Building a Future with BRICs

This book analyses the effects of the BRICs growth on the service sector with a focus on technology and technology-enabled services. It features 12 chapters written by the most important chief executives from the BRICs service economy.

In 2003, Goldman Sachs published a startling report on the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) region: These four countries would be larger than the G6 economics within 40 years, muscling their way to economic dominance over the coming decades, and powering past developed countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. This book focuses on the technology and technology-enabled services that underpin this social and economic revolution. The editor analyses the reasons why these four countries are in a unique position to lead a 21st century growth in international services. He then features 12 chapters written by the most important chief executives from the BRICs service economy. Indian technology leaders, such as Nandan Nilekani (Infosys), Shiv Nadar (HCL), and Rajendra Pawar (NIIT), feature alongside their peers from Brazil, Russia, and China outlining their views on the next decade for offshoring.

Leading-edge thinking from some of the leading Chief Executive Officers in global information technology Analysis of the effects of the BRICs growth on the service sector Focus on technology and technology-enabled services Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is the Global Research Director of Commonwealth Business Council Technologies, based in London. He is a founding member of the British Computer Society Working Party on Offshore Outsourcing and is researching the subject of business process outsourcing. Mark is a Chartered Information Systems Professional and Master of Business Administration, he has worked at a senior level for several leading banking and technology groups and has been involved in managing outsourced relationships in the UK, Singapore and India.

Inhalt
Brazil.- An IT Giant Goes Global.- Driving Value Up.- Russia.- Reflecting on the Future to Understand the Present.- Outsourcing as a Strategic Business Model for Futurised Organizations.- Eastern Europe as Most Promising Market.- Dreaming with BRICs.- India.- Globalisation There Is Much to Gain.- Sourcing Without Borders Sourcing in a Flattening World.- The World's BPO Hub.- Indian Offshoring Building Sustainable Excellence.- China.- China An Offshoring Leader?.- The Second Shift to China.- Conclusion.