Dispute settlement mechanisms before the WTO only allow members of the Organization, and not private parties, to bring actions for breach of international trade regulations. However, SMEs in developing countries can benefit from their governments’ actions in this regard.
The United States of America, a country with almost 314 million consumers, offers excellent opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean producers. In recent decades, the U.S. experienced a considerable increase in the consumption of food from abroad.
The role of the entrepreneur is changing. They are no longer the garage-dwelling dreamers that have been frowned upon by notions of economic security, but the online driving force in a moving society and economy.
SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean offer a wide range of benefits in connection with the outsourcing of information technologies or ITO, mainly due to geographical proximity, skilled human capital and cultural affinity. The global ITO market reached U$ 288 billion in 2013 and will continue to grow at least until 2017.
Computers, machines, smart phones and robots have in recent years completely reshaped the world. In fact, the world seems to be rapidly changing, with a volatile global economy with high unemployment and new powerful technologies making some human jobs obsolete. One is left perplexed as to the “new” nature of jobs. With robotics playing a fundamental role in productivity, one can’t help but wonder what the future holds.
Jean Shaw, Vice President of Sabre Global Customer Support Centers, explains why Sabre Holdings decided to establish in Uruguay and the comparative advantages that the country has as an export services provider, especially in outsourcing.
Colombia was the so-called “blue collar” industrial outsourcing leader. Although it lost that position due to the expansion of the Asian economies, the country has consolidated itself as a “white collar” outsourcing hub, in other words, in processes and services.
Sponsored by Uruguay XXI, Loog Guitars, the three string guitars for children created by Uruguayan Rafael Atijas, participated at the New York Toy Fair 2013 and at the Annual Musical Instruments Fair (NAMM Show) in California, United States.
The costs of hiring legal services in the United States are very high. To minimize them, companies and law firms in the country are looking into outsourcing. Benefits include speed, flexibility and expertise in particular fields.
According to several authors, the term “outsourcing” was created by the economist Ronald Coase. It evolved from farming out basic “blue collar” jobs to outsourcing specialized and highly-skilled services called “white collar” jobs.
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