Risk Watch 2024: Potential Repercussions on Global Services Delivery in an Unpredictable World interprets developments and trends related to global service locations, with the aim to design a best-fit locations portfolio strategy. The report is divided into three parts – 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 provides industry-leading comparison and analysis of key changes in the maturity, arbitrage, stability, and potential of global delivery locations (cities) through our PEAK Matrix® assessment of locations. The Risk Watch section offers a comprehensive view of the operating and business environments in major delivery locations worldwide, along with select source geographies. Scope Industry: global services Geography: global Contents In this report, we examine: The operating and business environment at different locations in a region, including APAC, Europe, the Americas, Middle East, and Africa Key changes in the risk profiles of different delivery locations Key risks/opportunities to watch out for in delivery locations across regions Risk ratings across seven primary parameters of assessment Important occurrences in the past year that are likely to impact providers and buyers or are worth watching out for Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Outsourcing Excellence

Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities presented by each location. Our report on Ireland offers data-backed research to understand the market’s attractiveness in terms of: Key drivers, challenges, and untapped opportunities for the global sourcing industry Talent and skills availability (at both entry and experienced levels) Depth and maturity across functions Financial attractiveness (including wage inflation and attrition) Delivery presence of enterprises and service providers Key languages supported Key environment risks (such as macroeconomic, geopolitical, infrastructure, safety and security, and legal and regulatory) Location Spotlight, combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Locations Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Outsourcing Excellence

Everest Group’s Service Provider Compass reports provide multiparameter insights into providers’ presence, scale, and prominence for leading services in major delivery locations worldwide. These studies rely on secondary research and emphasize scale, delivery presence, internal brand perception, and workforce profile, rather than the depth and quality of services delivered. The reports assist enterprises in making global sourcing decisions by offering an outside-in perspective on leading providers in a location, giving them a head start in the process of identifying the right partner to work with. Our report on Mexico offers data-backed research to understand the market standing of key providers in the Customer Experience Management (CXM) and Information Technology – Application Development and Maintenance (IT-ADM) services delivery market. Parameters considered include Scale and delivery footprint Brand perception Workforce profile Service Provider Compass, when combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Location Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Outsourcing Excellence

Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities presented by each location. Our report on Argentina offers data-backed research to understand the market’s attractiveness in terms of: Key drivers, challenges, and untapped opportunities for the global sourcing industry Talent and skills availability (at both entry and experienced levels) Depth and maturity across functions Financial attractiveness (including wage inflation and attrition) Delivery presence of enterprises and providers Key languages supported Key environment risks (such as macroeconomic, geopolitical, infrastructure, safety and security, and legal and regulatory) Location Spotlight, combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Locations Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Sourcing and Vendor Management

Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities presented by each location. Our report on Northern Ireland offers data-backed research to understand the market’s attractiveness in terms of: Key drivers, challenges, and untapped opportunities for the global sourcing industry Talent and skills availability (at both entry and experienced levels) Depth and maturity across functions Financial attractiveness (including wage inflation and attrition) Delivery presence of enterprises and providers Key languages supported Key environment risks (such as macroeconomic, geopolitical, infrastructure, safety and security, and legal and regulatory) Location Spotlight, combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Locations Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Sourcing and Vendor Management

Following a muted 2023, business leaders in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are cautiously optimistic about 2024. Within the current APAC sourcing market, as buyers prepare for the coming year, they are actively leveraging inventive commercial models, emerging location trends, and innovative pricing constructs to optimize the value they achieve from service providers. In this webinar, Everest Group analysts explored how APAC buyers can develop forward-looking sourcing strategies with the potential of advancing innovation in their outsourcing relationships and portfolios as value acceleration takes priority in 2024. What questions has the webinar answered for the participants? What are the top forward-looking strategies in APAC for outsourced services buyers for 2024? What location strategies are sourcing leaders planning to adopt in 2024 to achieve increased value from their service provider portfolio? What are the pricing trends and forecasts in APAC? What are the new-age commercial models observed in the APAC market? How should APAC-focused procurement leaders shape their contracting and negotiation strategies in 2024?  

Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities presented by each location. Our report on Serbia offers data-backed research to understand the market’s attractiveness in terms of: Key drivers, challenges, and untapped opportunities for the global sourcing industry Talent and skills availability (at both entry and experienced levels) Depth and maturity across functions Financial attractiveness (including wage inflation and attrition) Delivery presence of enterprises and service providers Key languages supported Key environment risks (such as macroeconomic, geopolitical, infrastructure, safety and security, and legal and regulatory) Location Spotlight, combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Locations Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Sourcing and Vendor Management

Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities presented by each location. Our report on Turkey offers data-backed research to understand the market’s attractiveness in terms of: Key drivers, challenges, and untapped opportunities for the global sourcing industry Talent and skills availability (at both entry and experienced levels) Depth and maturity across functions Financial attractiveness (including wage inflation and attrition) Delivery presence of enterprises and service providers Key languages supported Key environment risks (such as macroeconomic, geopolitical, infrastructure, safety and security, and legal and regulatory) Location Spotlight, combined with other reports in Everest Group’s Locations Insider™ subscription, makes for the industry’s most comprehensive resource on location trends and perspectives. The Locations Insider™ subscription provides up-to-date and actionable insights on which enterprises can base their location decisions and strategies. Membership(s) Locations Insider™ Sourcing and Vendor Management