Outsourcing the ‘management’ of Albania
April 8, 2008 by qafirarnaut
The thesis of some former spooks of Albanian Sigurimi is that US has made a huge blunder by outsourcing the ‘management’ of Albania to its NATO ‘ally’ Greece. Considering the current bitterness of the US-Greek climate it remains to be seen whether this, if ever true, will remain so.
However, looking the language of the article below, the thesis of these former Sigurimi operatives is not that far fetched
Foreign ministry on Greek-Albanian relations
Foreign ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos on Tuesday stated that Greece
has hailed the invitation for NATO membership extended to Albania in the most formal way through Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. He made the comment in response to a question on bilateral relations, following Albania’s accession into the North Atlantic alliance.He added that this is a positive development for bilateral relations and the
region in general, clarifying that over the past few years there have been no
shadows in the good neighborly relations between the two countries and the
bilateral issues they are concerned with are administrative and technical in
nature.
Companies that do everything themselves have much higher research, development, marketing, and distribution expenses, all of which must be passed on to customers. An outside provider’s cost structure and economy of scale can give your firm an important competitive advantage
That’s all swell Peter, but as far as companies go using Greece as an outsources is akin to handing over your operations to a competitor that you haven’t had the smarts to deem as such yet.