4 The Supply Side
Let’s assume that you understand why you might want to offshore some of your business activities (Chapter 2, “The Economics and Drivers of Offshoring”) and that you have a better idea about how that might be done (Chapter 3, “Making It Real”). Now let’s look at who is out there.
We look first at a topic we introduced in earlier chapters: How big is the offshoring universe? The answer, as you’ll see, is that the universe of activities, geographies, and potential partners is large and growing.
Second, we look at the history of the supply side. In business, memories tend to be brief (today and tomorrow is what counts). But to some extent, we do steer by our wake, and it’s helpful to understand, for example, that the earliest ...
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