Douglas Brown (author)

Douglas Brown is an American author and market research executive who founded Black Book Research, a healthcare intelligence firm.[1] He wrote The Black Book of Outsourcing (2005) and The Black Book of Reshoring (2026).[2][3]

Biography

Brown was born in 1959.[4] He studied political science and public administration at the University of Florida, later earned a master's in healthcare administration from the University of Houston, and rounded out his training with postgraduate work in global marketing at the London School of Economics.[5][6]

In 2003, he co-founded the Brown-Wilson Group,[7] an outsourcing research consultancy whose Black Book of Outsourcing brand was later acquired by Datamonitor.[5] He went on to found Black Book Research and, in October 2025, gave a keynote at openEHR's EHRCON25 conference in Barcelona.[6]

Publications

  • The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities (with Scott Wilson). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN 978‑0471718895.[2][8]
  • The Black Book of Reshoring. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, scheduled March 2026 (256 pp.). ISBN 978‑1394393732.[3][9]

References

  1. ↑ "12 fastest‑rising RCM innovators, per Black Book". Becker’s Hospital Review. June 26, 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities". Wiley. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "The Black Book of Reshoring". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "The black book of outsourcing : how to manage the changes, challenges, and opportunities". UC Berkeley Law Library catalog. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Meet the Black Book Leaders in Technology and Services Marketing". Black Book Research. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Programme and speakers – EHRCON25". openEHR. October 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Fersht, Phil (April 30, 2009). "Datamonitor goes to Hollywood". Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "61 Leaders in Sales and Marketing Technology Identified". Business Intelligence Group. July 19, 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  9. ↑ The Black Book of Reshoring. 28 July 2026. ASIN 1394393733.
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