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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup'

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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients.

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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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The Pros And Cons Of Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In 2013 there were 2,637,239 jobs outsourced offshore from the US alone, according to Sourcing Line Computer Economics. Offshore – Communication and Time-zone Differences. Many companies partake in ‘nearshoring’, as opposed to ‘offshoring’, to help overcome these barriers. Is Outsourcing a Long Term Solution?

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Manjit Singh Sahota on Energy Tech Innovation in Oil and Gas Exploration

The Startup Magazine

Various countries are interested in drilling in the Arctic, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and in other productive areas, and in new areas that have not yet been explored. There is even greater competition for offshore drilling areas than ever before. The well system uses three types of rigs which are mounted on trucks.