November 29, 2013
More on the UBS procurement outsourcing decision
The announcement that financial services giant UBS are to outsource their procurement operations to a new venture, chain IQ, caused some interest last week. Moving on form the issues it threw up around the lead investor in the new business, it was also interesting in the sense that UBS chose to go with a start up when they could have chosen from what is now a pretty strong range of existing firms. You can start with an imme...
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