Outsource Issue 21 - (Page 9)
Post-election sourcing landscaPe; rPo rePort; local shared services; germany; Bangladesh
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FEATURES 10 26
Meet the Board Outsource has a new Editorial Board – come and say hello
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The Post-Election Landscape How the advent of coalition politics is changing the UK’s sourcing space
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Germany Europe’s biggest economy
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Q&A: Debra Robinson Hearst Magazines’ CIO – and Outsource Editorial Board member – talks digital visions and outsourcing imperatives
Sharing the Burden With huge cuts en route and a pressing need for efficiencies, is there any other way for the UK?
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RPO Report Why Recruitment Process Outsourcing is going from strength to strength
NOA Round-up News and views from the UK’s National Outsourcing Association
The Cloud Breaks Complex support models require sophisticated solutions
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INTERVIEWS 24
Jim Mather The Scottish Government’s Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism talks exclusively to Outsource
Germany Focus Europe’s biggest economy is beginning to pick up the outsourcing pace
Outsourcing Derivatives Reconciliations Keys to success in a fast-moving space
The Path to Perfection We look at the NOA’s Pathway training programme
Bangladesh Another South Asian sourcing hot spot? Its government believes so…
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SME Outsourcing Is the long-awaited boom around the corner?
Tom Bangemann The Hackett Group legend and SSON Thought Leader of the Year on his career so far
Phone Home? Why call centres in the UK are wrestling with the backshoring dilemma
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Good Relations Isn’t it time you had a Chief Relationship Officer?
Culture Clash Views from both sides of the US-India cultural divide
Sergei Levteev The IBA Group CEO on his company’s rise to prominence and drivers for change in outsourcing
THE BAcK END 107 111 114
Words from the Web Thoughts from our community, and excerpts from online
REGULARS 12
News and Comment Figures from across the space give their thoughts on the big stories in outsourcing
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Richard Thompson Pitney Bowes’ UK MD talks challenges and opportunities
Adam Foster Merchants’ CEO discusses the need for value-added partnerships
Inside Source Our secret agent gets that warm fuzzy feeling…
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The Legal View Slaughter And May’s Rob Sumroy on why smarter procurement means better outsourcing
Professor Arie Lewin The head of the Offshoring Research Network on the rise of China and the dangers of shared services
The Last Word The first in a new series of guest columns looks at science fiction and cold hard fact
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Outsource Issue 21
Outsource - Issue 21
In This Issue
Meet the Board
News and Comment
The Post-Election Landscape
Jim Mather
Sharing the Burden
Q&A: Debra Robinson
RPO Report
The Cloud Breaks
Tom Bangemann
Germany Focus
Outsourcing Derivatives Reconciliations
The Path to Perfection
Phone Home?
Sergei Levteev
Bangladesh
Richard Thompson
Adam Foster
SME Outsourcing
Good Relations
Culture Clash
Professor Arie Lewin
The Legal View
NOA Round-up
Words from the Web
Inside Source
The Last Word
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