The rise of offshore IT outsourcing industry: An attempt to assess Bangladesh’s competitive advantages

Md Ekram Hossain, Huang Dechun and Tran Quangdung

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Abstract: In light of the developments in global offshoring and Bangladesh’s rise in IT/ITeS services the study explores the IT/ITeS sector in Bangladesh. The study included benchmarking the Bangladeshi IT/ITeS industry with the other leading offshore services destinations to ascertain the opportunity in Bangladesh as a global offshoring center. The paper presented here is the output of reports of national and international IT/ITeS industry players, government functionaries, trade associations and global IT services buyer community, and supported by extensive secondary research. The paper evaluates that Bangladesh has the competitive advantages to become the future IT outsourcing destination and she has been leveraging her strength to the fullest to become a larger player in the offshoring industry; also there are a number of factors that need to be considered for the further success of this industry of Bangladesh. … Read more

Keywords: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO); IT enables services (ITeS); IT industry; Bangladesh; Competitive advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F12 F13 F14 F16 F18 F62 F63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-01-12
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Published in HHIS Journal of Science and Technology (HHIS-JST) 01.04(2012): pp. 72-84

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