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The Vested Outsourcing Manual: A Guide for Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements
In this must-have guide for creating and implementing successful outsourcing processes and partnerships, Vitasek drives the principles of Vested Outsourcing beyond theory into practice. From shared vision, desired outcomes to win-win and long-term success the manual will help managers build an agreement vested in each other's success.
406 pages, Hardcover
First published May 15, 2011
About the author
Kate Vitasek
10 books2 followersKate Vitasek an international authority on how to build and sustain highly collaborative relationships. She received the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award in 2025 and is lauded by World Trade Magazine as one of the “Fabulous 50+1” most influential people impacting global commerce. She has been featured on CNN International, Bloomberg, NPR, Fox Business News, and Forbes.
Vitasek is a Distinguished Fellow and Graduate & Executive Education Faculty at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business. Her award-winning research on the Vested® business model has been adopted by over 150 organization such such as bp, Intel, EY and the Canadian government for its ability to create true win-win business relationships.
Vitasek is the author of nine books and over 400 articles in publications including Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, The Economist, FAST Company, Information Week, CIO Magazine, World Financial Review and Supply Chain Management Review.
She is in both the Sourcing Industry Group and the International Association of Outsourcing Professional’s “Hall of Fame,” and is a World Commerce and Contracting “Fellow.” Prior to making the shift to academia, Vitasek held positions on all sides of the business table: the buy side (Microsoft), the sell-side (Stream International and Modus Media) and the consulting side (Accenture).
Vitasek is a Distinguished Fellow and Graduate & Executive Education Faculty at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business. Her award-winning research on the Vested® business model has been adopted by over 150 organization such such as bp, Intel, EY and the Canadian government for its ability to create true win-win business relationships.
Vitasek is the author of nine books and over 400 articles in publications including Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, The Economist, FAST Company, Information Week, CIO Magazine, World Financial Review and Supply Chain Management Review.
She is in both the Sourcing Industry Group and the International Association of Outsourcing Professional’s “Hall of Fame,” and is a World Commerce and Contracting “Fellow.” Prior to making the shift to academia, Vitasek held positions on all sides of the business table: the buy side (Microsoft), the sell-side (Stream International and Modus Media) and the consulting side (Accenture).
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August 27, 2024
The how-to manual to adopt win-win outsourcing techniques using Vested's 5 rules:
1.Focus on Outcomes
2. Focus on the what, not the how
3. Agree on clear, measurable outcomes
4. Optimize pricing incentives for cost-service tradeoffs
5. Set up governance to provide insight, not oversight
1.Focus on Outcomes
2. Focus on the what, not the how
3. Agree on clear, measurable outcomes
4. Optimize pricing incentives for cost-service tradeoffs
5. Set up governance to provide insight, not oversight
Displaying 1 of 1 review