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Corporate Myths: Sourcing And Vendor Management In Asia Pacific, Patrick Thng Sep 2013

Corporate Myths: Sourcing And Vendor Management In Asia Pacific, Patrick Thng

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There exists many mistaken beliefs about Sourcing and Vendor Management. Consequently the function is often mismanaged resulting in errors and frauds. Equipping the function with the needed skills and knowledge is critical for competent management of this key function which every organisation has to have.


Valuation Of Benchmark Provisions On It Services Contracts, Robert J. Kauffman, Ryan Sougstad Aug 2012

Valuation Of Benchmark Provisions On It Services Contracts, Robert J. Kauffman, Ryan Sougstad

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Information technology (IT) services are often subject to downward price pressures due to improvements in technology and business processes in a competitive market. When clients enter into IT services contracts, they are faced with the future risk that their services will be overpriced relative to the broader IT services market. To mitigate this risk, clients often add benchmark provisions, whereby a neutral third party assesses the prevailing market price for services. It will support fair price adjustments if the market prices are lower than the current prices. We model the decision to benchmark in order to provide managerial information on …