Having a Doctorate in Business Administration, I am a trained researcher. Although these days, I do not seek to publish, I still retain an active interest in research.

By research, I am referring to formal scientific research and offer the following Wikipedia definition for further clarification of the reader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research

Until I retired in 2011, my research interests were quite broad and formed part of my Continuous Professional Development (CPD) which I registerd as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

My professional goal was always to deploy state-of-the-art Best Practice.

I subscribe to specialized online libraries and, until aI retired, actively track research in the following areas:

1. Shared Services
2. Out-Sourcing
3. Off-Shoring
4. Transition Management
5. Transformation Management
6. Strategic Cost Management
7. Crisis Management
8. Lean and Six Sigma
9. Project Management
10. Business Process Outsourcing

One of the objectives of this blog is to from time to time share important research updates.