Outsourcing News : July, 2006

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU

As attitudes towards outsourcing become more refined, lawyers need to ensure they are up to speed. Michael Chissick and Belinda Doshi report

Monday, July 31, 2006

OFFSHORE OPERATIONS: LOCAL FIRMS BALANCE RISKS AND BENEFITS

Despite the risks of war, natural disasters, and the like, local companies are daring to invest more and more in offshore operations in developing countries to compete globally

Monday, July 31, 2006

GAME OUTSOURCING GETTING TRICKY: STUDY

Majority of the respondents find the outsourcing experience much tougher than they expected and are unhappy with the quality

Friday, July 28, 2006

STUDY FINDS MIXED RESPONSE TO VIDEO GAME OUTSOURCING

Amritt Ventures, a corporate advisory service, has published the findings of a recent survey regarding offshore outsourcing within the video game industry, noting a mixed reaction from the 317 United States game-industry participants surveyed between May and July 2006

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

HUNTING SEASON FOR HR MANAGERS IS IN FULL SWING

Human resources managers are more hunted than ever. Currently, several dozen companies in Romania have lost their human resources managers, and some of the highly sought after managers turned down offers to the tune of 8-9,000 euros

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

CONTINUED GROWTH FOR OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING

The offshore outsourcing industry is continuing to expand according to the latest quarterly index from sourcing advisory company TPI

Friday, July 21, 2006

OUTSOURCING AND OFFSHORING: MYTHS, REALITIES, THE HURDLES AND HOW TO DO IT RIGHT

While outsourcing has been an important legal sub-speciality since the early 1990s, over the past number of years the volume and complexity of this work has veritably taken off

Thursday, July 20, 2006

ACCENTURE HIRES OUTSOURCING EXPERTS

Accenture, a US outsourcing services firm, will effectively start operating on the domestic market in December, says Alasdair Glen, chief of Accenture operations in Romania

Thursday, July 20, 2006

OUTSOURCING STUNTED BY CROSS-CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS

In a study of 200 business executives in the US, global management company Accenture found that two thirds of respondents had experienced miscommunication issues within their outsourcing operations

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CAUSE OFFSHORING PROBLEMS

Two-thirds of execs say it's the main reason deals run into trouble…

Monday, July 17, 2006

ROMANIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS LIKELY TO FIND ITSELF ABANDONED FROM ASIA

Romania textile industry which used to be highly appealing for European fashion houses owing to its cheap labor force and low-price raw material will soon find itself abandoned from Asia

Saturday, July 15, 2006

2006 GLOBAL OUTSOURCING GUIDE

Risks, rewards, challenges and opportunities, country by country

Saturday, July 15, 2006

AROBS EXPECTS TURNOVER WORTH 2M EUROS

The management of the ARoBS Transilvania Software company estimates it will reach turnover totalling around 2 million euros by the end of this year, 125 percent higher than 2005, when turnover stood at around 800,000 euros

Friday, July 14, 2006

IT OUTSOURCING BOOM 'AT AN END'

The rate of IT outsourcing is slowing down, according to a survey by consulting firm DiamondCluster

Friday, July 14, 2006

ROMANIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO SHRINK BY OVER 2BN EUROS IN 5 YEARS

The textile industry will reach a level of 7.5 billion euros in 2010, two billion euros lower than this year

Monday, July 10, 2006

IT, BPO FIRMS SET TO TAP RICH EUROPEAN MARKETS

LOCAL FIRMS ENGAGED in information technology and business process outsourcing are embarking on a precision campaign to tap Western Europe’s fast growing markets, which makes up a fifth of the global market that is projected to reach $310 billion in revenue over the next three years

Friday, July 07, 2006

ACCENTURE TO EMPLOY 1,000 IN ROMANIA

Bucharest work for Unilever...

Friday, July 07, 2006

ACCENTURE OPENS BPO DELIVERY CENTER IN BUCHAREST

Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has opened a new delivery center in Bucharest that will provide business process outsourcing (BPO) services in finance and accounting, human resources and procurement

Thursday, July 06, 2006

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