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To Share or Not to Share: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Shared Services Strategy vs. an Outsourcing Strategy

Overview As a strategy to deal with organizational challenges and the never-ending drive for optimum efficiency in back-office processing, many companies have adopted either a shared services initiative or an outsourcing initiative. Both strategies work within a particular structure and set of circumstances. This paper examines the evolving use, strengths, and limitations of both strategies and presents a decision-making approach to determine which tactic is the best strategy in a particular scenario.

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Publisher	Everest Group.	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	May 2002	Downloads	3
Format	White Papers
Topics	Strategic Planning, Outsourcing

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