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	WHY NOW Offshore outsourcing springs up today as a consequence of four largely unrelated phenomena, which had been latent for quite some time but which experienced a strong acceleration in the '90s. The first factor is the emergence of outsourcing as a commonly accepted business practice: the "lean enterprise" with its emphasis on "core competencies" is a fruit of the business strategic thinking of the '90s. The second one is the "codification of knowledge" of products and processes. Organisations of all kinds have had to undertake this practice in order to adopt today's sophisticated information systems. The third phenomenon is the drastic reduction of telecommunication costs, which has made it possible to carry out remotely activities that up-to-then had required the presence on site. Last but not least is the opening by emerging countries to international trade. Such countries are moving from largely autarchic economies, where foreign partners were discouraged and the dreamed-of career for a young person was the public bureaucracy, to open-minded attitudes where novelty is seen as potential opportunity.
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