The outsourcing of US port management to a Dubai firm has created a furore. As the story unfolds Emily Messner has done a wonderful summary of the issues in her Washington Post blog. From a purely managerial sense Dubai port is exceptionally well managed. As my friends in the transportation business tell me, it’s frustratingContinue reading “Outsourcing Port Management and Country of Origin Effects”
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Parents see kids college education as “investment” not “expense”
A profound bit of analysis in Business Week caught my attention. The American Economy is doing better than the numbers say. For example the expenditures on higher ed by families is considered as expense by federal economists and statisticians. Ask any baby boomer Dad and Mom about their take on their kids college expenses. TheseContinue reading “Parents see kids college education as “investment” not “expense””
5 Top Careers- more integrator & capstone skills
CNN Money interviewed Spherion and came up with 5 careers that are hot at the moment. It set me thinking about the personal career plans my MBA students had come up with in the Global Outsourcing class – last fall. The top careers in the CNN story really make sense for American students. Take accounting,Continue reading “5 Top Careers- more integrator & capstone skills”
Why Ford looses US jobs and Toyota makes them up?
Ever since the announcement of Ford’s 30,000 job losses and closure of 14 plants, I have been feeling intrigued. No one can argue that health costs per American car are high at $1500 per car. No one can also argue that net jobs in the Auto industry in the US are probably unchanged as ToyotaContinue reading “Why Ford looses US jobs and Toyota makes them up?”
Business Week- Transformational Outsourcing
I was busy working on some research proposals related to outsourcing when I picked up the January 30, 2006 issue of Business Week. As subscribers would know, Business Week like other subscribed paper magazines come with a thick paper cover which generally exhorts the subscriber to "Renew Now!." It is probably because of the coverContinue reading “Business Week- Transformational Outsourcing”
“Don’t be evil” and Consumer Trust
I was just running out of interesting things to blog about when I read the Martin Wolk’s MSNBC story about Google’s resistance to the Government subpoena for search records. The mere fact of protesting sends a strong signal to Google users as Wolk writes. Marketing theorists now agree unanimously that "trust" is a vital partContinue reading ““Don’t be evil” and Consumer Trust”
DOW crosses 11,000, the Geely Car and Sir Howard the SONY chief
"Outsourcing" somehow continues to be a very charged kind of word. The public automatically associates it with "job losses" in the US. Therefore companies don’t want to talk about it and yet need to do it. I am trying to find articles that explore outsourcing savings with the rise of the DOW over the 11,000Continue reading “DOW crosses 11,000, the Geely Car and Sir Howard the SONY chief”
NPD outsourcing in Engineering
It was timely to read the AMR Research article by Lance Travis and David O'Brien who mention that Engineering Services for NPD is likely to go up to 41% in the next 1-2 years compared to 29% this year. New Product Development (NPD) involves some steps as the PDMA will tell you. My New ProductContinue reading “NPD outsourcing in Engineering”
Self Governance and the Web
To learn that Brian Chase wrote the piece in Wikipedia (see below) as a joke was really encouraging. CNN reports that apparently Brian Chase did not know that Wikipedia is used for serious research and wanted to just fool around for his own very peculiar reasons. With this incident I think couple of great andContinue reading “Self Governance and the Web”
Wikipedia and answers on the web
After a brief interlude involving the hectic end of semester activities I found myself snowed in today and watching C-SPAN from sometime after 9 am for the latter part of John Seigenthaler Sr. ‘s interview. The reason I stayed on the channel was the references that were being made to Wikipedia which I think isContinue reading “Wikipedia and answers on the web”