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Zagada News: Colombia, Nicaragua DR Cities Top Nearshore Operating and Demographic Cost Ranking Released – Zagada Institute

Zagada News: Colombia, Nicaragua DR Cities Top Nearshore Operating and Demographic Cost Ranking Released – Zagada Institute

Colombia, Nicaragua DR Cities Top Nearshore Operating and Demographic Cost Ranking Released – Zagada Institute
MIAMI, FL and CORAL GABLES, FL–(Marketwire – August 19, 2010) – A new Nearshore operating and demographic cost ranking on the 13 key Central American, Colombian and Caribbean cities released by the Zagada Institute (ZI) today reveals that Cali, Santo Domingo [...]

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Trends Shaping The Future Of Outsourcing As We Know It

Trends Shaping The Future Of Outsourcing As We Know It

Logica’s Hiren Doshi has his say on the future of outsourcing five years ahead and beyond in his Seeking Alpha post – give it a look. Strong viewing to Arjun Sethi and Olivier Aries – on AT Kearney’s Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek article this week – also about outsourcing’s future. Here it is again just in [...]

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Can Outsourcing Economics Save Economic Downturn in Developed Economies?

Can Outsourcing Economics Save Economic Downturn in Developed Economies?

Today Bart van Ark, Chief economist of the Conference Board, confirmed that the U.S. economic rebound is over – with annualized GDP growth projected at 1.6% in the second quarter 2010.
Certainly, growth in the outsourcing sector will respond in sympathy to this. On the other hand cost driven considerations may result in an uptick in [...]

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Hans Rosling & Beth Noveck Presentation May 21, 2010

Hans Rosling & Beth Noveck Presentation May 21, 2010

[ May 21, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

HANS ROSLING AND BETH NOVECK
“The Changing World — A New Mindset for a Multipolar World”

Friday, May 21, 2010
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST

Dr. Rosling and Ms. Noveck are two influential thinkers on the power of open data, information visualization, and innovations in governance and development. They will present their ideas of [...]

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Global Outsourcing Sector Jobs Soar in Contrast to U.S. Employment Worries

Global Outsourcing Sector Jobs Soar in Contrast to U.S. Employment Worries

By Philip Peters
Capital markets seem to be engaged a period of “pausal integrity.”  They have temporarily retraced over uncertainties in Greece and Spain and maybe Portugal on the European front and persisting unemployment challenges in the U.S. However, I was struck by the many press announcements and media releases over the last week or so, [...]

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How Toyota’s Outsourcing Partner Damaged its CARE ECONOMICS or Did They?

How Toyota’s Outsourcing Partner Damaged its CARE ECONOMICS or Did They?

By Philip Peters
It took the tragic August 2009 death of Mark Saylor, an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer; his wife, daughter and brother-in-law to spotlight a seething problem ripping away at Toyota’s care economics.
Attention has fallen on Elkhart, Indiana based, New York Stock Exchange listed CTS Corp (CTS:NYSE) – Toyota’s key accelerator pedal supplier since [...]

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The NEARSHORE BECKONS – A BPO M&A ANALYSIS

The NEARSHORE BECKONS – A BPO M&A ANALYSIS

A wave of mergers and acquisitions in the outsourcing industry from Argentina to Guatemala underscores a boom in nearshoring by U.S. multinational companies, a business that is expected to continue to grow annually at double digits to over $20 billion by 2013.
Philip Peters, Miami  - This is an article I wrote for Kroll Teledencias
Recent [...]

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