Opportunities and criticalities in the management of offshore development sites

The process of relocating intangible assets to developing areas now emerges as a valuable opportunity. India, China, Korea, Czech Republic, Romania offer Western companies qualified resources, trained in universities and polytechnics of solid tradition, able to perform financial analysis, software development, mechanical design, with quality and competitive costs. Other critical success factors that push companies to offshoring can be competitive pressure, the attempt to reduce time to market and access to new markets.

The proposed meeting intends to investigate the problems and needs that a company that finds itself starting and managing an offshore development site encounters. The comparison will focus on:

• Analysis of sharing and knowledge transfer processes
• Analysis of coordination mechanisms
• Relationship between different cultures and business organizations