N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Do you really want to financially incentivize your executives to make hiring decisions that place a greater value upon diversity mandates than qualifications? Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen!

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests. But it’s not good at innovation.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 15

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. ” Senior executive presence and travel across sites is an important part of integrating teams. .”

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

They used smart cards to turn the process of offshore excursions into one as simple as walking into an office building. After years of investing in "transformation" programs, executives understandably are reluctant to engage in strategies that go beyond specific, measurable and achievable point solutions.

IT Strategy 13

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles.

ROE 15

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

Like their 21st century successors, top executives of the ’50s weren’t typically fans of Washington playing too large a role in the economy. 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.

Public Relations 13

Public Relations Offshoring Magazine Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Gulf Coast, an announcement by Flextronics of plans to create a $32 million product innovation center in Silicon Valley, and a decision by Airbus to build a $600 million assembly line in Alabama for its jetliners. In the future, many commoditized products will continue to be made offshore. from China and elsewhere. In the U.S.,

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Put simply, public companies and investment institutions are two of the great social innovations of the last two hundred years. But there has been a shift in how these entities are governed, one that has gone unnoticed in the outcry over executive pay packages, tax inversions, offshoring, and other controversies.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Finance Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Increasingly, executing that capability will be dependent on a new species of talent with deep technical skills to integrate local realities into products. Innovate ferociously. Africa has to innovate — for example by building new credit models — to expand their businesses and make them more appealing.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. To figure out how to effectively integrate software robots and digitization, executives can take some cues from the automotive industry. So early preparation is needed. Lessons from automakers.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

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

AUGUST 22, 2014

We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. So Bill, is the problem here — if there is a problem here — our corporate tax code or our corporate executives? Because this is the greatest place anywhere in the world to invest in innovation and R&D. We have a dysfunctional tax code in the United States.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8