Counter-Revolutionary Strategies for the Offshore Revolution

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14 July 2003

Rolf Jester

For now, service providers should absorb and help shape the offshore revolution. In the long term, they should move to annul it.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

D'Aveni's Strategic Options

Applying the Strategies to the Offshore Services Phenomenon

The Null Option: Doing Nothing

Avoidance

Containment

Shaping

Absorption

Neutralization

Annulment

		Sidestepping, or Moving Up
		Leapfrog

Gartner Dataquest Perspective

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Strategy Options for Countering a Business Revolution

Globalization and Localization
Offshore Services
IT Services Business Strategies

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