Zinnov Research 

Zinnov undertakes various research projects in the area of Offshore IT initiatives. The focus of the research is to define innovative solutions that help making Offshore IT initiatives a lot easier, faster and cheaper. The research topics are analyzed to unparalleled breadth, depth and clarity. Zinnov is able to help its clients with the knowledge gained from its research projects.

Zinnov has translated it's research into:

• Research Papers
• White papers (Free for download)
• Resources(Free for download)

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Research Papers

Compensation Survey 2005

Zinnov did a survey to benchmark the compensation and benefits structure at various offshoring companies in different cities in India. This report is designed to help senior management of organizations who are starting their development centers in India to directionally decide on their compensation structure..

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Price:	US $ 500.0
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No. of Pages	10

HR Challenges in the Indian BPO

The Indian BPO sector has been growing at an unprecedented rate of 60% since 2000. Many top BPO vendors in recent years have been registering over 100% growth. The export revenues are expected to touch 5.1 billion dollars in FY 2004-05. In spite of this tremendous growth, BPO industry is expected to hire over a million resources in FY 2004-05.

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Price:	US $ 500.0
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No. of Pages	14

2004 review of BPO industry: Cost Related Challenges

The industry’s growth rate has overtaken the fast growing IT services industry. Despite this, the BPO industry faces a series of interesting challenges that threaten to hamper the industry’s growth rate and global competitiveness. The whitepaper primarily discusses the reasons why India might be losing the cost advantage, different strategies to maintain the cost advantage

Abstract of the paper.

Price:	US $ 500.0
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No. of Pages	14

Zinnov Opportunity Analyzer: Project Selection Methodology for Offshoring:

As offshoring started to gain prominence, one of the key challenges for companies is to decide what needs to be offshored. The common perception is that every thing except the core competencies can be and should be offshored. However, the factors involved in project selection require a more detailed and thorough selection process

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Price:	US $ 8000.0
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No. of Pages	10

Offshore Challenges: Offshore Management Perspective:   

According to one estimate, over 75% of the global IT initiatives worldwide are not as successful as they were initially envisioned. Our research focused on understanding the top challenges of global IT initiatives from the perspective of offshore managers at product development subsidiaries of US and UK companies and vendors who specialize in providing services to product companies.

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Price:	US $ 2000.0
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No. of Pages	11

Offshore Capability Assesment:

Research shows that most organizations lack the ability to predict their offshore success before they are too deep into their offshore initiative and don't have enough room for a mid-term correction. To help companies assess their capability to successfully offshore, we have defined a methodology called MPTP[sm]. .

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Price:	US $ 2000.0
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No. of Pages	10

Russia – India, How to select the right location?– An Analysis:

This whitepaper is the result of our detailed study alternatives to India when it comes to selecting a suitable location for an offshore IT services partner. The study compares Russian software industry with Indian software industry in all aspects and also talks about myths and realties in both countries.

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Price:	US $ 1000.0
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No. of Pages	9

An analysis of Built Operate and Transfer model:   This whitepaper is the result of  our detailed study on BOT’s benefits, risks, engagement models and best practices. We have also attached a questionnaire that will help companies make an informed decision on BOT. 

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Price:	US $ 1000.0
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No. of Pages	8

Current Realities of Offshore IT initiatives: Zinnov completed an extensive research aimed at discovering the factors involved in the dynamics of Offshore IT initiatives. Zinnov talked to companies located in US that outsource their software development to India as well as to Indian software services vendors. The research discovered quite a few interesting issues in Offshore IT initiatives. 

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Price:	US $ 750.0
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No. of Pages	15

Zinnov vendor evaluation - An Overview During the course of Zinnov's discussions with the CTO of a medium sized, US based software company; the CTO said that they get an average of 2 –3 cold calls/emails a week from offshore outsourcing companies based in India. He was unclear about the process to choose the right vendor to meet his company’s needs. This made us realize that a set of vendors, selected after rigorous evaluation, would provide immense value-add to our clients. 

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Price:	US $ 750.0
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No. of Pages	14

Multiple vendor engagements in Offshore IT initiatives:This whitepaper discusses the need for multiple vendors, advantages, key challenges and optimal engagement models.

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Price:	US $ 1000.0
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No. of Pages	7

Comparative study of vendor partnerships and wholly owned subsidiaries:   This whitepaper compares the cost model, benefits, and risks involved in offshore vendor partnerships and wholly owned offshore subsidiaries.

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Price:	US $ 1000.0
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No. of Pages	8

Comparative study of offshore projects: Zinnov completed a detailed study on the various project types outsourced to offshore development centers. The study compares the advantages, disadvantages, success criteria and suitable methodologies for the different project types.

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Price:	US $ 500.0
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No. of Pages	8

Risk Management in Global IT Initiatives: Zinnov is working on a partnership with Dr. Ritu Agarwal (Robert H. Smith School of Business, at University of Maryland) on a study about the various risks involved in Offshore IT initiatives and on unique ways to mitigate the risks.