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As of 2012, around 2.8 million people work in outsourcing sector. [1] Annual revenues are around $11 billion, [1] around 1% of GDP. Around 2.5 million people graduate in India every year. Wages are rising by 10–15 percent as a result of skill shortage. [1] As of 2021, revenue of Indian BPO industry was estimated at US$ 38 billion. [2]
Impact sourcing, also known as socially responsible outsourcing, refers to an arm of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. It employs people at the base of the pyramid or socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals as principal workers in BPO centers to provide high-quality, information-based services to domestic and international clients. [1]
The economic impact has been immense; India has grown it on-demand outsourcing services to over 38% as per 2010. Over 400,000 people are now employed in outsourcing services in India according to the Pricewaterhouse Coopers Survey 2012. In addition, the growth in Europe has led to increasers employment opportunities and overall growth in GDP. [9]
India, China and the Philippines are major powerhouses in the industry. In 2017, in India, the BPO industry generated US$30 billion in revenue according to the national industry association. [209] The BPO industry is a small segment of the total outsourcing industry in India. The BPO industry workforce in India is expected to shrink by 14% in 2021.
A company subcontracting a business unit to a different company in another country would be both outsourcing and offshoring, offshore outsourcing. Types of offshore outsourcing include: Information technology outsourcing (ITO) is where outsourcing is related to technology or the internet, such as computer programming.
Moral outsourcing is often applied by technologists to shrink away from their part in building offensive products. In her TED Talk, Chowdhury gives the example of a creator excusing their work by saying they were simply doing their job. [1] This is a case of moral outsourcing and not taking ownership for the consequences of creation.
India is considered to be a major destination for legal outsourcing due to its availability of affordable English-speaking lawyers, some of whom are UK and/or US educated, and due to a legal system that is based on English common law. Recently, new frontiers for legal outsourcing have emerged in geographic areas closer to their target client ...
Today, the development of trading has open trade routes and markets across the globe. The increased methods of transportation allows living organisms to latch on to the shipping containers and travel to a new location where it can grow invasive without the checks and balances present in its natural environment. [ 23 ]