Where does the responsibility of the offshore company lie then?
The offshore company is responsible for providing office space as well as infrastructure set-up and maintenance – these are the issues that our customers don’t have to worry about at all. The offshore company is responsible for personnel recruitment, payroll and all HR issues. Additionally, the offshore company is responsible for comprehensive security that is extremely important for offshore outsourcing. On the whole, the offfshore company is responsible for ALL the organizational issues related to offshore operation. Will I own all of the source code produced by an offshore company? Yes, you will. ALL work products created by an offshore company are considered “work made for hire,” and the intellectual property rights embodied in it are your sole and exclusive property. Does the billing rate depend on the team members’ experience, skills, language proficiency, etc.? If you need a team with skills and expertise that are in great demand (e.g., SAP, Lotus Applications, or Cisco), it may
