Offshoring in a Fluid World

The Economic Crisis and the Indian Outsourcing Landscape.

Over a few tumultuous weeks last fall, the economic outlook for every major corporation across the world changed. The Indian outsourcing sector, a bastion of growth for years, was no different. The global downturn has raised questions about vendors' financial health and India's underlying economic conditions, and it brought anti-offshoring rhetoric from the United States during the presidential campaign. Nevertheless, offshoring remains as viable a cost-reduction option as ever for global companies.