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
Byline: Noam Lupu
The Big Squeeze
Tough Times for the American Worker
By Steven Greenhouse
Knopf; 365 pages; $25.95
For all their happy talk about improving diplomatic relations with America's traditional allies, Democrats didn't hesitate to go ballistic after the Pentagon awarded a big contract for Air Force…>> (read more)
Byline: Sam Zuckerman
Like many U.S. startups, RFQConnect, a Santa Clara broker of shipping and warehousing services, looked to India for its software. The program that runs…>> (read more)




































