Recession Driving Changes in Captive Center Strategies?

A recent article in the Wall St. Journal consolidated reporting on a number of recent changes in so-called captive centers (IT or back-office services operations in India owned by non-Indian, usually US or UK, businesses).  While the leading sentence talks about “reversing a  a decade-long trend,” I think the article reveals a more complex picture.
The [...]

From Wall Street to Bangalore…how will this play out in India’s IT services?

I spent the weekend glued to my laptop screen, repeatedly checking for updates on Lehman’s situation, as well as Merrill and AIG.  Like a rubbernecker watching a highway accident, I couldn’t stay away, emotions surging through me as disaster unfolded in front of my eyes.
While most of the news is about the FSI companies themselves, [...]