Case Name :      Jay Nielson & AKKA International: Outsourcing in India

Authors :           Michael Parent, Tom Sperry

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            904E27

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    13 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Jay Nielson has done charity work in India with AKKA International for a number of years. After a recent trip, the president of AKKA proposed that Nielson enter into a joint venture with AKKA to provide information technology outsourcing services to American companies. AKKA was willing to provide $100,000 in seed money to fund the venture. Nielson must decide whether he wants to undertake this challenge and what it would take to make it work. This also poses an ethical dilemma for him: Should he risk losing the much-needed funds in the hope of bettering a number of lives or request the seed money be used to provide direct services to the most needy?