As a market to sell in or as a destination to outsource to, businesses across the world have been fascinated by China. The Chinese economy has relied heavily on exports – mostly contract manufacturing. Contract manufacturing here is a loosely... Read More.
ValueNotes recently completed a study (in association with EDGE Forum) focusing on trends in adoption of exam technology by Indian exam authorities. As part of this initiative by MeritTrac, ValueNotes interviewed 75 key decision makers, including vice chancellors, controllers of... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The publishing industry has changed dramatically over the past two years. The global economic slowdown hit industry revenues hard. Moreover, rapid technological advancements led publishers to a rude awakening – the business model they were operating by for decades isn’t... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Trade publishing is the most commercially focused category among all publishing segments. Trade books are targeted for the general consumer and trade books are sold through channels like bookstores, libraries and wholesalers. The target consumers of trade books range from... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The newspaper and magazine segments are the largest contributors in terms of revenues to the global publishing industry – contributing close to 52% of global publishing revenues. The newspaper and magazine publishers have already lost considerable revenues on account of dip... Read More.
One would expect customer satisfaction levels with outsourcing providers to be proportional to the years spent in outsourcing. However, our findings from a recent survey of publishing industry segments – STM/Academic and Educational publishing threw some of these assumptions off... Read More.
Revenues from the Malaysian IT/ITeS outsourcing industry are expected to grow at a CAGR of 15% to reach $1.9 billion by 2013, according to a joint publication by Outsourcing Malaysia and ValueNotes . Currently, IT outsourcing services in Malaysia have... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global publishing market in the English language was approximately $270 b in 2008. This market consists of key segments: STM/Academic (scientific, technical, medical, and humanities), Legal, Educational, Newspapers, Magazines, Directories and others (corporate, financial, B2B, trade, etc.). Educational Publishing... Read More.
Despite the compelling needs of outsourcing, there have been instances in the recent past where some companies (although for different reasons) have shifted work back to their roots (onshore). This has been primarily seen in verticals including banking, financial services,... Read More.
The newspaper and magazine segments are the largest contributors in revenues to the global publishing industry – contributing close to 52% of global publishing revenues. It would therefore be safe to assume that of all the challenges faced by the... Read More.
