Risk Watch 2025: Preparing for Business and Operational Uncertainties is our flagship Locations State of the Market report. It interprets developments and trends related to global service locations to help businesses design a location portfolio strategy. The Locations report is divided into three sections: Key Trends Shaping the Landscape, Risk Watch, and Locations PEAK Matrix®. It provides insights into market size and growth, global services exports by region and country, location activity by region and country, and trends affecting global locations. Additionally, the report offers industry-leading comparison and analyzes key changes in the maturity, arbitrage, stability, and potential of global delivery locations (cities) through Locations PEAK Matrix®. The Risk Watch section dives into operating and business environment across key delivery locations worldwide and select source geographies. This section also highlights business and operating environment outlook across geographies, which should be on the global services leaders’ radar
Scope
Industry: global services
Geography: global
Contents
In this report, we examine:
Operating and business environment across APAC, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East and Africa
Key risks/opportunities in delivery locations across regions
Risk ratings across seven primary assessment parameters
Important occurrences from the past year and anticipated developments for the year ahead that may impact providers and buyers or are worth watching out for
