Alibaba and Baidu Driving China’s Internet Boom

The China Internet Network Information Center estimates that the number of people online in China grew 11% over the year to 538 million in July. Mobile Internet users are also on the rise. iResearch estimates that smartphone sales in China will grow 56% this year to 113 million units. Also in July, the number of

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Latin America Measures Up Well Against China as ITO Hub

By guest author Dan Berthiaume and Kirk Laughlin Despite Latin America’s increasing prominence as a provider of IT outsourcing services to North American companies, a popular perception remains that Latin America serves as a second choice to China. However, when the relative advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing IT functions to Latin American providers are compared to those of

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Is Capitalism The Right Answer for Emerging Markets?

Given our extensive presence in emerging markets and the implosion of Western-style free market capitalism, the following question is becoming relevant and important: Is capitalism the right answer for emerging markets? I would like to open up the topic for discussion. Please use my recent piece Restructuring Capitalism as context, and share your thoughts on where

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 7)

By guest author Tony Scott China versus India in the Outsourcing World Tony: You have worked with Indian outsourcers and now in China. Are there any differences in what people are doing in China? Jean: There are some differences in the markets. Indian companies grew around Y2K, mostly, and the model was different. There was

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 2)

By guest author Tony Scott Labor Arbitrage or Value-Added Services? Tony: Let’s talk about labor arbitrage and the drive to outsource, because that’s one of the big questions around outsourcing in general. Many people have the perception that outsourcing is about only labor arbitrage. What percentage of your business do you think is labor-rate arbitrage

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Outsourcing: Evalueserve Interview (Part 6)

By guest author Tony Scott Cultural Differences: Can Indians and Chinese Provide High Value-Add? Tony: So let’s talk about this as it comes to the culture of the people providing this “high-touch – technology-enabled” model. First of all, you have four different locations from which you are providing services. Do you find differences in the

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Strong iPhone Sales In Asia Lead Apple Up and Away

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported another strong quarter this week driven by a whopping 131% increase in iPhone shipments and a 33% increase in Mac sales. Apple started shipping its latest innovation, the iPad, on April 3 after the close of its first quarter and is already expected to have sold more than 500,000 units of the

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The Post-American World

I just finished reading Fareed Zakaria’s The Post American World. It explores the ‘rise of the rest’ – China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey – and America’s role in this rather more balanced world where it no longer has undisputed hegemony.