Risky to whom, exactly? To the people working there (because of high crime rates, etc) or to the company outsourcing, because of the fear of the office shutting down or not having adequate staff, and therefore having their operations impacted? If it's the former, why is it 'riskiest to offshore to'? Why can't it be riskiest to work in?
And picking on Bangalore specifically- while uncontrolled environmental waste and pollution is not a nice thing, how does that make a place any riskier? Unless they're talking a Bhopal style disaster? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < [email protected]> wrote: > Not only are we Indians less productive, now its also more risky to > outsource work to India. > > To make matters worse... > > "No Indian city could find a place on a separate list of 25 safest > offshoring destinations. Both the lists have been published in the 2009 > edition of the Black Book of Outsourcing, brought out every year by > U.S.-based Brown-Wilson Group." > > Kiran > > > http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/8_Indian_cities_in_worlds_25_riskiest_offshoring_locations-nid-57477.html > > *8 Indian cities in global 25 risky offshoring places* > By siliconindia news bureau > > Bangalore: Eight Indian cities are listed among the world's 25 riskiest > places for offshoring, mainly on concerns like terrorism, pollution and > geopolitical issues in the country, says a study by U.S. based Brown-Wilson > Group. Of all the cities, the national capital region (NCR) comprising > Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida has earned the dubious distinction of being the > worst offshoring destination within the country, according to the survey > published in the annual Black Book of Outsourcing, a publication considered > as a major independent analysis and advisory research for the outsourcing > players and investors globally. > > The NCR is followed by Mumbai as the second riskiest offshoring hub within > India, while Kolkata has been ranked as least risky in the country. The > other domestic cities included in the list are Bangalore, Hyderabad, > Chennai, Pune and Chandigarh. In the overall global list, NCR has been > ranked as sixth most riskiest, Mumbai ninth, Chandigarh 15th, Pune 20th, > Chennai 21st, Bangalore 23rd, Hyderabad 24th and Kolkata the 25th most > riskiest in the world. > > No Indian city could find a place on a separate list of 25 safest > offshoring > destinations. Both the lists have been published in the 2009 edition of the > Black Book of Outsourcing, brought out every year by U.S.-based > Brown-Wilson > Group. > > The rankings of safest and riskiest places are based on factors like high > terrorist or rebel target threats, uncontrolled environment waste and > pollution, corruption and organized crime, unstable currency, geopolitical > conditions and unsecured networks and technology. In terms of terrorism > threats, Mumbai has been put on top, followed by Delhi NCR and Jerusalem in > Israel. Further, Delhi NCR has been ranked as the riskiest place when it > comes to heightening trans-national and geopolitical concerns. Bangalore, > another leading outsourcing destination in the country has been ranked as > the riskiest place in terms of uncontrolled environmental waste and > pollution. > > Overall, Colombian city Bogota has been ranked as the riskiest place in the > world, while Singapore has been named as the safest offshoring destination. > India accounts for the maximum number of cities among the riskiest places, > while China and Mexico lead the tally in the safest lists with three cities > each. There is just one Chinese city, Dalian, among the riskiest places at > 12th place. > > In the list of safest places, Singapore is followed by Dublin (Ireland), > Santiago (Chile), Krakow/Warsaw (Poland) and Toronto/Montreal (Canada) in > the top five. The three Chinese cities - Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai - > have been ranked as 9th, 22nd and 24th safest destinations respectively. > -- "Come with me if you want to live"
