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, [...]
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The past few weeks have brought a couple of notes about outsourcing IT services to China, with rather different perspectives.
McKinsey’s recent research note notes some key challenges: lack of employees with strong English skills and international project management capabilities, and poor intellectual property protection. But the note also highlights strengths, such as the large [...]
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I’ve been a fan of Sandeep Sood’s wickedly funny comic “Doubtsourcing” for some years now. (He seems to be taking a breather right now, writing about big B’s campaign, but that’s another story…)
Yesterday his newsletter pointed me to an excellent short – and humorous – article in Forbes about outsourcing to India. If [...]
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Yesterday I attended the Boston TiE organization’s panel discussion on this subject. I was impressed (again): The moderator, Sandeep Kaujalgi, did a nice job of soliciting and comparing the views of the panelists; the panelists spoke from their real-life experience (not sales pitches); and there was a big turnout, with lots of interesting comments and [...]
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