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Eastern Europe: Outsourcing Hot Spot?

Eastern Europe could soon become a favorite location for offshore outsourcing, with activity in the region estimated to triple between 2005 and 2008. That's according to consulting firm McKinsey. McKinsey identifies three main advantages for companies locating BPO operations in Eastern Europe in the winter issue of McKinsey on IT: low wage levels, comparable to India's, with slow wage inflation looking likely to keep the region economically competitive for at least 15 years. relatively low-risk location for investing, due to the reliable infrastructure ...
07/12/2008 by Jozef in Software Outsourcing Comments are off
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IT Outsourcing Survey

The Venice Group published a free survey that presents the opinions of executives from the Fortune 1000. The results from this survey present an interesting picture of the current state of IT outsourcing with some interesting implications, such as the following over half of respondents were unlikely to select India for outsourcing common objections to outsourcing are a lack of communication or understanding related to cultural or geographic differences yet the majority of respondents also disagree that they must outsource in order to remain ...
10/10/2008 by Jozef in Software Outsourcing Comments are off
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