Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring (Google eBook)

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Springer, 2008 - Business & Economics - 219 pages

In 2003, Goldman Sachs published a startling report on the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) region: These four countries would be larger than the G6 economics within 40 years, muscling their way to economic dominance over the coming decades, and powering past developed countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. This book focuses on the technology and technology-enabled services that underpin this social and economic revolution. The editor analyses the reasons why these four countries are in a unique position to lead a 21st century growth in international services. He then features 12 chapters written by the most important chief executives from the BRICs service economy. Indian technology leaders, such as Nandan Nilekani (Infosys), Shiv Nadar (HCL), and Rajendra Pawar (NIIT), feature alongside their peers from Brazil, Russia, and China outlining their views on the next decade for offshoring.

Contents

• Foreword: viii
• Preface: ix
• The BRICs Report: 2
• Offshoring 20: 4
• Virtual Servers: 6
• Virtual Architecture: 7
• Virtual Services: 8
• Summary: 9
• The Web 20 Generation: 10
• The Origin of the IT Industry in Brazil: 18
• Brazils Advantages as an Offshoring Destination: 19
• Reasons Why Brazilian Companies Are Expanding Abroad: 21
• Clouds on the Horizon: 23
• Introduction: 25
• The Trend Towards HighValue Services: 26
• Service and Relationship Models: 28
• Vendor Selection: 34
• Brazils Path to Becoming a Global Player: 38
• References: 40
• The Origins of Offshoring: 43
• Offshoring at Present: 44
• What the Future Holds for Offshoring: 46
• Russias IT Industry at Present: 49
• Prospects for Russias IT Industry: 54
• Introduction: 57
• The Outsourcing SuperHighway: 58
• To Russia with Love: 60
• But Why Russia?: 61
• Economic Flexibility: 62
• Outstanding Talent: 63
• Futurised Outsourcing Firms Map to Futurised Companies: 64
• Building an Industry BRIC by BRIC: 65
• Changing Road Conditions Ahead: 67
• Acknowledgements: 69
• New Old Opportunity: 72
• Russian Federation Economic Overview: 77
• Russia in the Global Economy: 79
• Living Standards in Russia: 80
• Business Culture in Russia: 81
• Maturing Trends: 82
• Conclusion: 83
• Review of the BRICs Economic Predictions: 87
• Why BRICs?: 89
• The Russian IT Industry in Numbers: 91
• Russian IT Export Industry Expansion to the Regions: 97
• Conclusion: 101
• What Does It Mean for You?: 106
• Unparalleled Growth Increased Inequality: 107
• Advanced Economies Can Help: 108
• Promote Globalisation Promote Peace: 109
• Having Run the Marathon Now Ready to Sprint: 112
• Leadership Through ValueCentricity: 113
• Beyond the Numbers: 114
• Does Globalisation Reduce National Sovereignty?: 115
• From Offshore Outsourcing to Strategic Global Sourcing: 118
• Sourcing to Compete in the Flat World: 120
• Becoming a Flat World Service Provider: 124
• The Next Level of Global Sourcing: 130
• An Emerging Global Power: 133
• Rightshoring: 135
• Standardisation of Services: 136
• Higher Value Outsourcing: 137
• Challenges to Indias Supremacy: 138
• Reliance on Established Markets: 139
• Indias Internal Challenges: 140
• Overcoming Common Misconceptions and Attitudes: 141
• Security: 143
• Indias Rich Heritage: 148
• Mind Power the New Reality: 150
• Revolution Through Pioneering Partnerships: 151
• The Importance of the PPP Model: 152
• Mentality of Service and Excellence: 154
• Leading the 21st Century Organisation: 156
• History of China: 164
• Economy: 166
• Country Infrastructure: 169
• Population and Workforce: 170
• The Diaspora and Their Impact: 172
• Panorama of Chinese Suppliers: 174
• Conclusion: 175
• The Second Shift: 177
• Why China?: 179
• The Time of Integration: 181
• Brazil: 185
• Russia: 186
• India: 188
• China: 191
• Outsourcing Developments: 192
• Process Requirements: 194
• Tactical Outsourcing: 195
• Strategic Outsourcing: 196
• Transformational Outsourcing: 197
• The Key Drivers of Outsourcing Today: 198
• A Final Word: 208
• Bibliography: 209
• About the Editor: 210
• About the Contributors: 213

Bibliographic information

• Title: Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring; Volume 4643 of Lecture notes in computer science
• Editor: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
• Contributor: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
• Publisher: Springer, 2008
• ISBN: 3540464549, 9783540464549
• Length: 219 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / International / General; Computers / Management Information Systems