abortion of initiatives, 195–196
acceleration agenda, 80–81, 248
Accenture, xvi
and Brunei, 38
and EMC, 246
and Family Christian Stores, 73
and J. Sainsbury, 163
surveys of executives by, 35, 41
and third-party funding, 67–68
and Thomas Cook, 117–121, 123–126, 130, 132, 133, 184, 205–206
accountability, 205
accounting methods, 216, 217, 231
acquisitions, see mergers and acquisitions
After Action Review (U.S. Army), 190
agenda setting, 156–160
Ailles, Ian
on consolidation, 118, 126, 130
on cosourcing, 182
on growth projections, 113
alliances, 249–250
assets
leveraging of, 179–182
new uses of, 182–184
shared vs. dedicated, 183, 184
tangible and intangible, 91, 93–94
audits, process documentation, 210
Australia
accrual accounting in, 216
choice of suppliers in, 226–227, 233
‘‘clean break’’ model in, 158
Expression of Interest in, 231
IT infrastructure outsourcing in, 48, 102, 236–238
outsourcing ‘‘pushed’’ by, 212