| Various US business communities have realized and | | | | the independent third party contractor which usually will |
| accepted the great opportunity of being able to slash | | | | have its own infrastructure and manpower in the |
| down their operation costs by outsourcing part of their | | | | offshore country from where the service is executed. |
| works and processes to cheaper but good quality | | | | Starting a subsidiary and acquisition etc must be done |
| labor countries. If you are a company in the US and | | | | later. The initial advantages of letting a third party do all |
| want to outsource to India, China, the Philippines or any | | | | the work will mean lower risk and freedom from all the |
| other Asian locations, what are the different options | | | | hassles of startup costs and infrastructure |
| that are available? What are the different legal | | | | development. |
| structures that make offshore outsourcing possible? | | | | However some US based corporate do choose to |
| To get into outsourcing, there are three possible legal | | | | open their own offshore subsidiary straight away so |
| structures that the outsourcing company can choose | | | | that they can enjoy the advantage of better control |
| from; | | | | and get a better level of security for all sensitive data |
| - Sign a contract with a third party for getting the | | | | and intellectual property. However today most of the |
| services | | | | outsourcing service providers located in the US has |
| - Start your own subsidiary in that country and | | | | realized that the need of the day is to give clients the |
| contract for services with it | | | | assurance of a high level of security. It is equally |
| - Third party contracting with the intention of acquiring it | | | | important to consistently maintain a good level of |
| in the future | | | | interaction and communication with the clients |
| If one is just starting out on BPO (business process | | | | irrespective of their global locations. |
| outsourcing) for the first time, it is better to choose out | | | | |