The term strategic sourcing has been used in state government procurement for several years now. Over the past decade many states have implemented formal or informal strategic sourcing programs as...
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Why do so many deals that looked great on paper end up in tatters? Negotiators on both sides probably focused too much on closing the deals and squeezing the best terms out of one another - and...
Original Source: NASPO
“So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review by Mark Gottfredson, Rudy Puryear, Stephen Phillips
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As globalization changes the basis of competition, sourcing is...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review
FROM THE JANUARY 2006 ISSUE
"WE ALL KNOW THE POWER OF THE KILLER APP. OVER THE YEARS, GROUNDBREAKING SYSTEMS FROM COMPANIES SUCH AS AMERICAN...
The UN General Assembly held its regular meeting in New York this fall. But this year its purpose was different – and with significant implications for the future of the human condition. More than...
"Senior executives are one of the toughest crowds you’ll face as a presenter. They’re incredibly impatient because their schedules are jam-packed — and they have to make lots of high-stakes...
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In this landmark article from Harvard Business Review, issued in 1983, the author offers pragmatic advice on how top management can recognize the extent of its own supply weakness and treat it...