Outsourcing
In an effort to reduce labor costs, some firms have closed their facilities in the United States and transferred production and other operations to foreign countries. Commonly referred to as offshoring, this practice is hotly debated.
Outsourcing is a business practice in which a company hires service providers, usually located outside of the country, to do work that the company believes can be performed more efficiently and less expensively by these outside contractors. With the advent of the Internet and high-speed networks spanning the globe, more…>> (read more)
Outsourcing Points of View
5 Americans Lose Their Jobs to Foreign Competitors
6 Outsourcing Contributes to Poverty in America
7 Outsourcing Harms America
8 Many American Companies Need Outsourcing to Be Competitive Competitive
9 Outsourcing Does Not Foster Free Trade
10 Outsourcing Fosters Free Trade
11 Outsourcing's Threat to the Security of Personal Information Is Exaggerated
12 Outsourcing Does Not Make American Companies More Competitive
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Outsourcing in the News
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ONE EVENING last October, just a few weeks before Barack Obama was elected president, more than 1,000 people crowded into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton…>> (read more)
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IN MARCH 2008, when the invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush's "coalition of the willing" marked its fifth anniversary, Canadian media outlets were in…>> (read more)
Byline: Andrew S. Ross
Carl Guardino usually comes across as an amenable, mild-mannered Silicon Valley executive. But not on Monday. Not when he watched President Obama promising…>> (read more)
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