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Outsourcing To Rural America

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-that's-different dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com is running a story about Rural Sourcing, a company attempting to make outsourcing to rural America as cost effective as sending jobs to India."

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  1. Re:Inconvenience factor by winkydink · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's referred to as a "soft cost". They can be very difficult to quantify, so, yes, there is probably some fudging of the number to make it work. However, the "inconvenience factor" as well as cultural differences are two of the items you will see on almost every outsourcing pros & cons list.

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