[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The STM/Academic segment has been the avant-garde in outsourcing and offshoring its production services. Starting with outsourcing locally, publishing companies soon set-up captives (shared services subsidiaries) in low cost geographies such as India. As an offshore extension of operations, captives soon... 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.
The global market research (MR) industry has seen a decline in the past couple of years with revenues at $32.5 billion for the year 2008, according to a report by ESOMAR Given the current recessionary crisis, although the MR industry’s overall... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Through the years, it has been observed the outsourcing industry has attained maturity and surmounted several challenges. Outsourcing has now gained greater acceptance and has moved beyond a means of just cutting costs. Increasing service provider maturity over the years... Read More.
The impact of global economic meltdown on various industries has been the front page news for the last couple of months. Companies across verticals like banks, financial services, telecommunications, engineering and construction, healthcare, electronics, etc. have been witnessing margin pressures... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global legal industry, like any other industry, has been significantly impacted by the economic slowdown. The legal industry has gone through budget cuts, layoffs and cost pressures over the period of one year that has resulted in a change... Read More.
Islamic finance (Shari’ah banking) has seen rapid growth over the past 30 years, particularly in the last 10 years. It has now spread across more than 75 countries across the globe. Total assets in the Islamic finance market are estimated... Read More.
In March 2009, Bombardier announced a deal worth $1.44 billion signed with Lease Corporation International Aviation for a firm purchase agreement for CSeries jetliners. Bombardier has decided to outsource $200 m worth of engineering services overseas. This deal is being... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Malaysia has emerged as one of the leading destinations for outsourcing with five Malaysian companies included in the Global Services 100 list. Backed by world class infrastructure and supportive government bodies, the country has seen an influx of global outsourcing... Read More.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] While offshoring legal services is gaining acceptance, several law firms and corporates still have apprehensions about offshoring. Data security is the biggest concern of law firms as well as corporates that currently offshore as well as those that are considering... Read More.
