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Abstract

This chapter discusses the maturity of various geographical locations worldwide as sourcing destinations and the factors clients and suppliers consider when deciding on their offshoring and offshore-outsourcing strategies. We focus on the following aspects:

  • An overview of sourcing destinations

  • Criteria for selecting locations

  • The advantages of nearshoring as a sourcing option.

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Notes

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    https://www.kearney.com/digital/article/?/a/the-2021-kearney-global-services-location-index

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    https://www.ibef.org/download/IT-and-BPM-June-2021.pdf

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    http://www.china.org.cn/business/2021-12/20/content_77940814.htm

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    https://supplychaindigital.com/digital-supply-chain/philippines-outgrows-india-call-center-outsourcing

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    https://biz30.timedoctor.com/outsourcing-philippines/; https://biz30.timedoctor.com/outsourcing-philippines/; https://www.payscale.com/research/PH/Industry=Business_Process_Outsourcing/Salary

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    https://biz30.timedoctor.com/outsourcing-to-china/; https://www.paylab.com/cn/salaryinfo/information-technology/it-technical-support-specialist; https://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Industry=Information_Technology_(IT)_Services/Salary

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    https://qz.com/india/1714727/ba-b-sc-and-b-com-are-indias-most-popular-graduate-courses/

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    https://go.manpowergroup.com/hubfs/MPG_WhatWorkersWant_2020.pdf?hsLang=en

  9. 9.

    https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-09-13-gartner-survey-reveals-talent-shortages-as-biggest-barrier-to-emerging-technologies-adoption

  10. 10.

    https://www.kornferry.com/insights/this-week-in-leadership/talent-crunch-future-of-work

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    https://www.harveynashgroup.com/dlr-2022

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    https://medium.com/@DimiV/stockholm-tech-capital-of-europe-c5edf7e6d98d

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    https://www.kearney.com/digital/article/?/a/the-2021-kearney-global-services-location-index

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  1. University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand

    Ilan Oshri & Julia Kotlarsky

  2. London, UK

    Leslie P. Willcocks

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Oshri, I., Kotlarsky, J., Willcocks, L.P. (2023). Country Attractiveness for Sourcing. In: The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12034-3_4

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