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Is Outsourcing on the Wane?: Yesterday on InformationWeek's CIOs Uncensored blog, John Soat mused about the fate of outsourcing. 10 years after the practice exploded onto the business world, is sending work overseas growing more or less viable? Arguing for the continued viability of outsourcing is a recent InformationWeek article entitled "The...; Tags: It Operations, Outsourcing, Soat, Offshore Outsourcing, Information Technology, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-11-14
How to Make Offshore Outsourcing Work for You: There has been much hype lately about the growth of offshore outsourcing and an increasing number of success stories. But the number of failed projects is also on the rise. The article provides ten tips to help you get the most from your offshore outsourcing endeavors. Read more for further...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Connections MAGAZINE, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-06-01
Putting Offshore Outsourcing in Perspective: Taking operations offshore and offshore outsourcing are receiving unprecedented attention. Although there are certainly examples of companies moving the majority of their back-office operations offshore, they are few and far between. The offshore program at consumer products giant Procter & Gamble is more representative of what is actually happening. The...; Tags: Offshore, Offshore Outsourcing, Michael F. Corbett & Associates, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-07-07
Staying Afloat When Going Offshore: The article explains about the risks of offshore outsourcing that helps to shoals along the way. It's no secret that corporate America is having a love affair with offshore outsourcing, and IT is playing a major role in the tryst. McKinsey and a trade association in India project the global...; Tags: Offshore, Offshore Outsourcing, CMP Media, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2002-06-01
How The September 11 Attacks Changed Offshore Outsourcing: Over the last few decades, American companies have enjoyed significant advantages outsourcing to companies located beyond their borders. "Offshore outsourcing" provides a powerful labor arbitrage; U.S. firms can receive made-in-the-U.S. quality at remarkably lower prices because of the wage scale differential in other lands. However, with the attack on America...; Tags: America, Everest Group, Offshore Outsourcing, Attack, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2001-12-01

How to Adapt Your Offshore Strategy to an Insecure World: For companies that simply do not want to take on the risk of dealing directly with an offshore vendor, the new options is to go through a third party. Article states that in the best of times, offshore outsourcing is a tough sell to business executives wary of foreign entanglements....; Tags: Offshore, Strategy, Offshore Outsourcing, International Data Group, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2002-01-01
The Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing: Moving jobs overseas can be a much more expensive proposition than one may think. The current stampede toward offshore outsourcing should come as no surprise. In this article, one will explore a new TCO—the total cost of offshoring. It will uncover all the hidden costs of outsourcing-areas in which one...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, International Data Group, Outsourcing, Roi/Tco, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2003-09-01
Building A Case For Offshore Outsourcing: The focus of this article is upon Offshore Outsourcing. The main reason for going offshore is significant cost savings, same or improved quality, greater speed, and more flexibility more resources. This type of outsourcing is done through a process. The steps in this process are assessment, development, and implementation. The...; Tags: Offshore, Offshore Outsourcing, Fourth Generation, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Presentations 2003-01-01
Transformational Outsourcing: Offshore outsourcing involves procurement of services or goods from an outside agency that is outside the national borders of the host country. In recent times, offshore outsourcing has been seen as an effective tool to effect radical change in the functioning of an organization. The offshore applications outsourced have the...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Presentations 2003-01-01
Immigration Laws May Hurt OffShore Outsourcing: The outsourcing strategy has seen wide proliferation in recent times. Today, more and more organizations are opting for the outsourcing strategy. It enables the organization an access to cheap overseas labor market and an opportunity to focus on its core business areas. Outsourcing strategy, often, requires vendor personnel to be...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, New York Law Journal, Immigration Law, Outsourcing Strategy, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-10-27
Offshore Outsourcing Helps Mid-Tier Banks Compete: Offshore outsourcing involves procurement of strategic organizational services from external firm located outside the borders of the host country. Offshore outsourcing serves as a boon for medium-sized banks. It enables the mid-sized banks to effectively cut operational costs and become more competitive in the face of intense competition. The paper...; Tags: Everest Group, Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2004-04-01
Offshore Outsourcing - The Ongoing Political Debate: From the executive summary: ‘Offshore outsourcing is booming these days. IT firms are getting coding and other work done in outside countries. This signifies cost savings but at the same time raises the issue of survival of the domestic workforce. The States are losing immediate revenue to offshore workers and...; Tags: Everest Group, Offshore Outsourcing, Workforce, States, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-11-01
Outsourcing Obstacles: From the executive summary: ‘Because of political pressure and security concerns surrounding offshore outsourcing, U.S. financial institutions have reservations about pursuing the benefits of contracting with an overseas third party, suggest industry observers. However, setting up and maintaining safe offshore outsourcing relationships is possible if realistic goals and strict legal...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, CMP Media, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2004-06-02
Who Gains From Offshore Outsourcing?: Offshore outsourcing involves procurement of services from an external agency located outside the national borders of the host country. Recent years have seen a significant rise in offshore outsourcing strategy being adopted by organizations. This includes offshore outsourcing in the fields of IT, strategic business processes, and call center processing....; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-12-04
Offshore Outsourcing: Will Your Job Disappear In 2004?: From the executive summary: ‘Offshore outsourcing is everywhere-boardrooms, newspapers, magazines, cable news, and chat groups. The noise quotient around offshore outsourcing is reaching epic proportions. The paper examines what is taking place in offshore outsourcing and its potential impact on jobs.'; Tags: Job, Pearson Education Inc., Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2004-02-27
Companies Overlook Critical Risks Associated With Offshore Outsourcing: There are a lot of issues, which need to be addressed and understood before a company decides to go in for offshore outsourcing. These issues include cultural obstacles, time zone differences, language barriers, complex geopolitical climates, and visa restrictions. The paper examines the ‘critical risks' associated with offshore outsourcing. ...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, New York News Network, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2004-04-13
Offshore Outsourcing: Is Your Data Safe?: From the executive summary: ‘When financial services executives and chief information officers sit down to discuss the topic of offshore outsourcing, the emotionally charged debate often centers on sending high-skilled IT jobs to low-wage countries. However, in recent years, the second issue being discussed is data-security risks and privacy concerns,...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, CMP Media, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2004-04-27
A Global Village Of IT Workers: Offshore outsourcing involves procurement of strategic organizational services from external firm located outside the borders of the host country. According to the paper, small and medium-sized businesses have several apprehensions about offshore outsourcing. The paper examines this issue and discusses the challenges involved in offshore outsourcing.; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Key Professional Media, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2003-12-01
Offshore Outsourcing In An Increasingly Competitive And Rapidly Changing World: There is considerable anxiety and demagoguery regarding the offshore outsourcing of American jobs. The challenge is to deal with these forces and trends so as not only to better compete, but also to create higher paying jobs that also result in a higher quality of life. Changes in the international...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, InFocus, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Presentations 2004-05-13
The Great Hollowing-Out Myth: Offshore outsourcing or outsourcing to other countries takes place when an organization sub-lets a strategic organizational process or task to an agency or firm located outside the borders of the host country. In such cases, there is danger of dearth of jobs for the workers in the host country as...; Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-02-23