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New Value Leadership Group Strategy Paper

India: An Emerging Research Cluster

By Professor Srinivasa Rangan

Professor Rangan provides cutting-edge insights into the strategies companies are applying to leverage the emerging scientific research cluster in India.

This paper is based on a global Value Leadership Group next practice strategic research project involving the research centers of more than 20 companies in India including Philips, ABB, Motorola, HP, GM, and the Tata Group.

Professor Rangan’s paper builds on his work of almost 10 years with Professor Michael Porter at Harvard University.

Click here to download the complete study in PDF Format

The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services – Global Strategy Conference
in Stockholm

In June 2007, the Swedish investment bank, Handelsbanken Capital Markets, and the Value Leadership Group, hosted a global strategy conference in Stockholm. The theme of the conference was – The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services.

The Value Leadership Group provided exclusive analysis and CEOs from industry leaders gave important new insights into the competitive dynamics and likely future direction of the European IT services industry.

More than 125 senior executives from 18 countries and a cross section of industries were in attendance. Delegates and speakers gave this event the highest ratings.

Click here to download a 1-page anaylsis of the conference

Does your Offshoring
strategy create differentiation
and greater business value?

Read an exclusive interview on offshoring strategy with Peter Schumacher.

Best practice companies – regardless of size – are those that leverage offshoring to do things they would not be able to do otherwise. You can entrepreneurially rethink your business and implement organizational and service innovations.

Companies that are not thinking about offshoring strategically are likely to miss this opportunity.

This interview was released in Belgium in July 2008 in “Offshore Update” a publication of Applied Development, continental Europe’s first venture funded offshore services firm.

Click here to download the 1-page interview in English Language

Click here to download the 1-page interview in Belgian-Dutch Language

Value Leadership Group in the news

Schluss mit dem Wanderzirkus
Von Lars Reppesgaard

HANDELSBLATT, Mittwoch, 25. April 2007, 13:30 Uhr
Unternehmen im Ausland

Viele denken, es geht nur um billige Arbeitskräfte“, erzählt Peter Schumacher, Chef des Beratungsunternehmens Value Leadership Group in Frankfurt. „Dabei entsteht derzeit ein neues, globales Wirtschaftssystem, das den Dienstleistungssektor völlig neu strukturiert.“ Schon 2006 verdienten allein die indischen IT-Dienstleister TCS und Infosys mit 1,7 Milliarden Dollar – so Value Leadership Group – mehr als die europäische IT-Industrie. Diese Firmen versuchen den globalen Anbietern auch das obere Ende der Wertschöpfungskette streitig zu machen.

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Indian tech titans push European rivals to shakeout
by Narayanan Madhavan
New Delhi, April 06, 2007
First Published: 22:13 IST(6/4/2007)
Last Updated: 01:34 IST(7/4/2007)

While much of the focus of India’s information technology boom has been on the US-led North American market, somewhat quietly, the country’s software service majors have conquered Europe and in 2008, are set to deliver a knock-out punch to the continent’s IT service players.

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2006

India: Hype Wordt Werkelijkheid
Text and photos by Erik Bouwer / December 2006

Sceptici voorspellen dat het succes van India een aflopende zaak is. Maar tijdens het seminar The Future of Outsourcing draaide David Thorpe van Morgan Chambers er niet omheen: India blijft voorlopig wereldwijde koploper in de outsource business. De Indiase providers hebben een enorme voorsprong en Europese aanbieders hebben het moeilijk. Peter Schumacher plaatst de global outsourcing markt in perspectief.

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'Avoid falling into a commodity trap'
By Niranjan Menon / Monday, December 11, 2006

PETER SCHUMACHER is the founder, President & CEO of the Value Leadership Group, a management consultancy headquartered at Frankfurt with offices in India, Europe and the US. He has been involved with offshore strategy and operational issues since 1999. Schumacher spoke to Niranjan Menon about the burgeoing offshoring phenomenon in India.

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Indiska it-jättar går in i Sverige
Tuffaste konkurrenterna inom outsourcing
By Mikael Törnwall
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Indiska giganter inom it-konsulting etablerar sig nu i Sverige. Med folk på plats är det lättare att konkurrera om de stora outsourcingkontrakten. ”Förr skrattade kunderna när de indiska företagen ringde. Nu kommer den tuffaste konkurrensen därifrån”, säger en analytiker.

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SMEs leverage IT offshoring best:
Belgium SMEs are doing better than lare corporations
By Jibbe Van Oost / Belgium / Thursday, September 28, 2006

Article is in Dutch

According to professor Srinivasa Rangan of Babson College USA, SMEs are fully capable of leveraging the advantages of IT offshoring. Research conducted by professor Rangan shows that Belgium SMEs are successfully leveraging the global delivery model to improve their performance by redesigning their business models and processes. Two software companies from Belgium, DeDuCo and Real Software, show how European technology SMEs can benefit from offshoring.

Professor Srinivasa Rangan conducted his research in partnership with the Value Leadership Group.

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"Indians are more than implementers"
By Niranjan Menon / Monday, September 25, 2006

Peter Schumacher is the founder, President & CEO of the Value Leadership Group, an independent management consultancy with offices in India, Europe, and the US. Schumacher, involved with offshore strategy and operational issues since 1999, holds an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Schumacher explains to Niranjan Menon the pros and cons of the heavy offshoring phenomenon from Europe into India.

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"Indian offshore firms are game-changers in Europe"
By Tarun Narayan

August, 2006 - PETER SCHUMACHER, president and CEO, Value Leadership outlined two key changes that have occurred in the area of offshoring and outsourcing: one, that overseas companies are not looking at offshoring just for gaining labour arbitrage. Instead, they are also looking at offshoring as a means to create competitive value for their businesses that goes beyond the low-cost advantage.

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European IT firms reignite growth through offshoring
By Aravind Gowda / Chennai/ Bangalore July 20, 2006

Chennai / Bangalore, July 20, 2006 - Indian prowess in IT-ITeS is well recognised but there is enormous potential in a number of industry segments in manufacturing as well, a research study carried out by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has revealed.

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India arriving in manufacturing: study
Our Bureau / Chennai/ Bangalore June 24, 2006

Chennai / Bangalore, June 24, 2006 - Indian prowess in IT-ITeS is well recognised but there is enormous potential in a number of industry segments in manufacturing as well, a research study carried out by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has revealed.

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