Corporate Connection

 

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Multinationals lead India's IT revolution

GLOSSARY

Outsourcing: Moving company functions from internal departments to external firms

Offshoring: Relocating corporate activities overseas.

Nearshoring: Relocating offshore activities nearer the client's home country

BPO: Business processing outsourcing - moving white collar tasks like accounting or invoicing. to an external firm

Captive firms: Companies owned by foreign multinationals who perform outsourcing services for the parent firm

UK call centres/US contact centers: Offices where workers provide telephone customer services like sales

Link to BBC NEWS | Business | Multinationals lead India's IT revolution

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

1. DIRECTORY of Transnational Corporations

2. GLOBAL POLICY FORUM site that contains a wealth of information about the worlds largest companies.

3. GLOBAL WEB 100 - the 100 largest non-US corporations. Some of the company sites are not in English