The Future Of Outsourcing - BusinessWeek

In its cover story for this week, Business Week has highlighted the transformation that is sweeping whole industries in North America.

I think the distribution and disaggregation of the modern corporation is inevitable. Outsourcing will take many forms and Business Analytics is likely to be another area that sees a huge surge in the next decade.

Depending on their competitive environment, companies can only decide how much they are ready to outsource, in what form and how they would manage the risks involved to get the desired returns.

Naysayers would do well to spend time deciding on the best way to adapt to this change rather than deny that it is happening or that it will accelerate further.