Authors: Atul Vashistha, Avinash Vashistha
ISBN-13: 9780071468121, ISBN-10: 0071468129
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Atul Vashistha is the CEO and Avinash Vashistha is the Managing Partner of neoIT, a leading management consultancy that provides strategic advice on outsourcing and global services to top corporations around the world. The authors' thought leadership and industry knowledge are regularly sought out by Wall Street analysts, global executives, and top business journalists.
Praise from industry experts for The Offshore Nation
"The growing trend of globalization of services needs to be understood by everyone involved-businesses, customers, governments, citizens. This book provides a fundamental understanding of this important set of developments.”-Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
“A stunningly thorough rebuttal to Lou Dobbs, The Offshore Nation makes a compelling case for the globalization of services and provides a practical roadmap for those with the foresight to seize the opportunity to establish competitive advantage in a global economy.”-J. Ross Docksey, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP , Leading Global Legal Firm
"Globalization, outsourcing, the pace of technology, and the growth of a global services economy combine to have a dramatic impact on corporate enterprises, country economies, and the career of individual workers around the world. This work provides real insight into how these forces relate and operate, and how workers, countries and companies can navigate to their advantage."-Steve Huhn, Vice President, WW Strategic Outsourcing, HP Managed Services
"The Offshore Nation demonstrates the changes in how work is accomplished in supply chain, paper and IT-intensive industries in much the same way Henry Ford changed processes in car manufacturing."-Jerry Rao, Chairman and CEO, Mphasis, Chairman, Nasscom
“Regardless of the size of your organization, if you want to compete in the 21st century, read this book!”-Terrence Trayvick, President of Capital Markets Business, Fortune 250 Company
Atul Vashistha is the CEO and Avinash Vashistha is the Managing Partner of neoIT, a leading management consultancy that provides strategic advice on outsourcing and global services to top corporations around the world. The authors' thought leadership and industry knowledge are regularly sought out by Wall Street analysts, global executives, and top business journalists.
Pt. 1 | The rise of offshore outsourcing : borderless services | 1 |
1 | Futurizing your organization | 3 |
2 | The future of nations | 16 |
3 | The good, the bad and the ugly | 29 |
4 | Integrating corporate strategy with services globalization | 41 |
Pt. 2 | The knowledge of offshore outsourcing : preparation meets opportunity | 47 |
5 | Ten myths of services globalization | 49 |
6 | The competitive advantage of offshore nations | 57 |
7 | Offshore models | 89 |
8 | Supplier models | 99 |
9 | Identifying and managing offshore risks | 109 |
Pt. 3 | The planning of the offshore journey : the offshore road-map | 119 |
10 | The offshore maturity model | 121 |
11 | Portfolio assessment and analysis | 131 |
12 | When to offshore : utilizing the offshore waves | 139 |
13 | The total cost of offshoring | 145 |
Pt. 4 | The sourcing and/or building of the offshore presence : ground zero | 155 |
14 | Sourcing to third party service providers | 157 |
15 | Building the captive center | 169 |
Pt. 5 | The managing of the offshore presence : the governance structure | 179 |
16 | The transition stage | 181 |
17 | The offshore program management office | 187 |
18 | Operations risk management | 197 |
Pt. 6 | The future of offshore nations and organizations | 209 |
19 | An economic perspective | 211 |
20 | Conclusion | 215 |
App | The service nations : country comparison | |
App | The offshore 100 |