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Customer Relationship Management

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Building Sustainable Outsourcing Relationships

   
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Sole Sourcing – Considerations for Adopting a Sole-Sourcing Approach

   

The Issue: Defining Next Generation Contact Center Strategies



Finance & Accounting

arrow Reviewing Alternative Delivery Options for Finance and Accounting Services
   
Building an Agile Finance Function: Alternative Approaches to Sourcing Financial Operations
   
arrow Finance and Accounting (F&A): Is outsourcing the answer for you?
   
arrow Six Finance and Accounting (F&A) Outsourcing Myths Lay to Rest
   
The Role of Shared Services in Enabling Finance & Accounting Transformation
   
Assessing the Role of Information Technology (IT) & Enterprise Software in BPO
   
How Real is the Finance & Accounting Outsourcing Market
   

The Role of Business Process Outsourcing in Transforming Finance and Accounting



Globalization

arrow The Benefits and Challenges of Globalization: An Economist Intelligence Unit executive summary in co-operation with EquaTerra and World 50
   
arrow Global Corporations Leveraging the Outsourcing Market
   
arrow Global Sourcing Comparative Analysis of Key Offshore Geographies
   
arrow Offshore Outsourcing: Is China Ready?
   
arrow Global Suppliers Drive Consolidation in the Indian Offshore Market, While Indian Suppliers Look Abroad
   
arrow Why Set Up a Captive Offshore?
   
arrow A Risky business? The Top 10 Challenges of Offshoring
   
arrow 10 Steps to Setting up a Captive Offshore Service Centre
   
The Issue: How to Design and Deploy a Global Service Delivery Model
   
Assessing the Role of Captive Operations
   

Making Offshore Outsourcing Work

   
Mixing it Up with Insource, Outsource, or Offshore


Human Resources


arrow Making Public Sector HR Strategic: The Role and Value of Alternative Service Delivery Models
   
arrow HR Market Update: A Three-Part Series
   
arrow Expert Point of View: Recruitment Process Outsourcing
   
arrow Performance Management in the Public Sector
   
arrow The EquaTerra Point of View: Effective HR Sourcing in the Federal Government
   
arrow Recruiting and Staffing in the Public Sector: Results from the IPMA-HR Research Series
   
arrow Human Resources Transformation in Public Sector Organizations
   
The Impact of the Aging Workforce on Public Sector Organizations and Mission
   
HR Service Delivery in the Federal Government: Are You Sourcing Ready?
   
How to Design and Tailor Effective SLAs for HR Outsourcing
   
Taking the Pulse of Today’s Human Resources Outsourcing Market
   
The Issue: How to Accurately Calculate HR Ratios and Estimate HRO’s Potential to Improve Ratio Levels
   
An Examination of Trends in Shared Services and Outsourcing in Public Sector Organizations
 
Improving Human Capital Management in the Public Sector
 
Assessing the Barriers to Offshore HRO
 
EquaTerra Research Brief: Human Resource Outsourcing
 
EquaTerra's Eight-part Guide to Sustainable Sourcing
 





Information Technology

arrow EquaTerra Healthcare BPO/ITO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 2Q08
   
arrow The Issue: North American Mid-Market IT Outsourcing Trends
   
arrow IT Assessment – Pressure to Improve Never Stops
   
arrow IT Service Management - A Roadmap For Success
   
arrow Why Does Governance Matter in IT Outsourcing?
   
arrow Is Big No Longer Beautiful in IT Outsourcing? A Cautionary Tale for BPO
   
arrow Overcoming Resistance: Realizing the Benefits of a Global Distributed IT Services Model
   
arrow The Issue: To Recompete or Not to Recompete?
How to Ensure IT Outsourcing Value in the Public Sector
   
The Issue: ITIL and its Impact in a Multi-provider Environment
   
The Issue: Measuring the ROI of Internal ITIL Investments
   
Assessing the Role of Information Technology (IT) & Enterprise Software in BPO
   
Why “IT” Does Matter in BPO: Information Technology’s Key Role in the Success of Business Process Outsourcing
   

