India, China and Eastern Europe – Hotspots in Outsourcing
Region: United States
The modern business world has evolved into a complex array of supply chains with firms in the U.S. and U.K. turning to host of other locations to outsource various operations. Some of these outsourcing tasks invo... more
Views: 2968Private American Security Firms Head to Haiti
Region: Haiti
Just days after Haiti was devastated by a powerful earthquake, The Nation reports [2] that some of the same private security companies operating in Iraq and Afghanistan are preparing to set up shop in the Caribbean nation.... more
Views: 2990Aussie Blue Chip Firms Offshore More than Overseas Counterparts
Region: Australia
According to a recent survey, Aussie blue chip firms are keen on tech work to offshore destinations like India in comparison to their counterparts abroad. A study by Capgemini included tech chiefs from Foster’s, We... more
Views: 1306Pakistan Administered Kashmir: Victims of 2005 Earthquake Still Groping in Darkness
Region: Pakistan
Billions of dollars allocated for the development projects in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) have been embezzled and mega construction projects in at least three different cities have been... more
Views: 1457Organizational Know-How, by Phin Upham
Region: New YorkOrganizations seem to be good at things – but how can we understand what it means for an organization to be good at things? Is it the people or something between them? A review of a seminal work by Phin U... more
Views: 593Search vs. Exploit, by Phin Upham
Region: New YorkHow do organizations learn and evolve? Phin Upham looks at the classic work “Opportunity and Constraint.” In Opportunity and Constraint, Paul Ingram and Joel Baum explore how organizations learn from experien... more
Views: 641Forest Fire Investing
Region: United StatesWhich tree will grow to be the tallest? A cautionary tale for investors by Phin Upham . When looking at investing from a global perspective, sometimes it helps to see the forest rather than the trees. It is... more
Views: 1584CEO Longevity
Region: United StatesHow long do CEO’s last? Some hang on for years, pother wash out quickly. Phin Upham discusses an influential work on the topic. William Ocasio’s essay Political Dynamics and the Circulation of ... more
Views: 558Fire your CEO? Variables in CEO longevity.
Region: United StatesThree of the longest serving CEO’s of major corporations in history are Warren Buffett, Sandy Weill, and Maurice Greenberg. Phin Upham compare and contrast their tenure with the theory and evidence presente... more
Views: 751Firm Excellence
Region: United StatesThe resource based view of the firm has received a lot of attention in the past few years. Phin Upham discusses its strengths and weaknesses. The knowledge based view builds on the capabilities v... more
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