Backsourcing -- that's what we'll examine here in this Executive Update, the third in a four-part series on the "New Outsourcing." 1 Backsourcing is the general term used to describe the "repatriation" of IT or other outsourced services. The term first gained prominence about five years ago with two much-publicized failures. Frequently quoted is the decision by Sears to back out of its megadeal in 2005, a year after it had signed.
Executive Update
The New Outsourcing: Part III -- Backsourcing
Posted December 20, 2010 | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
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
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