Product Description

Seize the competitive advantage of outsourcing with advice from the experts

Written by two outsourcing consultants to many Standard & Poor's 500 companies, The Offshore Nation offers you guidance on integrating outsourcing into your organization's core goals, maximizing ROI, and minimizing operational risks. The authors also make a case for the globalization of services and offer insights into outsourcing trends worldwide.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #550529 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover

"The growing trend of globalization of services needs to be understood by everyone involved-businesses, customers, governments, citizens. This book provides a fundamental understanding of this important set of developments.”-Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)

“A stunningly thorough rebuttal to Lou Dobbs, The Offshore Nation makes a compelling case for the globalization of services and provides a practical roadmap for those with the foresight to seize the opportunity to establish competitive advantage in a global economy.”-J. Ross Docksey, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP , Leading Global Legal Firm

"Globalization, outsourcing, the pace of technology, and the growth of a global services economy combine to have a dramatic impact on corporate enterprises, country economies, and the career of individual workers around the world. This work provides real insight into how these forces relate and operate, and how workers, countries and companies can navigate to their advantage."-Steve Huhn, Vice President, WW Strategic Outsourcing, HP Managed Services

"The Offshore Nation demonstrates the changes in how work is accomplished in supply chain, paper and IT-intensive industries in much the same way Henry Ford changed processes in car manufacturing."-Jerry Rao, Chairman and CEO, Mphasis, Chairman, Nasscom

“Regardless of the size of your organization, if you want to compete in the 21st century, read this book!”-Terrence Trayvick, President of Capital Markets Business, Fortune 250 Company

About the Author

Atul Vashistha is the CEO and Avinash Vashistha is the Managing Partner of neoIT, a leading management consultancy that provides strategic advice on outsourcing and global services to top corporations around the world. The authors' thought leadership and industry knowledge are regularly sought out by Wall Street analysts, global executives, and top business journalists.

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Customer Reviews

Useful framework for practitioners and new information
This book goes a long way toward answering the myths of offshore outsourcing and explaining how to go about it with success. The offshore model is clearly presented as a viable business strategy, along with the various methods of working through a 'captive' model or outsourcing. The summary of various regions and their strengths is particularly useful along with the structure of how to go about managing an offshore contract. This is a useful primer for those managers who have not really used the offshore model yet and a good framework guide for those who are already doing it. I highly recommend this book.

Good offshoring overview
This is an insightful overview of the offshoring industry, why companies offshore their work, and not just for cost alone. It's a very good analysis of the offshoring boom and also enters into the arguments of how and why to do it.