Negotiation is an art form. It takes skills, like the ability to bring two or more parties together to achieve great things. Kate Vitasek, lead Vested Researcher, and Jeanette Nyden discusses the old theories of negotiation and how to negotiation to achieve great things – like creating marketing value – in their article titled “The […]
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Strategic Outsourcing, Mar 2012
Lead Vested researcher Kate Vitasek and co-author Karl Manrodt, provide an industry insight article for the peer reviewed academic journal Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal. Their article titled “Vested outsourcing: a flexible framework for collaborative outsourcing,” can be downloaded from the Strategic Outsourcing Journal site.
Strategic Outsourcing, Feb 2012
In their article titled “Vested outsourcing: a flexible framework for collaborative outsourcing” lead researcher Kate Vitasek and fellow co-author Karl Manrodt, discuss their current research around Vested Outsourcing. They present the Five Rules and 10 Elements for an aligned, innovative, and collaborative relationships.
Outsource Magazine, Feb 2012
In her recent column, lead Vested researcher Kate Vitasek discusses a real-world achievement that employed Vested Outsourcing principles, while also sending out some kudos to a friend and colleague who was instrumental in instilling those principles into the ground-breaking and award-winning Microsoft/Accenture OneFinance alliance on outsourced financial services, Srini Krishna. Read about Srini and Microsoft’s […]
Maintenance Technology, Jan 2012
Kate Vitasek’s, lead Vested researcher, latest article discusses how Vested Outsourcing was developed. In her post titled “Viewpoint: Vested Outsourcing for Asset Management and Maintenance,” Vitasek shows us how the Five Rules of Vested Outsourcing can easily apply to asset management and maintenance outsourcing.
Outsource Magazine, Jan 2012
Many companies are quick to say win-win partnership – but they are not contracting for true partnership and are falling short in unleashing the real potential of a fully Vested relationship. Explore how two companies, Dviersey and Wipro, created a Vested relationship and started an ITO (r)evolution in Vested’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek article “How […]
Outsource Magazine, Jan 2012
In her monthly column on the Academics of Outsourcing, lead Vested researcher Kate Vitasek looks at the work of noted psychologist Art Markman. In her article titled “Art Markman on looking back to go forward” Vitasek challenges customers and their providers to think about what they hope to say about the outcome when they look […]
Supply Chain Quarterly, Dec 2011
Are your key performance indicators showing all is going well, but your company is seeing reduced profitability, higher employee turnover, and the loss of key client business? The answer might be found in the behaviors and competencies of a company’s managers. Vested’s lead researcher, Kate Vitasek, along with Tracy Maylett explore how “soft” skills can […]
Globalization Today, Oct 2011
Vested Outsourcing and lead researcher Kate Vitasek were named to Globalization Today’s Powerhouse 25 list. The Powerhouse 25 list is a list of the 25 most influential players in the outsourcing industry. The readers of Globalization Today nominated and voted for those they believe are the movers and shakers in the industry. To read the […]
Value Unchained, Oct 2011
Shared value relationships are gaining traction in the outsourcing community as companies and their suppliers increasingly realize they can prosper by working together to create a bigger piece of the pie. In her article titled “Share the Value, Share the Wealth” lead Vested researcher Kate Vitasek explains what it means to share value thinking.