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17 December 2009 ,
Written by Dhruv Tanwar
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Europe surpassed North America as the leading region in the world for outsourcing spending by Forbes Global 2000 (G2000) companies and is on track to end the year as the highest-spending region for the first time according to data for the first three quarters of 2009. This was revealed in a study by sourcing data and advisory firm TPI, a unit of Information Services Group, Inc. TPI Momentum, a business unit of TPI, provides information and insights to outsourcing and offshoring service providers to help them provide enhanced services to their sourcing clients. The TPI Momentum Market Trends & Insights 3Q09 Geography Report said that European G2000 companies outspent their North American counterparts by approximately $1.2 billion in average annual contract value (ACV) through the third quarter. North America led the world in outsourcing spending by G2000 companies in 2008 with $29.6 billion in ACV versus $28.7 billion for Europe. Results from the TPI Outsourcing Viability Index showed that most of the slots in the top 10 were dominated by North America and Europe, which looked something like this -
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Germany
- The Netherlands
- France
- Switzerland and
- Denmark
The report said that while other markets are growing slowly but steadily, India, which ranks 13, and China, which ranks 21, have experienced a rapid rise in spending among their G2000 companies, with China's market growth appearing to lag India's by about two years. Both India and China were rated among the top 10 on the Sourcing Environment dimension.
With Brazil, ranked 24, the report found Latin America to be home to the fourth-highest market opportunity among the regions with $3 billion in additional ACV potential. |