The world's most practical guide to offshoring.
Everything you need to offshore successfully, all in one place.181 pages of wisdom, real experiences and hard-earned lessons from 15 years of running offshore operations.
Whether you’re struggling to find local talent or watching your wage bill spiral out of control, this book cuts through the marketing hype and shows you what actually works.
Mark Copeman has distilled Pete Bell’s extensive offshore experience - the successes, the disasters and everything in between - into practical tactics and guidance you can use immediately to make the decision on whether offshoring is right for your business.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- Why most offshore projects fail in the first 90 days (and how to avoid that)
- The real cost breakdown beyond the sales pitch
- How to choose between the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India and Latin America
- What cultural alignment actually means in practice
- The difference between offshoring, outsourcing and EOR
- Why hiring solely one person guarantees failure
- How to scale from 2 to 20 people without losing control
- What compliance actually requires (vs. what people assume)