Thought Leadership
         
 
At Alsbridge we pride ourselves on offering content-rich articles and whitepapers that keep business decision-makers informed of trends in the Outsourcing, Shared Services, and Offshoring industry. Our consultants regularly publish articles in industry-leading journals and magazines as well as our own newsletter Outsourcing Leadership. Below you’ll find research and information on topics including among others: offshore location analysis, strategy development, outsourcing vendor selection, and pitfalls to avoid. Further, Alsbridge has teamed with several leading global law firms to provide our readers insights on outsourcing from a legal perspective. We hope you’ll find the information useful, and invite you to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter.
 
         
 

Seven Steps Toward a Sustainable Relationship with an Outsourcing Provider
By Steve Kopp, Managing Director, Alsbridge Americas

Is it too Late to Set up a Captive Software Center in India?
By Mike McGarry, Managing Consultant, Alsbridge Americas

Off-Shoring Your Shared Services Step One: Be Educated About the Possibilities
By Steve Kopp, Managing Director, Alsbridge Americas

Remote Infrastructure Management: Has the Pendulum Switched Offshore?
By Ben Trowbridge, CEO, and Sam Cholapurath, Senior Consultant, Alsbridge Americas

IT is on the Rise yet India is Laying Off - Why?
By Ben Trowbridge, CEO, and Pranay Shukla, Consultant, Alsbridge

What and When to Outsource
By Tim Lloyd

The Six Most Common Outsourcing Blunders
By Patrick Garrett, Partner, Alsbridge

Looking for an alternative to Recruitment Outsourcing?
Gina Gill, Senior Consultant – Alsbridge Europe

F&A Outsourcing: A Suggested Approach for Getting Started
Steve Kopp, Alsbridge, Senior Engagement Leader, October 2006

Outsourcing in the Financial Services Industry
By Ben Trowbridge

Captive Sites FAQs and Best Practices
By Ben Trowbridge

Compliance with Laws in Outsourcing Transactions
By Geofrey L. Master

No-One Ever Sues on an Outsourcing Contract
By Richard Hawtin, Baker & McKenzie

Provider Use of Customer Licensed Software in Outsourcing Arrangements
By SHAWN C. HELMS

Negotiating Liability Clauses – Why is it Always So Difficult?
Alistair Maughan, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Change Management Fundamentals
By Elizabeth Gordon-Pugh Senior Manager, Alsbridge

How to Stay Happy With Your Sourcing Partner
Elizabeth Gordon-Pugh Alsbridge Senior Manager

How to Capture Value in Your Outsourcing Arrangement
By F. Keaton Whitlow and Kathleen Goolsby

Cutting Cost in the Finance Function
Peter Scott, partner in ALS Consulting

More Shores - More Options
Lisa Turnbull

Seven Tips Read
Linda L. Briggs

ROI Drivers for On and Offshore Outsourcing

By The Gantry Group

HR BPO Enterprise Effectiveness
By Ben Trowbridge

Are Outsourcing Mega Deals dead?

What to Do At the End of the Deal
By Rick Simmonds

Why Business Process Outsourcing Deals Take Time
By Tim Lloyd

Monitoring Offshore Activity
Ben Trowbridge CEO & Managing Partner

MSC Malaysia SSO: Best of All Worlds

No Action Taken in 25% of U.S. Sourcing Evaluations
By John Willmott, CEO of NelsonHall

Offshore Trends Create New Outsourcing Model
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner
Alsbridge North America


Outsourcing Appealing to Midsize Companies
By Ross McKean,

“What have you done for me lately?”…Overcoming the challenge of corporate amnesia
By Ben Trowbridge, Partner and Richard Hawtin, Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP


The Rise of Document Management BPO
By By Rachael Stormonth, Principal Analyst, NelsonHall

Upstaging India – Will China become the epicentre of offshoring?
Paul Morrison, Managing Consultant, Alsbridge Europe


Outsourcing - disruption and demotivation, or an energised workforce?
Rachel Anderson, Senior Consultant , Alsbridge Europe

ndian Suppliers - The New Wave in Complex BPO?
By Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge

The "O" word. Why are retailers scared of offshoring?
By Paul Morrison, Alsbridge, Managing Consultant

Underpaid and over here - is low cost Indian labour hollowing out the UK IT sector?
By Elizabeth Gordon-Pugh, Senior Manager, Alsbridge Europe

Offshoring: Exploitation or Emancipation
By Sweta Patel, Senior Consultant, Alsbridge Europe

