Is protectionism failing?
With all the recent fuss in the media and the global sourcing industry about protectionism derailing new engagements, I wanted to set the record straight with some brand new survey data and some views into President Obama’s current position, that protectionism is not proving to be as big an impediment behind companies’ making outsourcing decisions in the near future as many people have stated. To this end, I wanted to share some preliminary data from our current survey on global sourcing dynamics that tackles the issues preventing companies from making outsourcing decisions this year: www.horsesforsources.com Barely 15% of 125 buyers currently surveyed, view moving jobs offshore as a very important factor preventing an outsourcing decision this year, while close to half view upfront transformation costs and potential disruption to their organizations very important factors. There is a growing chasm between political rhetoric and action. So while people in media, politics and in other s
