Software Negotiations: How to Plan Ahead and Create Competition
Posted: 07/12/2018 - 06:11
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The Challenges and Rewards of Mobile Contract Negotiation
Posted: 06/13/2018 - 01:45
Mobile phones have a long history from concept in the mid-20th Century – think comic strip detective Dick Tracy and the 2-way wrist radio in the 1950s through the fictional spy Maxwell Smart’s “shoe phone” in the 1960s, to the
Social Sustainability: Making the Art of Possible Possible
Posted: 05/11/2018 - 00:58
Minimizing Risk in the Outsource Model
Posted: 02/22/2018 - 05:53
2018 is not the first time our industry has come under fire. It’s had a colourful history from tales of cost-cutting to ethical arguments around driving labour arbitrage. Outsourcing has often been misunderstood and the whole industry blamed when things go wrong. But with the recent, spectacular collapse of Carillion we are seeing a renewed attack from certain corners in relation to the “failure of outsourcing.” A grand, sweeping statement, but is there any truth in it?
IT Managed Services: Mitigating Risk and Maintaining Leverage
Posted: 12/15/2017 - 23:19
The managed services market has been an interesting one to watch from a consultant’s point of view. There was a heavy trend towards outsourcing many key areas within IT, only for the pendulum to begin swinging to the other end of the spectrum where clients are now pulling some (or all) of those same services back in-house. Nevertheless, your organization is likely to use some level of managed services within the IT organization given constraints on budget, resources or expertise.
Avery W. Katz: Dealing with the Incomplete Contract
Posted: 11/04/2017 - 03:14
Avery W. Katz, professor of law at Columbia Law School, tackles the conundrum of “incomplete” contracts. The challenge? How organizations can fashion a contract that is both economically flexible enough for a business relationship to move forward efficiently and legally secure enough to satisfy the parties’ legal departments.
Life Lessons: Tom Purton
Posted: 10/02/2017 - 20:26
What has been the single most significant development to impact your profession or area of business during your career, and why?
Haapio and Barton: Business-Friendly Contracting
Posted: 06/23/2017 - 03:23
Professors Helena Haapio and Thomas D. Barton are on a mission to educate organizations on how to create “business friendly” contracts – without giving up safety or security.
Of exit and Brexit
Posted: 05/17/2017 - 05:19
Outsourcing agreements come to an end, just as do some political treaties.
What can those steering the perils of partition learn from each other? There are few experiences as visceral as the turmoil of politics. As a British citizen, I have taken my part and cast my vote on 23rd June, 2016. The comparison of events since with recently managed outsourcing exits is the source of inspiration for this article.
Know The Rules
Why multiplying compliance risks demand a calculated strategy
Posted: 05/11/2017 - 07:43
In the past, compliance risk was a top-of-mind issue among select industries: regulators appeared to have banking and financial services, along with energy and extractives, under a constant microscope. But as supply chains expanded across oceans and continents, and countries legislated regulations to address bribery and corruption, terrorist financing and human trafficking, compliance risk grew for all types of organisations. Now the pressure is on you.
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