McKinsey calls it ‘close-shoring’, combining Inshore and Nearshore into one category. According to their research, more and more companies are beginning to realize the value of Inshoring as a complement to their global sourcing strategies, especially for application development and business technology management in new technology areas. Full report available at https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Operations/Outsourcing/IT_services_The_new_allure_of_onshore_locales_2661

$600 million expenditure for border security to be funded in part by a hike in H-1B visa fees of $2000. So what does this mean to the global services outsourcing business? In a nutshell, nothing (in the short-term), but one has to wonder how many such little things are coming down the pike.

Planning for anti-offshoring legislation In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama reiterated his position against offshoring: “…it is time to finally slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas, and give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs right here in the United States of America.” It [...]