Suppliers: What is wrong with the BPO procurement process?
By Howard Spode, Principal Consultant, Alsbridge Europe

Capturing the Full Cost Benefits of Offshoring
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

A Better Approach to Vendor Selection

Offshoring Grows Up – Five trends magnifying the impact of global sourcing
By Paul Morrison, Managing Consultant, Alsbridge Europe

An Outsider’s View on Whether to Use a Sourcing Advisor
By James A. Harvey, Partner, Hunton & Williams

Shared Services: The Pros, Cons, and Where They’re Heading
By Peter Scott, Partner and Global Head of Finance & Accounting, Alsbridge Europe

Sourcing Strategies: The First Step
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

BPO - What can go wrong?
By Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge Europe

Managing Risk in IT Outsourcing – Part V
By Stephen Reed, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

Managing Risk in IT Outsourcing – Part IV
By Stephen Reed, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

Managing Risk in IT Outsourcing – Part III
By Stephen Reed, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

Managing Risk in IT Outsourcing – Part II

By Stephen Reed, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

Managing Risk in IT Outsourcing – Part I
By Stephen Reed, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

BPO: The New Alchemy or Fool’s Gold?
By Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge Europe

Payroll Outsourcing: Why Can’t the Big Players get it Right?
By Rachel Anderson, Senior Consultant, Alsbridge Europe

HR Outsourcing – Gaining Momentum
By Scott Golas, Head of Research, Global HR Outsourcing, NelsonHall

Outsourcing Checkmate - Business Transformational Outsourcing
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

Selecting a Procurement Outsourcing Partner
By Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge Europe

The Future of HR is About Measuring ROI

Multi-process Outsourcing: New Opportunities & New Challenges
By David M. Hudanish, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Why Mid-Market HRO Makes Sense

Why Outsourcing Deals Fail – It Starts With How You Buy
By Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge Europe

It’s What the CIO Doesn’t Know that Hurts
By Paul Cervelloni, Engagement Leader, Alsbridge North America

Offshoring: All Your Questions Answered
By Paul Morrison and Meritxell Macia, Managing Consultants, Alsbridge Europe

Shared Services: an In-house HR Solution
By Ed Rankin, Former Consultant, Alsbridge North America

Communicating Change in the Sourcing Environment
By Elizabeth Gordon-Pugh, Senior Manager, Alsbridge Europe

Offshoring: What You Do and Don’t Need to Worry About
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

HRO - Today and Tomorrow

Blame it on the Regulators
By David Guedry, Partner, Jones Day

SourcingMag:
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

HRO: Another Look at Employee Attrition and It’s Costs
By Ed Rankin, Former Consultant, Alsbridge North America

Outsourcing Provider Consolidation – What it means for Buyers
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

What is Wrong with the BPO Contracting Process?
By Kit Burden, Partner, TMC Department, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

Can Brazil produce the same results in Offshoring as it does in Football?
By Marcio Silva, Senior Consultant, Alsbridge Europe

Offshoring by Industry Leaders
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

Value in Collaborative Relationships
By Ben Trowbridge and Tim Lloyd, Managing Partners, Alsbridge North America and Alsbridge Europe

Business Transformational Outsourcing
By Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner, Alsbridge North America

Consequential and Direct Losses in the BPO Environment
By Lucille Hughes, Associate and Richard Barratt, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Shared (or Joint Delivery of) Services in Local Government
By Andy Kitcher, Principal, Alsbridge Europe

From the Practitioner's Desk: Sustainable Outsourcing Contracts Require a Resource Baseline
By Paul Cervelloni Alsbridge Managing Consultant

A Stronger Negotiation Environment
By Ed Hansen Partner, Morgan Lewis

Managing HRO Change: The 3Rs Solution
Craig D. Nelson, Managing Consultant & Keith Brierley-Bowers, Senior Consultant

The Pros and Cons of Sole Source Outsourcing Deals
Tim Lloyd, Managing Partner, Alsbridge Europe

An Industry in Transition - Sourcing Lessons Learned
By Essentials I - Mark P Dangelo

Can a Finance (or HR) Shared Service Center Really Add Value?
Chris Price, Partner & Ted Webb, Senior Manager, Alsbridge Europe

New Year Wish List for the Outsourcing Industry
Rick Simmonds, Partner, Alsbridge

A New Year, A New Directive, MiFID and Outsourcing
By Simon White Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP





 
 
 
 
 
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