Renegotiating Outsourcing Contracts - Executive Point of View

 
Assessing the Role of Enterprise Software Applications in BPO
   
Measuring and Managing Outsourcing Satisfaction and Success

Public Sector

arrow EquaTerra IT, Business, and Mission Support Services Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 2Q08
   
arrow Making Public Sector HR Strategic: The Role and Value of Alternative Service Delivery Models
   
arrow IT Service Management - A Roadmap For Success
   
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Utilising Shared Services to Drive Sustainable Business Benefits

   
arrow Performance Management in the Public Sector
   
arrow The Issue: To Recompete or Not to Recompete?
How to Ensure IT Outsourcing Value in the Public Sector
   
The EquaTerra Point of View: Effective HR Sourcing in the Federal Government
   
HR Service Delivery in the Federal Government: Are You Sourcing Ready?
   

Recruiting and Staffing in the Public Sector: Results from the IPMA-HR Research Series

   
The Impact of the Aging Workforce on Public Sector Organizations and Mission
   
arrow An Examination of Trends in Shared Services and Outsourcing in Public Sector Organizations
   
arrow Human Resources Transformation in Public Sector Organizations
   
arrow Improving Human Capital Management in the Public Sector

Outsourcing Governance

The Pros, Cons and Market
Trending for Multi-sourced ITO
   
Mid-term Outsourcing Blues: The Causes and The Cure
   
arrow Service Provider Perspective on Governance Software Tools
   
arrow The Outsourcer’s Guide to Success: Nine Factors for Great Governance
   
arrow Why and How OM and Governance is Critical to Outsourcing Success
   
Drive Value with Outsourcing Management Tools
   
Outsourcing Management Software Tools – An Executive Point of View
   
Why Outsourcing Management and Governance
   
arrow Organizational Impacts of Outsourcing: Instituting Outsourcing Management Competency
   
arrow Renegotiating Outsourcing Contracts - Executive Point of View
   

The Role of Service Levels in Managing the Outsourcing Lifecycle

 


The Benefits of Controls Automation in Creating a Sustainable Compliance Environment

 
arrow Outsourcing Management Software Tools
   

EquaTerra Research Brief: Human Resource Outsourcing

 


Outsourcing Management and Governance: Building a Foundation for Outsourcing Success



Outsourcing Service Provider Performance

arrow Nordic Region Outsourcing Service Provider Performance Study 2008 Management Summary
   
arrow Belux Outsourcing Service Provider Performance Study Management Summary
   


Just Getting Started

arrow BPO Trends in the Financial Services Industry – a 2008 Update
   
arrow Belux Outsourcing Service Provider Performance Study Management Summary
   
arrow When and Why to Engage an Advisor
   
arrow Benchmarking
   
Taking a Reality Check on Today's Outsourcing Market
   
Outsourcing Trends in the Financial Services Industry
   
Outsourcing Trends in the Automotive, Manufacturing & High-tech Industries
   
Outsourcing Trends in Pharmaceutical Industry
   
Preparing for Outsourcing
   

Making Offshore Outsourcing Work

   

EquaTerra's Eight-part Guide to Sustainable Sourcing
Briefing 2:
From the coal face – The reality of outsourcing


Developing Strategies

arrow EquaTerra Healthcare BPO/ITO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 2Q08
   
arrow Is the domestic Indian outsourcing market poised for rapid growth?
   
arrow The Issue: What’s Next for Service Delivery in the Financial Services Industry?
   
arrow Defining Business Process Outsourcing: A Three-Part Series
   
arrow IT Assessment – Pressure to Improve Never Stops
   
arrow Emerging Outsourcing Trends in the Healthcare Industry
   
arrow IT Assessments: The Pressure to Improve IT Never Stops
   
arrow The Impact of Contract Recompeting: EquaTerra Predicts
   
arrow Have You Located Your Nearest Exit?
   
arrow The Clock is Ticking but Are You Prepared?
   
