Exporting business processes creates all kinds of opportunity for trouble, but companies can do much to reduce the threat. Experts from the Wharton School and Booz Allen Hamilton weigh in.
Booz Allen Hamilton research reveals that a third of those who outsource fail to achieve the expected benefits. Is that outcome inevitable? Absolutely not, if companies pay close attention to outsourcing governance.
The advantages to banks and insurers of using offshore call centres are diminishing as wage costs rise in markets such as India, according to a new study. Wage rises of up to 15 per cent a year are reducing the cost benefits of overseas centers.