The recent report by Booz & Company with Nasscom shows continued growth in global engineering predominantly to India. Overall spending on ER&D increased 12% from $980 billion in 2008 to $1.1 trillion in 2009 and is expected to expand to $1.4 trillion by 2020. India, a pioneer and leader in the global sourcing industry, remains [...]
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More and more firms are rapidly adopting outcome based outsourcing models for product development. However, not all are ready for it as these quotes from recent articles mention. Down To Business: Outsourcing’s Next Big Thing (InformationWeek) Outcome-based outsourcing isn’t more widespread, Brooks says, because most vendors and customers aren’t prepared to manage them. All outcomes, [...]