When does innovation happen in offshore outsourcing relationships?
And when doesn’t it? • What are the main differences between clients that have that vision of allowing to innovate and those who do not? • Has this increased or decreased over the last 8 years? • What types of innovation comes out of comfortable client-vendor relationships? Continue reading for the answers. Comments are appreciated. When does innovation happen in offshore outsourcing relationships? And when doesn’t it? Off the bat, we need to understand that innovation by nature is a risky proposition. Sometimes it works, most times it does not. Innovation happens when there is hunger for innovation on both sides of the relationship. This is true even in a normal corporate environment – your team (read your boss) and you need to be thinking on the lines of innovation. Similarly in an offshoring/outsourcing environment. In an offshoring/outsourcing environment, there are some additional factors that come into play. First is the culture clash. If we talk about Indian offshoring, there is