arrow Sourcing Strategy –Loading the Dice in Your Favour
   
arrow Is Big No Longer Beautiful in IT Outsourcing? A Cautionary Tale for BPO
   
arrow Ten steps to Benefits Realisation
   
arrow 10 Steps to Setting up a Captive Offshore Service Centre
   
arrow How to minimise risk during transition
   
arrow Assessing the Role of Captive Operations
   
arrow The Issue: How to Design and Deploy a Global Service Delivery Model
   
Assessing the Role of Information Technology (IT) & Enterprise Software in BPO
   
Why “IT” Does Matter in BPO: Information Technology’s Key Role in the Success of Business Process Outsourcing
   

BPO Priorities? Do More, Spend Less

   

EquaTerra's 8 Part Guide to Sustainable Sourcing- Briefing 3: Should it stay or should it go? Preparing for the Outsourcing Decision
   
Assessing the Role of Enterprise Software Applications in BPO

Evaluating Options

arrow Service Provider M&A – Change of Control Doesn’t Have to Mean Loss of Control
   
arrow UK Service Provider Report Market Summary, January 2008
   
arrow Utilising Outsourcing Practices to Gain Insourcing Success
   
arrow Finance and Accounting (F&A): Is outsourcing the answer for you?
   
arrow Selecting a Supplier: A World of Opportunity and Risks!
   
arrow Selecting the Right Delivery Location
   
arrow The Top 10 Challenges of Offshoring
   
arrow Selecting a supplier: A world of opportunity and risks!
   

EquaTerra's 8 Part Guide to Sustainable Sourcing- Briefing 4: Winning in a seller's market - Ten practical ways to attract the best supplier

   

EquaTerra's 8 Part Guide to Sustainable Sourcing- Briefing 5: How to choose your sourcing provider


Managing Outsourcing

arrow Effective Governance Yields Outsourcing Value
   
arrow EquaTerra Position: Creating a Storybook Ending
   
arrow Service Provider M&A – Change of Control Doesn’t Have to Mean Loss of Control
   
arrow Time for Transformation
   
arrow It’s Time to Reap the Rewards: The key to Outsourcing Benefit Realisation
   
arrow Have You Located Your Nearest Exit?
   
arrow How to Minimise Risk During Transition
   
arrow How to Make Benchmarking Work for You
   
arrow Adapt or Be Marginalised: Harsh Service Provider Lessons
   
arrow Bringing Services Back in-House –Happening or Hype?
   
arrow Underdeveloped Governance Skills Lead to Dissatisfied Clients
   
arrow Execution
   
arrow The Top 10 Threats Contract Recompeting Poses for Service Providers
   
arrow Ten steps to Benefits Realisation
   
arrow Are clients happy?
   
arrow The clock is ticking but are you prepared?
   
arrow The Outsourcer’s Guide to Success: Nine Factors for Great Governance
   
Why and How OM and Governance is Critical to Outsourcing Success
   
Drive Value with Outsourcing Management Tools
   
Outsourcing Management Software Tools – An Executive Point of View
   
Why Outsourcing Management and Governance
   
Organizational Impacts of Outsourcing: Instituting Outsourcing Management Competency
   
Renegotiating Outsourcing Contracts - Executive Point of View
   

The Role of Service Levels in Managing the Outsourcing Lifecycle

 

The Benefits of Controls Automation in Creating a Sustainable Compliance Environment

 


Outsourcing Management and Governance: Building a Foundation for Outsourcing Success



Advisor and Service Provider Pulse Survey Results


arrow EquaTerra 2nd Quarter 2008 BPO & ITO Pulse Survey
   
arrow EquaTerra 1st Quarter 2008 BPO & ITO Pulse Survey
   
arrow EquaTerra Advisor and BPO/ITO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 4Q07
   
arrow EquaTerra Advisor and BPO/ITO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 3Q07
   
arrow EquaTerra Advisor and BPO/ITO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 2Q07
   

EquaTerra Advisor and ITO/BPO Service Provider Pulse Survey Results 1Q07

   
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