Executive Update

The Eastern European Outsourcing Market: Focus on the Czech Republic

Posted November 30, 2005 | Leadership | Leadership |

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), 1 including the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Latvia, has been ranked among the top locations for outsourcing IT work. 2 Yet knowledge of sourcing to this region, with its advantages and disadvantages, is limited and rather vague. In most books on IT sourcing, these countries appear under the heading of "other," following India, China, and Russia, and little information is provided about sourcing to these locations [7].

About The Author
Natalia Levina
Natalia Levina is an Assistant Professor in the Information, Operations, & Management Sciences Department at New York University's Stern School of Business. Professor Levina uses organizational and economic theories to understand strategic and operational complexities involved in managing multiparty collaborative relationships. She investigates how diverse professional and organizational backgrounds of project participants influence… Read More
Ales Smetana
Ales Smetana is a chief analyst and director of the IT Outsourcing Center in Prague, an independent research group focusing on the the Czech Republic's outsourcing market. The IT Outsourcing Center cooperates with Czech businesses as well as academic and governmental institutions to understand the potential of the Czech IT sourcing market and provide in-depth independent analyses. The Center aims at mapping out both vendor and client landscape… Read More
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