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Outsourcing Technology in Asia--Analysis of the Changing Face of R&D (Technical Insights)Product Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Frost & Sullivan Published: June 2004 Product Code: R1-4195 Description The topic of outsourcing business functions to Asia has become a divisive issue during the ‘04 election year in the United States, with some political and organizational bodies demanding regulations on offshoring. While the American workforce is critical of offshoring for taking its jobs away, the corporate sector has welcomed it for improving its economic and operational efficiencies. Although concerted efforts on the part of companies to phase out their offshoring activities can mitigate the resentment among incumbent American workers to some extent, there is no real solution to the problem. Moreover, inhibiting this outsourcing trend is expected to affect the world economy negatively in the long term.
This Technical Insights study, Outsourcing Technology in Asia, examines the challenges and benefits of outsourcing technology requirements to Asia. It offers the political and economic advantages and disadvantages of such a move. It also discusses the future of outsourcing and provides the reasons for companies’ decisions to move facilities to Asia and hire native workforce. Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND METHODOLOGY Executive Summary The Sacred Cow Is Being Shipped Out: R&D Outsourcing and Offshoring to Asia Is on the Rise and It Will Continue Study Highlights and Key Findings Methodology and Scope Scope Methodology Legend--An Explaination of Acronyms in this Research Service 2 THE CHANGING FACE OF R&D Outsourcing: The Whats, Whys and Why Nots Introduction Outsourcing Approaches Marco Polo 500 Years On: Outsourcing R&D to Asia Why Asia: Key Drivers Joint Product Development Why Not Asia: Key Restraints University Research Centers and their Role in Offshore R&D Going the Whole Hog: Offshoring R&D to Asia Types of Offshore R&D: Is it Technology or Cost Driven? Why They Are All Doing It: Key Offshoring Drivers Roadblocks on the Bandwagon's Trail: Key Offshoring Challenges Strategy--What to Examine When Deciding Whether to Outsource R&D Offshoring Initiatives in India R&D Offshoring Initiatives in China Hybrid Approaches to Outsourcing R&D A Look at the Countries Themselves Asia Deconstructed--An Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses India: Still Top Dog Footnote: How the 2004 Indian Election Results Will Affect Outsourcing China: An Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses India versus China: Comparing the Outsourcing Prizefighters Government Policy and Regulations An Introductory Note--Companies are Proud of Offshore Operations But Hesitant About Publicity ICT and General Outsourcing Policy Directives in Asia Biotechnology and Healthcare Outsourcing Policy and Regulations in Asia “Thou Shalt Not Outsource”--Adverse Reactions in the US Co-existing Instead of Competing: Strategies for Smaller Countries 3 OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY IN INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS Why and Where to Outsource ICT R&D: Key Drivers and Country Focus Key Drivers India as an ICT R&D Outsourcing Destination China as an ICT R&D Outsourcing Destination Philippines as an ICT R&D Outsourcing Destination Research and Development in ICT Outsourcing and Offshoring in Asia Research at India's Offshore Software R&D Centers Fuzzy Logic Can Help Identify Rock Parameters Microsoft Research in China Shape Model Can Extract and Recognize Facial Features Distributed Distance Measurement for Large-scale Networks Intoto Research India’s New Intrusion Prevention System Allocating Bandwidth More Efficiently A Class of Networks for Identifying Parametric Structures Expression Trees for Delayed-Load Architectures Algorithm Identifies Connected Components in Digital Images 4 OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE Introduction Key Drivers Biotechnology in Asia India--The World's Biotech R&D Hub? A Note on Contract Research Organizations CROs and their Emergence in Asia Benefits and Risks of CROs Drivers and Restraints for CRO Growth in Asia Research and Development in Healthcare Outsourcing and Offshoring in Asia Removal of Hepatitis A Virus from Water Mutational Analysis of Bacteriophage Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Swine Nicholas Piramal to Test Cancer Drug GlaxoSmithKline to Hold Global Trials in India 5 OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Why Outsource Industrial R&D Key Drivers Research and Development in Industrial Outsourcing and Offshoring in Asia Power System Stabilizer Is Based on Artificial Neural Networks Aluminum Matrix Composites from 3M Research at the John F. Welch Technology Center Nickel-based Carbon Nanotube Composite Coatings Time Projection Chamber Acts As a Particle Detector Curve Offset for Computer-aided Design Applications Carbon Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage Conducting Polyaniline Composites with Myriad Applications Revolutionary Test for Printed Circuit Board Failures 6 OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ACTIVITY R&D Outsourcing/Offshoring Industry News in Asia Information and Communications Technologies Healthcare Technologies Industrial Technologies Who's Wooing and Who's Coy: Mergers and Acquisitions M&A Efficacy in the R&D Outsourcing Arena M&A News from Asia 7 PATENT OVERVIEW AND COMPANY PROFILES Patents Patents in ICT Patents in Healthcare Technologies Patents in Industrial Technologies The Movers: Selected Offshore R&D Center Profiles John F. Welch Technology Centre (General Electric) Hewlett-Packard Labs Bangalore Microsoft Research China Lucent Technologies China Agilent Technologies Singapore IBM India Research Laboratories Oracle China Labs The Shakers: Selected Outsource Provider Profiles Wipro Technologies Biocon India Limited Biovail Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan) Infosys Technologies Limited Key Research Contacts Key Research Contacts 8 FROST & SULLIVAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS 2004 Excellence in Technology Award Description Award Recipient Technology Leadership Award Description Award Recipient 9 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE Decision Support Database Tables Relating to Outsourcing Technology Number of Biotech Companies in the APAC Region Number of Internet Subscribers in the APAC Region Broadband Subscribers in the APAC Region Per Capita Disposable Income in the APAC Region |
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