It is no secret that by comparison to US manufacturing costs, Chinese labor is extremely cheap. The decay of the American workforce has in many ways been intrinsically tied to the explosion of the Chinese labor market over the last twenty years. In 2012, estimates claim that over 70% of the products sold on American [...]
Wed, February 1 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the whole picture is actually more complex than that. China’s real appeal to American corporations is that the huge population growth has been coupled with a [...]
Mon, January 9 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
More than 20 cities in China offer viable IT service delivery, according to a recent report by outsourcing consulting firm Everest Group, each with its pros and cons. And with each municipality offering a different value proposition–from language proficiency, technical skills and scalability to various government incentives, operating costs and regulatory requirements–deciding on the right [...]
Thu, December 8 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, On-line Marketing Tools, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
When it comes to information technology and business process outsourcing, China has been on a tear. Global services exports from China nearly tripled, from $1.2 billion in 2007 to $3.5 billion in 2010, with IT services accounting for 65 percent of the total, according to a report released this month by outsourcing consultancy and analyst [...]
Wed, December 7 2011 » Business Services, Employment Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
We are always preaching that if you 1) choose a good manufacturer, 2) use a good OEM contract, 3) engage in good quality control monitoring, and register your trademark, the odds are overwhelming that you will do just fine in outsourcing your product from China. The odds just went down.
Tue, November 22 2011 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
While America’s leaders debate — and sometimes squabble over — how to create jobs and whether outsourcing work to emerging markets helps or harms the economic recovery, another industry is at risk of moving to China: credit rating. That, at least, is the intent of China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating Co.
Mon, November 14 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
HOUSTON: India will continue to be at the forefront of the development of knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) industry for the foreseeable future, says a report. However, in the recent years, a number of other viable KPO sourcing hubs have emerged in the Asia-Pacific region, says a report from independent technology analyst firm Ovum.
Mon, November 7 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Employment Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Hangzhou’s booming service outsourcing industry will provide about 30,000 jobs by 2015, Lin Ge, vice mayor of the city’s municipal foreign trade and economic cooperation bureau, said at a press conference of the forth China International Outsourcing Business Development Summit on Oct 30. By the end of last year, Hangzhou’s service outsourcing industry had employed [...]
Fri, November 4 2011 » Business Services, Industry Leader Profiles, Management Trends » No Comments
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