Obama’s in-sourcing initiative: does it have the teeth to rescue the US IT industry?
As per usual, election year brings up the age-old argument about how to combat the “threat” of outsourcing. Isn’t now the time, in an election year, to stop the rhetoric and actually make commitments to growing local industries that have a direct impact?
Why outsourcing professionals must stay in touch with the 99%
Like everyone else, I am disturbed by the economic and social instability with which our world currently finds itself. While the 2008 crash saw us all face a major economic and fiscal reality-check, 2012′s landscape will see us move beyond bailouts and credit downgrades to a world where governments and business leaders need to deal with [...]
Come On Silicon Valley, We Can Provide a Better Rx for Jobs!
Fortune magazine has an article running that Techmemed about some advice Barrack Obama is getting about jobs from Silicon Valley Heavyweights like Kleiner VC John Doerr and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. They’re all about Education and Immigration Visa Reform as the path to creating jobs, along with plugs along the way for their own ventures. Here [...]
What the Obama Tech Supper Gang Should Do About Jobs
What do you suppose 12 Tech CEO’s and VC’s discussed with President Obama at their dinner? Many things, I suppose, but almost certainly there would’ve been a discussion about the job situation. More than likely this was focused around Obama’s interests in improving education and US competitiveness. I was shocked to get a note from [...]
The Narrow Bubble
Many are saying that we are in another tech ‘bubble’ – but is so, despite the extraordinary valuations accruing to a small number of companies, why are so many entrepreneurs having trouble getting funded?
Entrepreneurship-Driven Innovation as a Growth Driver for Greece’s Economy
A couple of days ago I delivered a speech during the inauguration ceremonies of the Alexandrian Innovation Zone, in Thessaloniki, Greece. This zone is supposed to become the beginning of a Silicon Valley-like area in Greece and provide a venue for economic growth in the country. I thought that it would be worthwhile to post [...]
Cash Rich Companies
It is estimated that there is as much as $2 trillion in cash on the balance sheets of public companies in the U.S. alone. The conventional wisdom of Keynesians has been that the unprecedented level of spending that the Federal government has undertaken would prime the economic pump which would create demand that would spur [...]
Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story
Kudos to Procurement Leaders for a great article about how current inventory numbers are telling a risky story for the potential of inventory shortages, stock-outs and overall supply risk than appears on the surface. The author no…
Finally, Graduating Lawyers are Considering a Profession That Benefits Society: Procurement
I must say I got a chuckle from a recent article counseling law school grads to consider “alternative career paths” including procurement. After all, one good mind going into our field and one less shark slowly bleeding the economy to death must be a positive thing now, mustn’t it? The story suggests that given the [...]
Friday Rant: Get Ready for a Double-Dip Recession and Its Impact on Procurement (Part 2)
Last Friday, we introduced economic data that suggests the US could be headed for a double-dip recession sooner than many might realize (as early as Q2, when revised numbers come out). In this Friday’s post, we’ll continue providing what we believe are the most critical checklist supplier recommendations to consider based on the highly probable [...]
