Between 23rd and 25th May 2012, world class outsourcing specialists, investors and managing directors of BPO/SSC companies together with heads of government departments and educational institutions will meet in Krakow, Poland to discuss opportunities and barriers for industry growth in Central and Eastern Europe.

On 23rd May, ASPIRE is launching the Say YES! Student initiative, a platform of events and online tools to promote the industry to Krakow students. We are launching the initiative with a Say YES! Conference and Exhibition at the International Cultural Centre in the Market Square.

Genpact, a global leader in business process and technology management, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Accounting Plaza, a provider of finance and accounting (F&A), human resources (HR) services and PeopleSoft ERP services to Ahold, a major international retailer, and other clients in the retail, wholesale, banking and healthcare industries.

Poland has made it to the Top 20 countries most targeted by global retailers for the first time, according to the 2012 edition of the How Global is the Business of Retail? report by leading global property adviser CBRE.

Shared Services & Outsourcing Announces the 2012 European Shared Services Week Featuring More Than 90 Speakers, New G6 Visionaries & Revamped Excellence Awards

There should be no doubts that the Polish call center industry has entered the era of professionalization. The market is becoming more efficient at verifying the existence of ineffective organizations, as well as those that operate dishonestly and unethically.

Business Process Outsourcing is of the most rapidly developing branches of industry. Its roots can be traced back to the 1980s, when information and communication services began developing in India at a fast pace.

Shared Service Centers (SSCs) have been around for a couple dozen years, and have been operating in Poland for over ten years. In the globalization age, popular SSCs are the first step towards the optimization of processes both in the private and public sectors; in large organizations, medium-sized and small companies.

Did you know that the West Pomerania Province is a region with above-average investment appeal? The last ranking prepared by the Institute for Market Economics confirms this.

In the past, not much was being said about Szczecin. Its geographical location and educational facilities did not compensate for the lack of sufficient infrastructure, required by service centers. Today experts are calling Szczecin a “hot spot”, indicating that it is a location with great potential. Especially for projects dedicated to Northern and Western Europe.