Filene Research Institute

Through independent research and innovation, the Filene Research Institute explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance.


Research Publications

  1. A Historical Review of Information Technology, Outsourcing and Survival in the Credit Union Industry, 1992-2005

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    How have Information Technology outsourcing decisions impacted the survival of credit unions over the past 15 years? Find out by listening to or downloading Filene Research Institute’s latest report.

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    Victor Stango, PhD, a professor of economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, catalogs the IT decisions credit unions made in the 1992-2005 timeframe and dissects the implications of such decisions.

    His key finding:

    • IT outsourcing is strongly linked to credit union performance and highly correlated with organizational ‘survival’

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Comments

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  1. George, congrats on a great podcast about a fascinating subject. It brought up several great points. I had so much I wanted to address in regards to it, I wrote it up on my own blog rather than take up oodles of space here.

  2. Interesting points Morriss, I encourage others to read his thoughts on this study.

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