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    The document discusses several risks associated with outsourcing including people risks like attrition and lack of knowledge transfer, technology risks such as system downtime and poor infrastructure, and legal risks such as intellectual property theft and breach of contracts. It also notes new trends in outsourcing like nearshoring and software as a service, forecasts for growth in the Indian IT sector, rising salaries impacting cost advantages, and risks from currency appreciation. Additionally, it outlines some legal issues when outsourcing to India like differing tax and legal systems, the influence of local laws, dispute settlement, changes to intellectual property laws, and India's compliance with international agreements.

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    The document discusses several risks associated with outsourcing including people risks like attrition and lack of knowledge transfer, technology risks such as system downtime and poor infrastructure, and legal risks such as intellectual property theft and breach of contracts. It also notes new trends in outsourcing like nearshoring and software as a service, forecasts for growth in the Indian IT sector, rising salaries impacting cost advantages, and risks from currency appreciation. Additionally, it outlines some legal issues when outsourcing to India like differing tax and legal systems, the influence of local laws, dispute settlement, changes to intellectual property laws, and India's compliance with international agreements.

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    Outsourcing

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    Rahul Dutta Gupta
    The document discusses several risks associated with outsourcing including people risks like attrition and lack of knowledge transfer, technology risks such as system downtime and poor infrastructure, and legal risks such as intellectual property theft and breach of contracts. It also notes new trends in outsourcing like nearshoring and software as a service, forecasts for growth in the Indian IT sector, rising salaries impacting cost advantages, and risks from currency appreciation. Additionally, it outlines some legal issues when outsourcing to India like differing tax and legal systems, the influence of local laws, dispute settlement, changes to intellectual property laws, and India's compliance with international agreements.

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    Risks of outsourcing

    People Risks Attrition, Lack of knowledge transfer, errors & omissions Technology Risks System and network downtime, poor IT infrastructure Legal Risks Plagiarism of Intellectual Property rights, Breach of contract, client data pilferage, subcontracting

    New trends in outsourcing & concerns


    Smartshoring / Nearshoring Software as a Service (SaaS) Nasscom forecasts 25% annual growth in Indian IT services sector Over 10% salary growth in past few years, impact on Indias cost advantage Risk of appreciating INR against USD

    Legal Issues in Offshore Outsourcing to India


    Taxation Legal Systems that are Heterogeneous Influence of local laws Dispute Settlement Effective changes in Indian laws India complies with the agreement on trade related intellectual property right and WTO agreement Many effective changes in patents, copyrights and designs

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