Future is in globally distributed work, not offshoring 
Business Standard, December 30, 2005
"Imagine there are no countries,” sang John Lennon, the Beatles singer in 1971. Businesses of the 21st century are gradually becoming so."
From business process outsourcing to knowledge process outsourcing to intellectual property outsourcing, businesses are moving where the resources are cheap and markets exist, dissolving boundaries. This is leading industry to take up a new expression, “Globally Distributed Work” (GDW).
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Global cos keen on outsourcing more R&D jobs to India: Survey
By Anil Sasi, The Hindu , December 26, 2005
Global firms have comprehensively voted in favour of offshoring assignments to India over other emerging destinations such as Eastern Europe and China during the next three years.
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Legal services' offshoring to India to grow 10 times: Study
WebIndia123.com , December 25, 2005
The revenue from outsourcing of legal services from India is growing every year and is estimated to grow ten times in the next five years from the current level of US dollar 61 million.
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After BPO, auto parts sourcing set to move into top gear: CII
The Financial Express, December 21, 2005
Global auto components consumption is expected to grow from $1.2 trillion in 2004 to $1.6 trillion by 2015. India has the potential to capture a major chunk of the business, provided it improves its infrastructure, said delegates at the outsourcing summit organised by CII on Monday.
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OFFSHORING 2006: BEYOND BANGALORE
By Linda Tucci, SearchCIO.com, December 21, 2005
What's really happening on the offshore outsourcing horizon? If you are seeking offshore IT services in 2006, chances are great your passage will be to India, an IT powerhouse that despite complaints about rising wages or crumbling infrastructure, captures between 80% and 90% of the total offshore dollars.
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French doubts grow over the benefits of offshoring
By Tom Braithwaite, Financial Times, December 20, 2005
French businesses are becoming sceptical about the cost benefits of offshoring, the practice of moving work to cheaper overseas locations. But companies believe investing in overseas markets can save jobs at home, according to a survey published by the consultants KPMG and Medef, the French employers’ group.
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India Seeks to Codify the Rules on Outsourcing
By Anand Giridharadas, International Herald Tribune, December 19, 2005
It may be the gravest challenge mounted by developing economies against the developed, but it will languish on the periphery of this week's trade talks in Hong Kong, silenced by the fury over fruits and vegetables.
The phenomenon answers to many names, from "outsourcing" to "offshoring" to "BPO." It is "global sourcing" in the euphemistic parlance of corporate chieftains, and "delocalization" in the blunter phrasing of the French. Regardless of what you call it, it threatens to transform where, and how, much of the world's work is done.
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Outsourcing to earn India $60 billion by 2010
Daily Times, December 19, 2005
Software and customer services outsourced to India are forecast to grow 25 percent a year by the end of the decade to $60b.
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What the? Survey finds BPO a mystery to Aussie firms
By Michael Crawford, Computerworld, December 19, 2005
The majority of Australian businesses in the private and public sector lack the ability to link outsourcing with business growth and instead use outsourcing only as a cost-cutting measure, according to a new survey conducted by business process partnering company UCMS.
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China, Lethargy Pose Threat to Indian Offshoring Success
By Rahul Kumar, One World South Asia, December 16, 2005
India will have to pull up its socks if it has to retain its edge in the global offshoring scenario as China is rapidly catching up with improved communication and training facilities in English, world-class infrastructure and strong urban facilities.
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Emerging themes in offshoring
Deccan Herald, December 16, 2005
Offshoring in India is poised for a dramatic growth. The next wave for offshoring would be in the IT infrastructure domain, along with the emergence of new offshoring locations like China and the drive to achieve operations excellence.
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Outsourcing market sees growth leap
By Anusha Bradley, Supply Management, December 15, 2005
Procurement outsourcing is growing at a rate of 30 per cent a year and will be a £220 million market in 2006, researchers claim.
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The next wave
The Economist, December 15, 2005
India's IT and remote-service industries just keep on growing
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Outsourcing: India's golden egg starts to crack
By Indrajit Basu , Asia Times, December 15, 2005
It's hard to swallow but the halcyon days of India's lucrative information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors are over unless the industries address some fundamental problems.
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McKinsey pegs offshoring mkt at $300 billion
Financial Express, December 13, 2005
The Nasscom-McKinsey Report 2005 released on Monday has lowered the forecast for the Indian IT-ITeS exports for 2008 from $54 billion it projected in 2002 to $50 billion. The projected CAGR too has also been lowered from 34% (2002-08) to just 28% (2005-10) now.
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Procurement Outsourcing Will Top US$380 Million in 2006, According to New Everest Research Institute Study
Chron.com, December 12, 2005
The US$297 million multi-process procurement outsourcing (PO) sector is growing at 30% per annum and will exceed US$380 million in 2006, according to new findings by Everest Research Institute, with the potential to grow into a multi-billion dollar market over time. Procurement outsourcing refers to the complete or partial transfer of the business processes, infrastructure and resources associated with purchasing all indirect costs, including contracted services, by a company to a third-party services provider.
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IBM Daksh opens delivery centres
Sify.com, December 12, 2005
IBM Daksh today opened three new business transformation outsourcing (BTO) delivery centres in Pune, Chandigarh and Kolkata with a current capacity of 2,100 seats across them.
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Outsourcing 'to earn India $60bn'
BBC, December 12, 2005
India could earn $60bn a year by 2010 from information technology and outsourcing, an industry report says.
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US may increase immigration and outsourcing from India
Rediff, December 12, 2005
Fearing a massive workforce deficit by the year 2020, the United States may increase immigration and outsourcing opportunities from India, US Consul General Henry Jardine indicated on Monday.
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US may increase immigration and outsourcing from India
Rediff, December 12, 2005
Fearing a massive workforce deficit by the year 2020, the United States may increase immigration and outsourcing opportunities from India, US Consul General Henry Jardine indicated on Monday.
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Doha round is missing the point on poor countries
Financial Times, December 12, 2005 (Subscription required)
Tony Blair, Britain's prime minister, and a vast chorus of world leaders have warned that the possible failure of the Doha trade talks would be a catastrophe for the world and a lost opportunity to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, as the parameters of a possible deal are hammered out in back-room meetings, we should remember that the content of the agreement matters more than the agreement itself. As it stands, the Doha round is rushing headlong – if any trade agreement can be described as "rushing" – towards a conclusion that would do very little for the poorest countries.
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India is seeking to codify the rules on outsourcing
By Anand Giridharadas , International Herald Tribune, December 12, 2005
India, among the pioneers of outsourcing, is pressing wealthy countries to give services like call centers and offshore software development legal sanction that cannot be revoked. It is also urging them to make it easier for outsourcing companies to send employees to the West on temporary visits to manage customer relations and to sell, install, maintain and service their products
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