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New Articles
11 June 2008
Advantages of Outsourcing
To a layman, outsourcing would seem like a waste of time and money, as well as an unneeded complication. After all, why send business abroad when the work can probably be done better right at home? To a politician, the issue of outsourcing serves as a fortified objection to taking jobs away from ‘our own countrymen’. Sympathy towards this issue may elicit a few votes, but nothing more.
04 June 2008
Needs for IT outsourcing
IT companies spend countless amount of days and hours developing various kinds of software for their clients. The global organizations today have become more sophisticated and they need to develop complex systems, elevate their economic growth, increase the competitiveness and enhance their performance. These organizations range from banks, financial institutions, airlines, engineering and government agencies. Because of this, they need a lot of capital and people to handle the growing tasks for different types of softwares that is needed for the company.
31 May 2008
Outsourcing and Offshoring are Loaded Terms
To outsource or not - it's a serious business decision. But the problem is that words carry baggage, and none more so than the word 'outsource'.
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New Links
26 March 2007
offshoring.fuqua.duke.edu
2006 ORN survey report: Next Generation Offshoring: The Globalization of Innovation.
02 August 2005
e-isn.com
ISN (India Software Network) is a leading IT research and offshore advisory firm, which helps clients, leverage the offshore opportunity in the IT outsourcing process. Since 1998, ISN has taken a lead in outsourcing procurement & since then developed and maintained a network of quality Indian software & BPO outsourcing service providers.
11 July 2005
Oxford BPO Research
The latest news and research on outsourcing and offshoring.
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General Data
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238,391 sq km |
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(the 13th place in Europe, the 80th place in the world) |
| Land area |
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230,340 sq km |
| Water area |
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7,160 sq km |
| Border Length |
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3,149.9 km |
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(land 1,085.6 km, river 1,816.9 km, sea 247.4 km) |
| Border Stares |
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(border length, km) |
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Hungary (448 km), Serbia and Montenegro (546.4 km) |
| East |
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Rep. of Moldova (681.3 km), the Black Sea (193.5 km) |
| North - North East |
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Ukraine (649.4 km) |
| South |
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Bulgaria (631.3 km) |
| Population |
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21.79 million inhabitants (urban 53.3%, rural 46.7%) |
| Capital |
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Bucharest (1934.4 thousand inhabitants) |
| Administrative Organization |
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42 counties (including Bucharest Municipality) |
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97 municipalities, 171 towns and 15,787 communities & villages |
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Republic |
| Legislative Power |
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The Parliament of Romania |
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The Senate of Romania (137 members) and |
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The Chamber of Deputies (332 members), 2004/2008 legislature |
| National Holidays |
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January 1 and 2, Easter Monday, May 1, |
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December 1 (National Day), December 25 and 26 |
| Local Time |
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Eastern European Zone Time, GMT + 2 hours |
| National Currency |
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Romanian New Leu (RON) |
Macroeconomic Data
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