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Offshore Outsourcing
2005
Intereconomics. Review of European Economic Policy
Article Offshore outsourcing: A global shift in the present IT industry Intereconomics Suggested Citation: Erber, Georg; Sayed-Ahmed, Aida (2005) : Offshore outsourcing: A global shift in the present ...
Offshore outsourcing is currently changing the business models of IT companies and can be seen as a key force in the new post-dot-com era of the global IT industry. ...
It is also challenging for employers in the IT industry who have to communicate their offshore visions to staff, risking negative impacts on workers' morale and productivity and even backlash effects on ...
doi:10.1007/s10272-005-0141-8
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Surviving Outsourcing and Offshoring
2016
Journal of business and technical communication
Major trends, such as outsourcing and offshoring, and field-specific factors, such as the advent of content management systems, have fundamentally changed technical communication in recent years. ...
and the downsizing of major employers are currently coinciding. ...
Declaration of conflicting interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. ...
doi:10.1177/1050651916651908
fatcat:j3mz42w3d5d6bbcfrgwsgs66l4
Measuring Offshore Outsourcing and Offshoring: Problems for Economic Statistics
2009
Employment Research
out of U.S. manufacturing. 1 Although the apparent growth of offshore outsourcing and offshoring of intermediate goods and services has spurred a heated debate over its effects on the U.S. economy and ...
Another set will focus on possible biases resulting from offshore outsourcing and offshoring in specifi c industries. ...
doi:10.17848/1075-8445.16(1)-1
fatcat:srv6nea5gzganpp5njmgxeepwu
Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in Manufacturing
2006
Social Science Research Network
The effects of outsourcing and offshoring on manufacturing and aggregate productivity measurement, I argue, warrant further study, and productivity measures should be interpreted with caution. ...
Because of gaps in existing surveys and methodological problems with the computation of productivity measures, outsourcing and offshoring result in an overstatement of labor productivity and multifactor ...
Second, outsourcing and offshoring place downward pressure on the wages of many Americans. ...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.929110
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Offshoring-Outsourcing and Onshoring Tradeoffs: The Impact of Coronavirus on Global Supply Chain
[chapter]
2020
Outsourcing and Offshoring [Working Title]
In the process of offshoring- outsourcing, companies and nations have become interdependent in their efforts to bridge the supply chain network. ...
Hence, the tendency away from offshoring and outsourcing to onshoring production. COVID-19 has elicited that countries need to invest in an onshore business if they are to remain afloat. ...
Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Retha Burger for her suggestions and language editing. We also thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their thorough review and constructive comments. ...
doi:10.5772/intechopen.95281
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Small Firms and Offshore Software Outsourcing
2005
Journal of Global Information Management
It seems surprising that small firms engage in offshore outsourcing given that they lack the resources that large firms possess to overcome the difficulties involved. ...
Then, using our field data from small client firms (in the United States and the United Kingdom), intermediaries, and offshore vendors, we analyze the mitigation approaches that reduce transaction costs ...
("Nasscom Indian IT Industry: A Success Story," 2004) . ...
doi:10.4018/jgim.2005070103
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US versus Them: Mass Attitudes toward Offshore Outsourcing
2013
World Politics
However, based on a representative national survey of Americans conducted in 2007 and 2009, the distribution of preferences on these two issues appears to be quite different. ...
This article examines the origins of attitudes toward outsourcing, focusing on the extent to which it reflects (1) the economic vulnerabilities of individuals; (2) the information they receive about outsourcing ...
about it and perceive that it already has had vast effects. moreover, Americans tend to view outsourcing in terms of in-group/out-group dynamics. for many individuals, the "out" in outsourcing seems to ...
doi:10.1017/s0043887113000191
fatcat:dndqrwpf4zbgneui4ebq5ahc6i
The politics and economics of offshore outsourcing
2006
Journal of Monetary Economics
and the effects it has on the economy. ...
