The idea of separating an organization's core functionality from its contextual functionality, with the view of concentrating its own resources on what it does best -- the "core" -- and outsourcing what others can do faster, cheaper, and better -- the "context" -- is highly prevalent and well known.
Executive Update
Getting Lean with the Line of Commoditization
By Paul Allen
Posted September 20, 2009 | Technology |
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