Money Management
July 22, 2020
SC Johnson Public Report
July 22, 2020

Vietnam

In this assignment you will go global, working alone or with one other student (your choice). Smarter Offshoring by Farrell discusses aspects to consider when establishing captive offshore IT operations or contracting with offshore providers of systems development, call center services, data center management, or BPO (business process outsourcing). The Offshore Destination assignment requires some research. Your task is to evaluate a particular country outside the US as a location for a second (backup) server farm for Netflix. Assume that Netflix wants to locate this operation in a country with low labor costs. Furthermore, this is not a captive function; it will be outsourced (the people running the data center will NOT be Netflix employees). Some personnel will need strong technical knowledge, and the facility needs secure and reliable electricity and internet connectivity (you can learn more about server farms at wikipedia.com). English fluency is not very important. Students (alone or in pairs) will sign up on a first-come, first-served basis for their preferred country, from the list on the next page; no duplicates allowed. The aim of your briefing is to persuade your classmates (and me) that you have appropriately evaluated whether, in 2013, this country is or is not a suitable offshore destination for Netflixs server farm.Discuss specific evidence why this country IS a good destination for Netflixs outsourced server farm.Discuss specific evidence why this country IS NOT a good destination for this functionOffer your conclusion: yes or no? Briefly, why?