Europe open to outsourcing?

Several analysts from India think it would be a good idea for Europe to start outsourcing to India more often.

Reasons for European countries to being to aggressively considering outsourcing are:

  • EU as a whole is short of 7 lakh (700,000) knowledge workers
  • EU's is an aging population.

However, inspite of the obvious advantages (reduced labor cost, high quality of work), it's unlikely that a giant swell of outsourcing from Europe will begin immediately. A few of the most clear reasons for this include:

  • The more powerful European countries have the reputation of being unfriendly to immigrants
  • European language skills such as German or French are uncommon in India

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What about Eastern Europe?

Budapest, the Next Bangalore? New EU Members Join the Outsourcing Race
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=4548

BulgariaHiTech conference at Stanford
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=P6959_0_5_0_C

Romania IT Services Market Primed for Growth, Says IDC
http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/T2/Analyst_Research/ResearchAnnouncementsDetails.asp?Newsid=3756


Comment by Dimitar Vesselinov on November 16, 2004 4:17 am


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