[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: How Many U.S. Jobs Are 'Offshorable'?

Sat Dec 6 16:11:37 PST 2008

some might find it alarming. Some might some opportunities.

Umesh Sharma

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--- On Mon, 1/12/08, HBS Working Knowledge <workingknowledge at hbs.edu> wrote:

From: HBS Working Knowledge <workingknowledge at hbs.edu>
Subject: Newsletter: How Many U.S. Jobs Are 'Offshorable'?
To: jaipurschool at YAHOO.COM
Date: Monday, 1 December, 2008, 10:23 AM

Highlights this Week
How Many U.S. Jobs Are 'Offshorable'?
Summing up: How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
Working paper: The Sciences of Design—Observations on an Emerging Field
Working paper: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment
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New on the Site
How Many U.S. Jobs Are 'Offshorable'?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6012.html
Harvard Business School students were asked to recreate a study assessing the potential "offshorability" of more than 800 occupations in the United States. Their findings: It might be a larger number than we thought.

Summing Up: How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6051.html
Is customer volunteerism combined with "ownership" a double-edged sword? It's seems okay to involve customers in providing ideas for new products and processes. But beware the downside of poorly thought-out strategies to encourage customer volunteerism and "ownership." Those were messages in the very thoughtful responses to this past month's column, says HBS professor Jim Heskett. (Next forum begins December 5.)

Working Paper: The Sciences of Design—Observations on an Emerging Field
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6061.html
Download the paper. Design sciences is a movement that affects not only the information systems discipline but also several allied disciplines, which must also contribute to its definition and participation. HBS professor Carliss Y. Baldwin and colleagues summarize and synthesize the positions, reflections, opportunities, and challenges expressed at the first doctoral consortium to explore the topic.

Working Paper: Spanning the Institutional Abyss—The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6049.html
Download the paper. Economic globalization presents severe governance challenges. HBS professor Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram applied a network methodology to show how one type of organization, the intergovernmental organization, facilitates the cross-border investments of another type, the multinational corporation. The results help to explain which countries attract FDI, and from which senders. Results also point to an emerging rivalry between states and organizations as sources of governance in the global economy.

First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6075.html
Amazon.com ponders a new category: services for Web developers ... Privatizing water in Argentina ... How to develop a sales strategy for advertising services.

Most Popular Stories
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6053.html

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5878.html

The Marketing of a President
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6081.html

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6051.html

Working paper: Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6059.html

Best of Faculty Q&As
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5613.html

Elsewhere at Harvard Business School
Join the Conversation: Leadership in the 21st Century
http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/leadership21stcentury/
Online discussion with Professors Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana

HBS Economic Crisis Web Site
http://www.hbs.edu/economic-crisis/
Read the latest insights from HBS faculty on the unfolding global economic crisis.

Launching New Ventures Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lnv_wk/
HBS Executive Education Program
January 18–23, 2009

Negotiation and Managerial Decision-Making Portfolio
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/neg_wk/
HBS Executive Education Program

Leading Professional Service Firms
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lpsf_wk/
HBS Executive Education Program
March 22–28, 2009

Advanced Management Program
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/amp_wk/
HBS Executive Education Program
March 30–May 22, 2009 Session

Watch online videos from recent HBS Centennial Business Summit
http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/businesssummit/
World leaders convened on the HBS campus October 12–14 for the Centennial Global Business Summit. Online videos of key presentations and panel discussions about globalization, leadership in the 21st century, and the future of market capitalism are now available.

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