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		<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing Mega Deals Remained at Record High in 2004]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=157218]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics released by TPI show outsourcing mega deals are not on the decline. The report presents facts that dispute recent media and pundit conjecture about a decline in outsourcing mega deals - those deals valued at or above US$1 billion - and several other misconceptions about who is doing mega...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White Paper: The Many Myths of Mega Deals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=159654]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the myths of the mega deals in the outsourcing industry. Because of the size and/or scope, mega deals magnify the importance of some of the principles that apply to deals of any size. They also amplify the need for an approach that anticipates and accounts for the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BPO/IT Bundling: Position Paper]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176162]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The emergence of Business Process Outsourcing BPO has not only brought smaller outsourcing contract values, but also a trend of "Bundling" ITO and BPO in outsourcing relationships. Bundling occurs when a client chooses to include the underlying Information Technology IT systems and operations within the scope of a transaction that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taking a Strategic Approach to Sourcing: What Is My Sourcing Strategy?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140712]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A truly strategic approach to the use of sourcing relative to corporate strategies is a choice of corporate lifestyle. Reaching far beyond the domain of individual organizations, the means through which the enterprise engages with external service providers for the provision of services offers key points of leverage and distinction...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Successful Outsourcing: Benchmarking Or Relationship Building]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=94190]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The success of an outsourcing initiative depends on the nature of long-term relationship developed between the client and the outsourcer. The outsourcing strategy starts with the process of selecting the appropriate service provider with which the client sees the potential to sustain good, fruitful professional relationship. The paper examines the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/tpi.html"><![CDATA[TPI]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing Relationships: An Evolving Lifecycle]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=94191]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘While long-term, high dollar-value contract announcements grab the headlines, very few long-term outsourcing relationships reach the end of their contractual term in the same form in which they began. Many market analysts offer opinions that conclude that client demands for change are eroding service provider margins,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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