- Skills
- Cost
- IT Infrastructure
- Risk
- Quality
- Local market
- Economy
- Location (geographic)
- Culture
- Political
For country E.
Issues:
- Cultural-politics
- Unhelpful govt. attitude to business
- Climate
- Time zone (wrt North America)
- Risk of disruptive events
- Corruption
- Illiteracy rate
- Education system
- Inconsistent IT capabilities in different cities
Positives:
- Skilled labour force, multi-lingual
- Low cost
- Smart village initiative
- Workers willing to work overtime
- World class telecommunications infrastructure (where it is available)
- Access to Europe, Middle East, North Africa
- Easy business environment
- Timezone same as some major markets
- Gateway to Middle East
- Tax breaks in special hub zones.
