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. But over time technology is a far more reliable path to increased productivity. Technology' Companies will be forced to transform or die.”

Offshoring 12

Offshoring Outsourcing Technology Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. Of course, such plans will have to adapt to actual events, but without a robust plan, "seat of the pants" crisis management won't work.

Crisis Management 16

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 16

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. I see three big opportunities: 1.

Process 18

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

.” Forty years later, the concept of sales operations or “sales ops” has become widely accepted as essential for effective sales management. 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.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

These have multiple causes including the shift of the economy to services and information-intensive activities, productivity growth, the appearance of new products and services, demographics, and continued offshoring that now includes services ranging from call centers to medical procedures. Technology to the rescue?

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

What has happened is that in the name of speed and efficiency, local managers and their employees have been equipped with web-based technologies, which is potentially a good thing: The right kind of system can empower workers to improve the customer experience and engage in a dialogue with the clientele.

Call Center 15

Call Center Offshoring Policies System 15

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. How producers manage the resources they have is far more important than how much they have.

Technology 9

Technology Resources Industry Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. As Andrew Spanyi , the author of four books on process management, put it to us by email: “RPA does not redesign anything. It doesn’t ask whether we need to do this activity at all. However, many companies don’t do that.

Process 17

Process Six Sigma Company Technology 17

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. Coaching Managing people'

360-Degree Feedback 13

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion. federal research in the 1990s largely established the feasibility of the technology, U.S. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

Innovation 14

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 14

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

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

But while your company may have a business or IT strategy that incorporates digital technology, an IT strategy does not equal a digital strategy. Because most IT strategies treat technology in isolation. Organizations looking to create revenue from digital technology need a strategy that is more powerful than digital substitution.

IT Strategy 13

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Facilitate Acquisitions. energy or telecom) or research-intensive industries (e.g., Allow for Greater Responsiveness to Future Events.

Company 15

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 15

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

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

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. The essence of managing cognitive bias is to realize that it is unavoidable, it is an essential part of being human." 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

APRIL 21, 2011

Such is the case already with many work functions, shipped offshore to less expensive theaters like the Philippines, the latest phenom in inexpensive, English-friendly workforces. But already a pervasive network also lets firms ship calls to virtual call centers.

Call Center 15

Call Center Offshoring Charisma Video 15

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

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

Underwater drilling and nuclear energy are some of the most complicated technologies in the world, which means there are very large inherent risks. It's not too cheeky to point out that if a natural disaster causes an offshore wind turbine to fall, or a solar panel to rip off a house, there's no spill and limited danger.

Energy 17

Energy Transportation Offshoring Cost 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

While there is a lot of Hadoopalooza in the technology press about the tools for managing big data, and they are wonderful, it's also true that they are a) widely available, and b) mostly free. They can also interface with carbon-based lifeforms — senior executives, product managers, CTOs, and CIOs. You need them.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring CIO Consultative Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

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. Still, it wouldn’t have dreamed of not paying its share. And it is hardly alone. Zellerbach told the magazine.

Public Relations 13

Public Relations Offshoring Magazine Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

We''re not a technology firm." "We With the trend toward cloud computing continuing to grow, it is vital that third-party vendor relationships are managed ever more closely. Finally, the CSO must be given authority over people, processes, and technologies. IT management' He''ll protest: "What wartime?" "We''re

CEO 11

CEO CFO Offshoring Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Oil and Gas subsea operators across the world are adopting a GE Industrial Internet technology developed in Norway. A 210 meter mean sea level (MSL) deep water facility at the Bergen site also provides deep water testing for the technology. Kendall, European Marketing Manager of Shell. Sponsor Content Insight from GE.

Industry 8

Industry Offshoring Engineering Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. Insight Center. Sponsored by SAS.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The company involved is a large, well-known technology and services vendor, with over 5 million businesses as customers, 50 major product and service categories, and hundreds of applications. Using traditional human-crafted modeling, the company once employed 35 offshore statisticians to generate 150 propensity models a year.

Operations 8

Operations Construction Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. Most still put marketing managers in nice cars to look for clients. Within a decade, 80% of staff should be able to automate activities like customer onboarding, sales, support, and investment management.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 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. That lag poses dangers.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Ideal uses might also include applications that require a great deal of bandwidth—such as smart lighting, parking spaces, and offshore oil rigs. For example, applying edge analytics to manage traffic can encompass multiple vehicles, roads, and roadside infrastructure and can ease the pain of traffic congestion.

Content 8

Content Tools Offshoring Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Outside of universities, ongoing learning and skill development is essential to surviving economic and technological disruption. In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation. Trends including AI, robotics, and offshoring mean constant shifts in the nature of work.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Likewise, companies like PCH International and Dragon Innovation are now available to manage contract manufacturing and otherwise “make manufacturing feel easy” to entrepreneurs or small companies, as noted by The Wall Street Journal’s Chris Mims last year. Such an age could be beneficial for the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. from offshore. from offshore. They provide income to their owners, but by definition are not job creators.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It’s a concern that has manifested itself in a paper produced by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which both highlights the crucial role immigration grows in fueling productivity and economic growth, but also the risks of political short-termism resulting in this talent supply being shut down. ” Early warning.

Globalization 40

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 40

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New research from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management sets out to explore the relationship between fears we have about automation, and attitudes towards immigrants. A recently published paper explores some of the political implications of these new technologies, and especially of the rise in workplace automation.

Restructuring 133

Restructuring Offshoring Politics Technology 133