It might be difficult to know in advance the changes in relative demands set into motion by future offshore outsourcing. ...
doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.05.009
fatcat:lmcuyuaq3bggfc7f5rhf5lg3oa
Offshore Outsourcing: New Spin Or Same Old Business
2007
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
However, with the current trends of Offshore Outsourcing high tech and high paying employment, the questions arise: why go into these fields at all. ...
The current economic expansion, we are currently experiencing, is a unique one. It has not created jobs; nor has it added to real wage growth. ...
Throughout this inquiry, we will show how and why this has happened. We will further offer a different scenario of the future drawing from our observations of the technological industries. ...
doi:10.28945/947
fatcat:4svflnmt2begljpihuvbobmjvm
The Politics and Economics of Offshore Outsourcing
2006
Social Science Research Network
and the effects it has on the economy. ...
It might be difficult to know in advance the changes in relative demands set into motion by future offshore outsourcing. ...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.912528
fatcat:2xcbjhhhdrd23cwoqmzlc6xfty
Offshore Outsourcing: Risks, Challenges, and Potential Solutions
2009
Information systems management
In such situations, the client must pay its current supplier whatever price the supplier demands in the future. ...
Future research in BSC application to outsourcing is required for deeper understanding of how this measurement mechanism can be used effectively in IT outsourcing contexts. ...
doi:10.1080/10580530903245549
fatcat:ujacijz3hfadxcmisknjic4yqu
Operational Capabilities Development in Mediated Offshore Software Services Models
[chapter]
2017
Outsourcing and Offshoring Business Services
The paper expands theoretical and empirical understanding of capabilities development in the mediated offshore outsourcing model whereby a small or a medium-sized firm delivers offshore software services ...
We focused on client-specific, process, and human resources capabilities that have been previously associated with vendor success. ...
Yet, the literature on information technology (IT) offshoring as well as outsourcing of IT services more generally has largely focused on customers (particularly in the US and Europe) (e.g., Lacity, 2000 ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52651-5_8
fatcat:lqfiiisy7beglhfftw2chdmhfm
Printing industry offshoring: perspectives from US based printers
2008
Strategic Outsourcing
Purpose -This paper aims to report on how US printers perceive offshoring trends in the printing industry, and explore how they are responding to its opportunities and challenges. ...
To respond to the threat of offshore outsourcing, printers are trying to either focus on "safe" products, introduce new services, or offshore themselves. ...
While only a small number of firms were engaged in offshore outsourcing, many are considering it as an option for the future. ...
doi:10.1108/17538290810857475
fatcat:vaokh4bdkzacdcih4zdoibmjay
Offshore Outsourcing: A Dynamic Causal Model of Counteracting Forces
2005
Journal of Management Information Systems
Pfannenstein, L.L., and Tsai, R.J. Offshore outsourcing: Current and future effects on American IT industry. /nformation Systems Management, 21, 4 (2004), 72-80.
34. Richardson, G.P. ...
American Demographics, 26, 5 (2004), 42-43.
18. Grover, V.; Cheon, M.J.; and Teng, J.T.C. The effect of service quality and partnership on the outsourcing of information systems functions. ...
doi:10.1080/07421222.2005.11045850
fatcat:67cbvjpyuneg5ljciemnbobnxa
Economics of Offshore IT Outsourcing: An International Trade Perspective
2013
Technology and Investment
Is offshore outsourcing really bad for the US economy? If yes, why did so many US companies, including IT companies, start outsourcing to begin with and still continue to do so? ...
In recent times, offshore outsourcing of Information Technology (IT) products and services, including software development and maintenance activities, has been an issue of much controversy in the United ...
Headlines such as "A Greater Threat than Terrorism: Outsourcing the American Economy," [4] or "Negative Effects Outsourcing has on Companies," [5] are common. ...
doi:10.4236/ti.2013.44032
fatcat:7aafpjbbkfd3jbh4deq5yrbhlq
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