Executive Update

The New Outsourcing: Part II -- The Race to the Bottom

Posted May 4, 2010 | Leadership | Leadership |

"You heard me right. They said they'd do the project for $1!" Those were the startling words from a friend who headed up an outsourcing practice. He had called to commiserate about the recent loss of a project his company was bidding on. It was a few years ago now, but I still remember it clearly.

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Jim Love
Jim Love teaches in the master’s program at the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Business Entrepreneurship in Technology. Mr. Love was a founding partner at Performance Advantage, a strategic IT and business consulting boutique focused on outsourcing for the mobile, social, "IT as a service" world. With more than 35 years in business and technology, he has served clients ranging from multinational firms to entrepreneurial startups. Prior to… Read More
John Berry
John Berry Senior Consultant John Berry is a management consultant with extensive experience in helping organizations execute strategies designed to deliver breakthrough value from IT and other investments. He is the inventor of a portfolio of strategic planning and value analysis methodologies that guide managers in their IT investment and sourcing decisions. He is also the author of Tangible Strategies for Intangible Assets (McGraw-Hill, 2004… Read More
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