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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Marty Zwilling.

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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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How to Design an Effective Bonus Plan

The Quigley Report

For instance, a VP of Operations might be bonused on 3 measurements: COGS, product shippments and customer satisfaction results. The next quarter, all of her bonus might be based on opening an offshore development center by a certain date. I have seen too many bonus plans with 15 + factors driving the bonus award.

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