Sep
19
Outsourcing : On Storm Watch
September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The financial storm in Wall Street earlier in the week changed the global business climate and gave pressure on countries, regional economies and their leaders to shelter themselves from the stock market stress.
Let us check on how two major offshore outsourcing destinations, India and the Philippines, stand up to the coming of the storm.
Sep
12
Outsourcing without Managers?
September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Outsourcing’s potential has been proven and now it is growing, expanding into various domains such as core office functions like human resources and accounting, life science developments like biochemical research and drug testing, and technological innovations, especially in software development.
Yet whatever sights we have on the future of outsourcing are still blurred by external factors (politics, society) and also internal problems (infrastructure, talent acquisition). One such internal factor can be deemed as the worm eating at the core and if not dealt swiftly could spell major trouble for outsourcers and their business partners.
Sep
6
Outsourcing : In Muneris ut Lex
September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In an early Outsourcing Opinions article, The Philippines Supports US Law Firms Through Outsourcing, the benefits of legal outsourcing were highlighted. US law firms are outsourcing the labor intensive tasks of their legal matters to off-shore destinations like the Philippines and doing so makes these lawyers able to provide better value services to their clients.
In light of this, the American Bar Association (ABA) and its Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently announced its formal opinion which concludes that US lawyers are free to outsource legal work to lawyers and paralegals domestically or internationally, provided that they adhere to certain ethical rules.
In Muneris ut Lex. In service to the Law.
Sep
2
Outsourcing : People Matters
September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The outsourcing industry is booming worldwide, especially in Asia where annual earnings are reaching more than a hundred billion as more and more companies are easily tapping into global talent cost effectively, adding more value into their products and services.
However, such boon is not expected to last since this is entirely dependent on how outsourcing companies can cater to the demand of their customers and what if the greatest resource that any business has is becoming the least of all?
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