Contract Research Organizations Set to Experience Rapid Growth as Development Costs for New Drugs Continue to Rise

FARMINGTON, Conn., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce two significant new reports on Drug Development:Contract Research Organizations Market to 2018The Contract ...

Provincetown Banner film review

It shouldn’t have been a surprise to see a field trip from an assisted living facility at a recent screening of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” The movie is “Love Actually” for the Metamucil set. Plot about aging aside, there are more than enough pleasures just in seeing so many great British actors in a film that’s neither a Masterpiece Theater production nor part of the Harry Potter franchise.

Ask Slashdot: Is Outsourcing Development a Good Idea?

New submitter penmanglewood writes "I am a developer at a small IT company, and we primarily make software and games for the education market. I used to work with a team of developers, but for reasons outside the scope of this question, my boss and I are the only ones left. My boss says that our new strategy is to use outsourced developers to do the 'monkey work' for us. To me, this sounds like ...

On Guard: Security Services in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld

Since the mid-1990s, demand for the Security Services industry has grown in line with outsourcing by corporate and government clients. It relies on security outsourcing by retail centers, banks and other businesses. Unfortunately for operators, the industry has recently battled greater competition and falling security budgets. Security providers experienced flat revenue growth during the ...

Utility hires outsourcer -- but keeps IT staff

Consumers Energy, a large utility in Michigan, has hired an offshore outsourcing firm to take over some of its IT operations. But instead of cutting its internal IT employees, it is retraining them for new types of work.

Data Processing & Hosting Services in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld

This industry depends more on expensive (and rapidly depreciated) computers and software than employees. In fact, its competitive advantage is largely derived from its relatively minimal staffing needs. Measured as depreciation costs over labor costs, this industry has a capital intensity ratio of 0.66; for every dollar in wages spent by this industry, $0.66 go toward paying for the decrease in ...

Bhel's 20 local vendors to switch business model

The Tiruchi unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) expects around 20 of its 500 local vendors to switch to its comparatively new outsourcing model, “away centre fabrication” (ACF), in the current financial year.