McKinsey on outsourcing to Russia
February, 2007The authors of a recent McKinsey research suggest that the potential of outsourcing to Eastern European countries is overlooked, despite the obvious advantages: low wages, strong technical education, low risk and cultural/geographical proximity to Western Europe. However, McKinsey estimates that offshoring activity to these countries could triple in the next three years. (Outsourcing to Eastern Europe in the McKinsey Quarterly)
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September 24th, 2008 at 03:11
Eastern Europe certainly has a glut of underdeveloped resources, including its tech people. Since we already deal with the problems of language barriers when outsourcing, it’s perfectly reasonable that Eastern European countries would make a great (and little known) place to send some much-needed work. Here’s hoping they get their share.