Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Highly structured work that requires lower skills and education — transactional work — is going away in many Western companies, supplanted by automation, outsourcing, and offshoring. Continuous improvement is how they address the slings and arrows the market throws at them.

Process 18

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Many companies look for sales ops talent outside the immediate group by encouraging job rotations with other company departments, such as finance or marketing. These leaders can structure problems, delegate work, and help process/detail people see the big picture so that everyone works toward a common goal.

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

JANUARY 25, 2016

After the deepest recession in a generation, the United States labor market has seen a steady and strong increase in jobs, with the unemployment rate falling from 10% in 2009 to 5% in December 2015. Services offshoring in the early 2000s broadened the attention to services. That’s where wage insurance comes in.

Insurance 8

Insurance Offshoring Long-term Policies 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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value. given the nation’s advantages in creativity, software, and cloud-based business organization, even if much of the resulting new production winds up offshore.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 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. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. In some areas and sectors, the market provides all the capital needed. That is where government can often play a critical role.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

company takes on the legal identity of foreign subsidiary, usually in order to reduce its taxes — has become about as controversial as corporate finance topics get. The second source of revenue is trying to change the fact that corporations report large profits to the capital markets and relatively small profits to tax authorities.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 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. especially in fast-growing foreign markets. for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) Business Purpose.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 15