Accenture, Offshoring, Consulting
How Accenture melds offshoring and consulting to keep pace with Bangalore
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When the Indian outsourcing upstarts came on strong five years ago, it looked as if some giants of the $600 billion tech services industry would fall like top-heavy palm trees in a Category 4 hurricane. The Indians' combination of high quality and super-low cost flattened the stock prices and revenues of companies such as EDS, BearingPoint, and Capgemini. Even mighty IBM, the No. 1 tech services player, has struggled to rebound.
One Western company has come through stronger than ever, though—and it did so by motoring straight into the eye of the storm. Accenture Ltd. has responded so well to the disruptions caused by Indian companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, and Wipro that it stands as a model for how to deal with the downside of globalization.
Accenture adapted quickly by combining the best aspects of the Indian offshoring approach with the company's primary activity, business consulting.
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