outsourcing risk

Exporting business processes creates all kinds of opportunity for trouble, but companies can do much to reduce the threat. Experts from the Wharton School and Booz Allen Hamilton weigh in.

 This introductory chapter provides the myths, risks and best practices of outsourcing with a checklist for strategically successful offshoring.

 A very good presentation on outsourcing the IT department. It provides a good definition of outsourcing and its rationale and then covers key aspects related to the outsourcing process.

 Can IT outsourcing increase business flexibility? This paper takes a closer look at the benefits and risks associated with IT outsourcing.

 Introduction to eSourcing Capability Model provides a bird's eye view to understand and use the eSCM model developed by Carnegie Mellon.

 This presentation discusses the central decision prior to any outsourcing: should we build it or buy it from someone else?

 This paper introduces a supplier evaluation framework and process that focuses on building sustainable supplier relationships based upon core values.

 An overview of a portfolio based approach for outsourcing of IT applications.

 10 strategic sourcing best practices that can help ensure success.

This research case study examines the failure of outsourced IT systems and proposes a theory and framework to predict and avoid such failures.