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Chinese Companies Vie for a Role in U.S. IT Outsourcing.
- Source :
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Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition . 4/5/2005, Vol. 245 Issue 66, pB1-B8. 2p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Focuses on Chinese business enterprises and their desire to compete for information technology outsourcing from the United States. Example of a partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Shanghai Wicresoft Co.; Speculation about the competition between India and China in the area of software development and back-office operations for American companies; Obstacles the Chinese will have to overcome in order to attract American outsourcing, noting poor English skills and a fragmented industrial structure; Efforts of Wicresoft's English-speaking employees to teach Chinese co-workers about e-mail and communications protocol; Percentage of Wicresoft's personnel costs in the online-service department attributable to the English-speaking e-mail polishers.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00999660
- Volume :
- 245
- Issue :
- 66
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 16626674