Many politicians have fought the outsourcing of services and manufacturing. Furthermore, unemployment is high in the Western world, especially in Europe. Still IT services outsourcing and BPO represent a US$ 952 billion market. And it keeps growing. Why? This 16-page document gives a (very) high-level overview of the top 5 reasons pushing companies especially in Europe to keep outsourcing. What do you think - is it good, bad, just a natural consequence of globalization? Feel free to react and share your thoughts.