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Factors to consider while setting up a captive center

There are a number of critical factors that organizations looking to set up a  captive center  should consider. These factors will help determine not just the approach to be adopted to set up a captive but also critical details on where and when to set up the center. The broad categories to be considered can be bucketed under five important groups. These groups include: Cost Talent Scale of operations Flexibility Regulator support. Cost:  Cost continues to be the primary driver to explore outsourcing and offshoring. Broadly, the two important attributes that organizations need to consider are capital investments and operating expenses. The capital investments are higher if one were to set up a direct presence in a country. The capital investments will go towards paid up capital to set up a legal entity, setting up a physical infrastructure including office space, interiors, telecommunication infrastructure, it infrastructure, lab infrastructure etc. In additi...