Comments on: Weak Dollar Hits Outsourcing to India, China and Others http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/ Thoughts on offshore outsourcing and web development from MoveYourWeb insiders Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:58:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gerard Szatvanyi http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-53706 Gerard Szatvanyi Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:46:13 +0000 http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-53706 That's a very interesting topic. Actually, according to recent studies from major Big 4 auditor, 69% of all outsourcing deals fail, completely or partially. The main reason for this is lack of cultural compatibility between the vendor and the client and poor relationship management. Find more on this issue by reading this article here http://www.outsourcing-factory.com/en/stay-informed/white-papers/cultural-differences-outsourcing.html That’s a very interesting topic. Actually, according to recent studies from major Big 4 auditor, 69% of all outsourcing deals fail, completely or partially. The main reason for this is lack of cultural compatibility between the vendor and the client and poor relationship management. Find more on this issue by reading this article here http://www.outsourcing-factory.com/en/stay-informed/white-papers/cultural-differences-outsourcing.html

]]> By: VPM Peter http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-47149 VPM Peter Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:52:11 +0000 http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-47149 David - I wonder if you ever actually been to Belarus or worked with Belarussian people? Yeah some international press reports about absence of democratic - however this is not true to a full degree. This is more political thing anyway. Speaking about values - I guess those are true European already. Comparing it to China is not the best way to go. One of our US customers once came to Belarus and decided to stay here, got married and settled here! Reasons? Your guess. Belarus has many successful outsourcing companies which can provide solid service. Besides educational system is among the strongest which brings an additional advantage. I guess you use Indian outsourcing vendors and are fully satisfied with the service? Could be - there are different companies and people in every country. But there are the tendencies also - 10% of our new clients come to us being unsatisfied with the Indian service (high attrition rates, bad time shift, lack of responsibility). Tell us about your experience! David -

I wonder if you ever actually been to Belarus or worked with Belarussian people? Yeah some international press reports about absence of democratic - however this is not true to a full degree. This is more political thing anyway. Speaking about values - I guess those are true European already. Comparing it to China is not the best way to go. One of our US customers once came to Belarus and decided to stay here, got married and settled here! Reasons? Your guess. Belarus has many successful outsourcing companies which can provide solid service. Besides educational system is among the strongest which brings an additional advantage.

I guess you use Indian outsourcing vendors and are fully satisfied with the service? Could be - there are different companies and people in every country. But there are the tendencies also - 10% of our new clients come to us being unsatisfied with the Indian service (high attrition rates, bad time shift, lack of responsibility). Tell us about your experience!

]]> By: David Leonhardt SEO Consultant http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-47092 David Leonhardt SEO Consultant Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:07:11 +0000 http://www.moveyourweb.net/blog/weak-dollar-hits-outsourcing-to-india-china-and-others-2/#comment-47092 I think I should disagree with you on one point. Whereas Belarus is "European", it is a country that does not share democratic and free enterprise values with the West. On the other hand, India does - an Eastern country with an appreciation for many Western values. I run into this issue all the time when Canadian and US companies put so much effort into investing in China and its magical growth, and so many of those companies have gotten burned because there is no culture of rule-of-law and free enterprise in China. Those companies would do much better focusing on India, which has the free market and democratic institutions. Yes, there are big cultural differences between India and the West, but that is good. The areas that count for business relationships are not among those differences. I think I should disagree with you on one point. Whereas Belarus is “European”, it is a country that does not share democratic and free enterprise values with the West.

On the other hand, India does - an Eastern country with an appreciation for many Western values.

I run into this issue all the time when Canadian and US companies put so much effort into investing in China and its magical growth, and so many of those companies have gotten burned because there is no culture of rule-of-law and free enterprise in China. Those companies would do much better focusing on India, which has the free market and democratic institutions.

Yes, there are big cultural differences between India and the West, but that is good. The areas that count for business relationships are not among those differences.

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