Index

A

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