Central America and Poland: Weighing in on Two Key Nearshore Markets

By Luke Bujarski Similar strategic advantages driving enterprises to choose countries like Guatemala for global professional services have also swayed sourcing practitioners across the Atlantic to fix their sites on Central Europe. Poland in particular brings competitive wages, cultural affinity, ...

Cayman Islands BPO: Red Hot Opportunity or Red Flag?

By Luke Bujarski Exotic offshore locales in the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean doubling as tax havens have historically been finance and legal services territory. But the Cayman Islands were hit hard after the 2008 financial meltdown when the local ...

Despite Challenges, DR Call Center Biz Set to Double

By Luke Bujarski Experts predict that the contact center industry in the Dominican Republic will double from its current size of 10,000 bilingual agents to 20,000 bilingual agents by 2017. Eddy Martinez, president of export/foreign investment agency CEI-RD, as well ...

Systemic US Problems Help Drive Offshore BPO

By Luke Bujarski Executives continue to think globally when it comes to locating professional services, manufacturing and R&D, according to a new Harvard University study on America’s global competitiveness. “Prosperity at Risk” surveys 10,000 Harvard graduates, both recent and those ...