Research & Insight

Year archives: 2009

A Small Business Competitive Advantage: Outsourced Finance and Accounting Solution

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

A lot of small business owners are great at their business but not at handling their finance and accounting processes. This causes them to make poor decisions that could sink their business. Here’s a flexible outsourced solution for this process, and it’s totally geared to small businesses.

Trends in Factors Surrounding Achieving Cost Reduction by Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Outsourcing Center studied cost-reduction data from the 2009 Outsourcing Excellence Awards program. This article discusses the findings from that study including trends in provider selection criteria, factors that led to cost reduction, and the buyers’ use of funds produced by the cost-reduction efforts.

2009 Outsourcing Excellence Awards Data Reveal New Trends in Service Provider Qualities

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Outsourcing Center studied 42 outsourcing relationships to determine success factors based on characteristics the buyers liked about their service providers. The study revealed some significant findings around which both buyers and providers may want to shift some focus.

Teaming with the Right Provider Enables Application Developer to be First to Market

Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer

Mitek Systems had a great idea: the applications developer wanted to turn camera phones into scanning devices so customers could make payments and deposit checks. However, the company lacked the internal staff to develop the application which had to work on four disparate systems. Outsourcing was the answer.

Tough Economic Times Ratchet Up Need for Investing in Employee and Leadership Development Services

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Learn why employee and leadership development programs are a top priority at successful companies – especially in tough economic times – the difficult questions CEOs and business owners must consider surrounding performance management, and the role an HR organization must play in ensuring that learning and development initiatives connect with the success of the business.

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