Sourcing the World
May 30, 2008
BusinessWeek.com has posted an interesting commentary by one of my clients — Lenovo CEO Bill Amelio. Lenovo is one of the largest PC makers in the world, an amalgam of the former Legend Holdings of China and IBM’s PC division. Amelio’s perspective on how today’s global environment and the concept of “worldsourcing” contrast with offshoring and outsourcing has credibility, in my humble opinion, since he’s an American (raised in the Pittsburgh area) now running a company at the fore of the globalization movement. His leadership team represents the unique cultural composition of Lenovo, with an American CEO based in Singapore, a Chinese Chairman based in Raleigh, N.C., and assorted other executives of different nationalities operating all over the world. Here’s the link to the piece:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080529_101827.htm
Beyond Outsourcing, to Worldsourcing
We are now in the era of Global 2.0, where successful companies know how to harness ideas and innovations from the fast-growing emerging markets…..
