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Organizing for Offshore Effectiveness: How the Vendor's Organization Structure Can Affect the Success of Your Outsourcing Initiative

Overview Your offshore outsourcing vendor's organization structure can affect their ability to provide specialized services that fit your company's unique needs. This often overlooked component of vendor selection can make or break some types of offshore projects. How do you know what type of vendor organization structure best fits your unique situation? In broad, general terms there are two types of offshore outsourcing service organizations: domestic companies that have offshore capabilities and offshore companies that have a domestic presence.

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Publisher	Global Sourcing Insights	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2004	Downloads	73
Format	White Papers
Topics	Outsourcing

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