and afghanistan….and send soldiers to pakistand to help musharraf put down the insurgency against his tyrannnical regime…..while allowing the status quo to continue with illegal aliens and the outsourcing of jobs to china and india…when will the budget be balanced? by the end of 2009?
The middle class is being destroyed, there flooding in illegals by not shutting the border and tons of H1 visa workers, we will never be able to compete against China and India with labor cost not to mention monetary exchange rates, we were duped, they said we would sell products all over the world and it would help the economy, we buy and don’t sell, that’s why we have a huge trade deficit, we need to get out of these agreements now.
I fully understand the risk vs return principle—but how long can we continue to do business with government that could potentially turn "against" foreign investors? The closest example I have is with Cuba’s revolution and their nationalization of Texaco’s refineries after Fidel took total power. From a purely business standpoint, such companies like Texaco lost big from such a loss-how can we protect our investments in China–if China decides it’s in their best interest to nationalize American or English, etc owned properties and plants? Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
Product Description This IDC study assesses China’s business process outsourcing (BPO) services market in 2004 and offers IDC’s forecast from 2005 to 2009. In addition, this document analyzes the market opportunities and the competitive landscape in the China BPO market. This report makes predictions about the future of BPO services market and outlines ways in which vendors and service firms can capitalize on opportunities in the market. “BPO is the most attractive sector within the C… More >>
Product Description This econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for business process outsourcing (BPO) services across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang – Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential indust… More >>
Manufacturing jobs may be on their way back from China, as American business leaders rethink global outsourcing. Fortune magazine reports that high oil prices and rising labor costs in the PRC have managers contemplating a return to domestic manufacturing. The soaring cost of transporting goods from China to the US has spurred companies like North Carolinas Thomasville Furniture to return factory jobs to America. Other companies like Wisconsins Regal Ware Inc. found that while Chinese labor is cheap, it isnt efficient. Regal ended its 10 year experiment in China and brought manufacturing back to Wisconsin, regaining control over their supply chain. In fact, Regal just completed a deal to sell American-made cookware… in China! Unfortunately, some manufacturers who find China to be too expensive are just taking their business to Vietnam and other developing nations. China is the world’s third largest trading power behind the US and Germany, with total international trade of .18 trillion US dollars.
The edited highlights of Mark Kobayashi-Hillary talking about the launch of his new book Talking Outsourcing on October 1 at London South Bank University in central London. Mark opens by discussing the recession, as money is thrown over the audience. He plays football with the audience when discussing the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. He changes shirt four times during the presentation, and he ends up serving McDonalds food to the audience when talking about self-service outsourcing from the cloud. The globalisation and migration expert, Philippe Legrain, and BPO Strategy Director of French hi-tech service firm Steria, Hilary Robertson, joined Mark at this presentation. The event was organised by the National Outsourcing Association in the UK. For more information on the book, take a look at: talkingoutsourcing(dot)com