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Fast Facts
  1. An estimated 300,000-400,000 jobs have been given to overseas contractors, according to Daniel T. Griswold writing in National Review (May 3, 2004).
  2. In colonial times, the production of covered-wagon covers was outsourced to Scotland.
  3. In December 2005, it was predicted that 1.4 million jobs would be outsourced between 2004 and 2008.
  4. As of July 2004, there were 182 bills in 38 states that related to offshoring of jobs.



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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 Overview

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)

 

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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

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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)


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