But companies are not done yet. They continue to diversify their own operations and make strategic use of outsourcing.
This helps them to take advantage of global talent hotspots to access specialist skills, and low-cost centers to reduce costs for lower skilled tasks.
To that end, ER&D decision makers tend to prefer working with ER&D service providers to leverage these talent hotspots - rather than setting up a new office or organization in the area themselves.