Blogs and Research on outsourcing: are you getting what you need?

When I made the move back to research from the sourcing advisor world last January, many of you may recall providing input into what research you wanted.  This blog has proved to be a great medium for driving debate and cultivating ideas - in fact, someone even said recently this was becoming the "Huffington Post" of the sourcing industry. 

But blogs are not research reports, they let you test the temperature, get the high-level insight, but not always the deep-dive data points that we all need to base decisions.  I wanted to share with you some research highlights we've been putting out at AMR Research over the last year or so, and would love to get more feedback from you on what you want to see in the coming months:

• Consulting and Outsourcing Services Deal Review Data: Retail Weakens, Life Sciences Coming on Strong

• Be True to Your Core When You Offshore

• The Human Resources Outsourcing Industry Landscape: Less Complexity Drives Renewed Growth

• Building the Outsourcing Innovation Index: In Pursuit of Non-Linear Growth

• Steering Your Global Sourcing Strategy: Advisors That Can Help

• Three Approaches for Transforming the Procurement Function To Remain Competitive in a Global Economy

• Help Is Here: A Shortlist of Consulting Partners for the CPG Industry

• If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Sell Your Offshore Captive

• Breaking Down IT and Business Barriers: The Art of Bundled Outsourcing

• Why BPO Providers Need To Acquire To Stay Competitive, Part 1

• How To Structure and Execute Your Outsourcing Strategy

• Standing Room Only: The Finance and Accounting BPO Competitive Picture in 2008

• The Packaged Enterprise Application Services Market Sizing Report, 2007-2012

• How Midmarket Companies Can Benefit From Offshoring ERP Support

• Defining the Business Process Outsourcing Value Spectrum

• Outsourcing and Offshoring Options for Retailers

• The Survival Guide for the Successful Outsourcing Executive

Most multinational organizations have access to our subsciptions, but drop me a mail if you need some help here. 

Comments

[Naomi Bloom]

Phil, I'd love to see much more in-depth coverage of the entire HRM software and delivery system landscape, but that may not fit AMR's business model. I would certainly highlight, to the end-user community with which I'm in touch, on the blog I'm launching this summer as well as everywhere else that I have a presence, the addition of another focused body of research in my space.