Economic Turbulence, Corporate Credibility, Geopolitical Instability, and Resource Constraints: Offshore Faces Some Tough Realities

This IDC Insight provides an overview of key factors impacting the model of offshore services, the role of countries involved as sources to these services, and, in particular, the players that use this model of service delivery as their fundamental business model. Factors that this document analyzes include changes in the economy, the issue of corporate credibility, geopolitical instability, resource constraints, the competitor landscape, and optimizing market penetration. It is the combination of these factors that IDC believes is highlighting the need for those players whose business models are driven primarily on this form of delivery (offshore providers), as well as those players that use this business model as a strategic means of service delivery (regional and global vendors) to make adjustments that ensure long-term success.