Research Initiative of Sourcing Advisors

In this section we will look at the various research initiatives of some of the largest Sourcing Advisors and Outsourcing Consultants. The companies with the most well defined research structure has been made part of the study.

Equaterra - Pulse Survey:

Owned by - Equation, EquaTerra's benchmarking, research and executive network service line

Entities involved - EquaTerra advisors and a wide variety of leading Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service providers

Objective - to reveal in-the-field insights into sector trends and projections

Focus - outsourcing trends in HR, IT, call center/customer care/CRM, finance /accounting /administration, and procurement processes

Availability - Free webcasts and result briefings are posted on Equaterra's website

TPI - TPI Index Insider:

Owned by - Part of TPI Knowledge Center

Entities Involved - TPI executives who host a Global and Europe TPI Index Conference Call in order to present TPI's views of the inherent trends evident in the global outsourcing market. Members of the global equity community, media, clients and other key audiences, are invited to attend these conference calls

Objective - provide the various service providers a detailed analysis of the current state of the global outsourcing market and essential metrics on outsourcing adoption across geographies and vertical markets, along with trends related to service provider's market share.

Focus - providing in-depth coverage of the global outsourcing market to the outsourcing service providers helping them improve their market share

Availability - TPI Index Insider document can be purchased from the TPI website by visiting www.tpi.net/knowledgecenter/tpiindexinsider/

Black Book of Outsourcing Survey:

Owned by - Brown-Wilson Group

Entities Involved - The analysts and researchers of the Brown-Wilson Group consultancy, led by the world renowned authors of the book, Doug Brown and Scott Wilson

Objective - to identify the 50