South Asia

South Asia is a large continent placed in the eastern hemisphere of the world (in an European view of the world), it is very diverse, and full of cultures, for this reason we are going to focus this part of the blog in south Asia specially India.

The countries that cover South Asia are: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. South Asia is one of the most populous in the world it has a population of some 1.4 billion; consequently, South Asia has the half of the world´s poverty. The region has presence of often conflicts between the region's two nuclear-armed states, Pakistan and India, causing political instability.

The Most distinguished achievements of the region are in the fields of education; industry; health care; information technology. Those based on research and development; international trade and business enterprises and outsourcing of human resources; and pharmaceutical industry.

The code areas of difficulty that remain are high levels of corruption, disagreements on political boundaries, and inequitable distribution of wealth.

In South Asia Hinduism and Islam and in some of its countries Buddhism is the dominant religions. Other Indian religions and Christianity are practiced by significant number of people.

India is the most important country of the region because of its size (3.287.590km2), its population (3.287.590), and its economy that is one of the most fast grouting of the world.

For all the reasons mentioned above India is one of the best destinies for the foreign investments around the world, most of the call centers are placed there, most of the outsourced activities are also made in India.

India have very important advantages for making all the activities outsourced there like well educated people, low salaries and the difference of ours that make them work while the western hemisphere is sleeping so jobs could be don from a day to another, for example a lot of medical centers are outsourcing the analysis of the radiographs in only one day. But this is not the only industry that is outsourcing in India, almost all the jobs that don’t require direct contact with the costumer, are turning to be done in India.

Bibliography:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

What do you think are the reasons behind the fast-growth outsourcing industry in India?

India is a country full of opportunities for the world of businesses; it has one of the largest population in earth, is a fast grouting economy and has a very well educated people being this way a perfect destiny for the investments and outsourcing.

India also has a special social system in which you belong to a caste and you can´t scale. It make the workers more accomplish with the labor they are intended to do and avoid problems between stakeholders and stockholders.

India has become one of the better destinies for outsource any kind of jobs, everything that you can do without touching the client could be don I n India by a lower cost and wit the characteristics of quality you demand.

The fast grouting of the outsourcing market in India comes thanks to all the characteristics that make the marker attracted to look for this country. They have a very well qualified people to work, thanks to it the Indian labor force is well demanded around the world. They speak excellent English, so they are able to work with almost the whole world because this is the universal language and is the most spoken as a second language. The salaries in India are lower than in most of the countries of Europe, America and some in Asia, so it’s cheaper to contract with people in India than in most of the countries of the world.

They have another advantage and is the time zone in were they are placed, because gives them the opportunity to work while America is sleeping creating a new service in which you ask for a service, they do it during your night and you get it the next day. This is a service that countries closer could not offer to America or even Europe.

taken from:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3nZ1xPmbLM