Kate Vitasek
Kate Vitasek is an American author and educator. She is a faculty member for Graduate and Executive Education at University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Edu. Her research focuses on the Vested outsourcing business model, sourcing business model theory, the relational contract, and collaborative win-win business relationships.
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Don’t Fall into the Activity Trap
July 22 by Kate VitasekThere are many "perverse incentives" in buyer-supplier relationships that can disrupt or even doom outsource relationships, but perhaps none of them are as perverse and downright dangerous as the on...
Are You Embedding Perverse Incentives in Your Outsourcing Agreement?
July 07 by Kate VitasekIncentives are usually considered a good thing, right? They encourage engagement, investment, and innovation. Then why has the topic of "perverse incentives" gotten so much traction? For one thi...
Vested Outsourcing: From Transaction to Transformation
June 27 by Kate VitasekFace it. "Business happens." If your outsourcing strategy is not flexible and nuanced enough to deal with that basic fact then it’s long past time for a change in the way your outsource contra...
Vested in Practice: The Microsoft/Accenture OneFinance Agreement
June 06 by Kate VitasekThe University of Tennessee’s (UT) research revealed multiple award-winning examples of the Vested approach, which has won two SSON awards. In 2010 Microsoft/Accenture OneFinance won three SSO...
Vested: A Business Model for 21st Century Outsourcing
May 29 by Kate VitasekOur research at the University of Tennessee developed into "Vested Outsourcing." This article focuses on defining that outsourcing model.
10 "Ailments" that afflict outsourcing deals — and how to counter them
March 27 by Kate VitasekVested Outsourcing (Part 1) If you’ve been following shared services and outsourcing discussions over the past years, you’ll have come across the term "vested outsourcing." It reflects...
