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In Business: Small World

02/05/2010

Small World

BBC Radio 4 - In Business, Small World

Why are some start-ups going global from day one? Peter Day finds out.

Outsourcing used to be something only big companies did to save money. Now small firms are learning how they can become global organisations from day one. Peter day finds out why.

Outsourcing used to be something that big companies did when they transferred the work of whole departments to offshore specialists across the world to save money. But now small start-ups are learning how to build global organisations from day one of their existence. Peter Day finds out why. 

Producer : Caroline Bayley.

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