But, as Porter and Rivkin find in their survey of business leaders, companies often discourage investment in skills by their reluctance to hire full-time workers. Nearly half of the respondents indicated that, when possible, they prefer to invest in technology or outsource to third parties and hire part-time workers, none of whom receive much additional training or have a stake in their company’s long-term success.
这是值得称赞的目标。但是，波特和李夫金通过商业领袖调查发现，公司不愿意聘用全职工人，因此阻碍了技能投资。近一半受调查者指出，只要可能，他们更愿意投资于技术或外包给第三方和聘用兼职工人，而这些方案都不会对公司的长期成功带来大的裨益。