• Viewpoint
    March 20, 2020

    As the world’s attention has increasingly turned towards the COVID-19 virus over the course of 2020, most shared services organizations have already triggered their business continuity plans and adjusted their operations. The uncertainty associated with a…
  • Viewpoint
    Oct. 17, 2017

    On September 7, Amazon announced its intent to establish a second headquarters in North America – one that it states will be an equal to Seattle and that it expects to employ up to 50,000. It…
  • Viewpoint
    Sep. 26, 2017

    In April 2016, the European Parliament adopted the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, officially EU 2016/679), which will come into effect in May 2018. The regulation replaces the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive (DPD)…
  • Thematic Report
    May 29, 2015

    Introduction The rise of offshored services during the 2000s attracted significant attention and criticism for its impact on organizations and people in the United States and Canada. As the offshoring industry has matured, the need for…