The onshore market activity has been growing and as the service providers and enterprises look to set up their delivery centers, they are presented with multiple location choices that can support IT-BP centers of varying sizes. The availability of a wide range of choices makes the location selection process within the United States a complex exercise that requires in-depth analysis, as location has significant impact on the scalability, operating costs, and ease of operations. In this scenario, economic incentives, both monetary as well as non-monetary, provided by the Economic Development Agencies (EDAs) play an important role in location selection, and this viewpoint also covers a few case studies to substantiate their importance.
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