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If Outsourcing Is So Great, Why Are Contracts Declining?
There's really no way to sugarcoat the figures. According to the latest data from business process outsourcing (BPO) consulting firm NelsonHall, outsourcing is in a decline. In 2004 global companies spent $73.3 billion on outsourcing; in 2005 the amount fell 31%, to $50.7 billion. What's behind the drop?
February 2006

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• A Conversation With John Baschab -- Paula Klein June 2007

• ERP Lessons Learned At FAW Haima -- Ding Yalin June 2007

• IT And The East The Chindia Syndrome -- Jamie Popkin and Partha Iyengar April 2007

• A Conversation With Jiten Patel, CIO, Finca International -- Paula Klein April 2007

• Go Offshore Without Going Off Track -- Kiran Honavalli, Lavanya Krishna, and Todd Schrubb August 2006

• The Rise Of The Government CIO -- August 2006

• What's Driving Your Outsourcing Strategy? -- Ed Kamins, Chief Operational Excellence Officer, Avnet August 2006

• The Invisible Global Line -- Umesh Ramakrishnan July 2006

• CIOs Slowly Gain Clout In China -- Olina Chen June 2006

• The Risk Of Complacency -- Umesh Ramakrishnan May 2006

• Infrastructure's Outer Limits -- Allen Weinberg and William Forrest April 2006

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