Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Over the last decade, offshore manufacturing seemed like a no-brainer. for the first time in 2009 to become the world's top market for new vehicles. Offshoring isn't going away, but companies will have to be smarter about it. Most have barely tapped the surface of what they could achieve by operating overseas.

Offshoring 15

Offshoring Supply Chain Outsourcing Cost 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 16, 2016

Since they were first published on April 3, the Panama Papers have thrust a spotlight onto world politicians, celebrities, and businesses sheltering money offshore. The largest release of data ever on the secret world of offshore companies led to the resignation of Iceland’s prime minister. So it’s an open question.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Marketing Finance Price 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

We estimate that tens of thousands of engineers and scientists working for top innovators are actually located in their offshore technical centers in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China); these are often called "captive" R&D centers or offshore R&D locations. Offshore Outsourced Product Development.

Engineering 10

Engineering Globalization Innovation Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

According to “Spin Selling” author Neil Rackham, when Xerox first established a sales operations group in the 1970s to take on activities such as sales planning, compensation, forecasting, and territory design, group leader J. •Evaluate sales force strategies, plans, goals, and objectives.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Many organizations today are wondering how to get into machine learning, and what it means for their existing analytics operation. The company needed to target sales and marketing approaches to each company and potential buyer. There are many different types of machine learning, and a variety of definitions of the term.

Operations 8

Operations Construction Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

When it comes to operational improvement, organizations today are light years ahead of where they were two decades ago, but there's no time to celebrate yesterday's wins. 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

APRIL 16, 2012

To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash to distinguish it from the "operating" cash that is needed to run the business. Barring a tax holiday, this cash is effectively "trapped" offshore. Facilitate Acquisitions.

Company 15

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 15

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. The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

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

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.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

To do this, Royal Caribbean thought about every aspect of the ship and its operations from a guest's perspective. They used smart cards to turn the process of offshore excursions into one as simple as walking into an office building. They think about how it will combine to create new capability rather than replace old operations.

IT Strategy 13

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Combine that with the offshoring mania among established manufacturers, and you've got a full-blown crisis. Testing in these cases was not previously possible due to the cost of an on-site operator. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs. Existing investors and new investors contributed another $1 million.

Finance 12

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. 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.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

In the early 2000s, as part of a huge offshoring trend in the business economy, GE shifted manufacturing to suppliers such as Samsung and LG. Then at the end of 2007 the housing market crashed. They visited the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller and auto supplier Autoliv to see what mature Lean operations looked like.

Insourcing 10

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

On one hand, regardless of current economic concerns, emerging markets are where long-term growth opportunities lie. On the other, the crisis in the euro zone has forced banks to rethink their investments in numerous markets, if not retreat from them altogether. Emerging market players. Filling the Gap.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Offshoring Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Oil and Gas subsea operators across the world are adopting a GE Industrial Internet technology developed in Norway. ” Another benefit is that the sensors are located at a distance and are detached from the monitored equipment so do not interfere with on-going operations or processes. Kendall, European Marketing Manager of Shell.

Industry 8

Industry Offshoring Engineering Operations 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

JUNE 23, 2015

But to Sweden-based SKF Group — the leading company in the $76 billion global market for ball bearing systems — these objects are heroic, destined to become the “brains of rotating machinery” by transmitting data to boost performance, reduce downtime, and prevent accidents.

Industry 8

Industry System Business Model B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

” If the answer to both is “yes,” I will serve you as inexpensively as possible using techniques such as self-help on the web, endless IVR loops (“for billing questions, press 1”) and/or offshore labor. Some firms may look at this situation and see operational headaches and increased service costs.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Self-aware Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. Nothing has changed in most African banks in terms of structure, despite the avalanche of transformations in the market. Most still put marketing managers in nice cars to look for clients. Think about local needs.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Second, rising labor costs and stronger currency are reducing the appeal of high-volume Chinese manufacturing, and nudging more companies to move operations closer to their headquarters or their customers. Third, the demand for more personalized experiences, nurtured by our highly customizable digital devices, is on the rise.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Products Productivity Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

On December 7, Portland, Oregon, passed a law that will impose a surcharge on the local business taxes paid by corporations that operate in the city when the CEO’s compensation is 100 times or more the median earnings of the company’s employees. public corporations must file with the U.S. million (57% from stock-based pay).

CEO 8

CEO Black-Scholes Price Merton 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 some areas and sectors, the market provides all the capital needed. For example, the market for bank credit for small businesses has been tight, particularly for loans under $150,000.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

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. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 14

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. Mining automation market will reach $3.29 Mining companies are increasingly moving to the latest automation technology to modernize their operations. billion by 2023. MarketsandMarkets Inc. billion by 2023.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

The EU has spent twenty years trying to create the kind of market conditions needed for explosive growth seen elsewhere in the digital economy. Private investors, unlike government funders, operate at lightning speed. So far, nothing has worked. Of the 15 largest public Internet companies today, none are European. And quickly.

Policies 8

Policies Offshoring Engineering Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

“Dislocations in labor markets, with old industries and jobs disappearing.” We’ve already seen knowledge work such as accounting and legal services being shipped offshore to cheaper employees. ” Have the operations of governments changed fundamentally in the past two decades?

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Politics 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

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Given that the offshore stash is believed to total more than $2 trillion, advocates for a tax holiday claim that this influx will encourage companies to invest in their businesses, thereby creating millions of new jobs. To minimize this risk, companies should compare their expectations against the market’s.

EPS 8

EPS Company Offshoring Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

multinationals, while increasingly harassed by Beijing , have many leading market share positions in China, especially in high-tech and sophisticated capital goods such as U.S.-made He has two levels to operate on: first, directly influencing corporate investment and buying decisions, and second, diplomatic engagement with trading partners.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Offshoring Retail Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

” However, there are other ways for Chinese authorities to take reprisals against Western multinationals operating in China should they so choose. Its growth has accelerated in recent years as China has embraced automation as way to offset rising wages that could make it less competitive as an offshoring center.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. For some, it’s about the commercial opportunity to appeal to a new or growing market of rights-focused consumers.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8