Research & Insight

Research & Insight

knowledge management

Outsourcing Experts Discuss New Flexible Pricing Models

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Outsourcing Center assembled a panel of industry experts to discuss the changes in outsourcing contracts and pricing models over the next two to five years. Their insights reveal buyers and providers will approach outsourcing initiatives differently than in the past. Q. Outsourcing pricing models and contract vehicles have evolved over the past few years. How …

How to Improve Knowledge Management in New Product Development Projects

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Companies that hope to capture market share when the economy turns must continue to invest in new product development. Knowledge management in R&D is difficult because the valuable learning is tacit knowledge, which is hard to codify. Professor Keith Goffin describes the best ways to do this.

Outsourcing’s Impact on Corporate Archiving and Library Functions

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Most corporate, law firms, and hospital libraries are cost centers and must justify their existence and continually reduce or contain costs. Many libaries are nearly dead or need to transform to digital assets. And more companies–like Toyota Motor Sales USA–find they need to create an information archive. Read this story to learn what outsourcing can achieve.

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