When cash is king in M&A

Following on from last week's posting, we've seen more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity with TCS acquiring Citigroup's captive business process outsourcing (BPO) operations.

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Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Citigroup Inc., business process, BPO, Federal Express, sourcing, merger, M&A, IBM Corp., benefit

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Global financial contagion and sourcing

Watching the financial industry events unfold (perhaps snowball is a better word), I started wondering what this could mean for the sourcing industry.

We've certainly seen the reactions of bankruptcy, "fit" firms taking over "weaker ones", layoffs, etc. But, can we consider this through a different lens?

For the weaker firms or..... Read more »

Tags: Outsource, financing, bankruptcy, service provider, financial, cost reduction, sourcing industry, sourcing, industry, M&A

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Michael Rehkopf

Michael has more than 20 years of experience in operations, strategy and sourcing covering all major parts of the globe. He has also worked for Australian, Canadian, German and Japanese companies in both business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing.
Michael's industry experience includes the financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and travel sectors. He leverages this diverse industry experience and his university background in accounting, IT and his Master of Dispute Resolution, to assist clients in the development of business strategies and the implementation of sourcing strategies. These include the associated evaluation, negotiation and organizational change.
Michael is currently a partner at TPI, the world's oldest and largest sourcing advisory firm. Prior to joining TPI, Michael held leadership positions with Siemens Business Services, OpenPlus International, Mitsubishi Electric and Netron.