Answer to Question 1
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Answer to Question 2
The risks associated with ending an outsourcing agreement are as follows:
Critical knowledge in minds of vendors, not employeesThe outsource vendor's employees have gained significant knowledge of the company. They know the server requirements in customer support, they know the patterns of usage, and they know the best procedures for downloading operational data into the data warehouse. Consequently, lack of knowledge will make it difficult to bring the outsourced service back in-house.
Expensive and risky to change vendorsBecause the vendor has become so tightly integrated into the business, parting company can be exceedingly risky. Because of such risk, the company must invest considerable work, duplication of effort, management time, and expense to change to another vendor.
The cladistic approach from molecular genetic data
Pocket gophers and ecosystem structure (data from Huntly and Inouye 1988).
Dimensions for gathering data
In 2008, the U.S. economy suffered a gaping wound as several trillion dollars were ripped out of it.
Sample root cause analysis: Duplicate dose of a narcotic analgesic.
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