed environments and shift from managing people to managing experiences and technology.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 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. Insight Center.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. .” The rise of hardware startups still has the feel of an insurgency. Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. And there is an increasing fear that technology could make matters worse by displacing jobs on a large scale. The same goes for technology.

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. In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. Hence the development of the Playbook, an array of new approaches that can be tailored to meet the specific situation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Nations that prioritize its development, its attraction, its retention, and its movement across borders will be best positioned to compete. This allows the researchers to gain a unique insight into the role immigration plays, and the vital role business schools are playing as the gatekeepers of immigration and talent development.

Globalization 40

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 40

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 15

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 15

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

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 15

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain. national security concerns because they incorporate Chinese technology into their end products. technology company needs. Doing so is neither necessarily easy nor cheap.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. 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.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8