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Columbia Business School Study Analyzes Risks, Rewards of Global Services Sourcing.

Publication: AScribe Business & Economics News Service
Date: Wednesday, August 24 2005

Byline: Columbia Business School

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Conventional wisdom will say that you should offshore "low-end" functions that are simple and low-risk. And this is certainly true when one looks at the origins of offshoring in financial services. According to "Beyond Cost Reduction: The Risks and Rewards of Global Services Sourcing," a report based on a study conducted at Columbia Business School, the landscape is starting to shift substantially as firms grasp the full potentialities of the talent pool they have access to in offshore locations.

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