Offshoring of Services: An Overview of the Issues

Topics:
Business Process Management,
Strategic Management Tools
Tags:
Business Operations,
It Operations,
Offshoring,
Outsourcing,
Outsourcing & Subcontracting
Source:
U.S. General Accounting Office

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Overview: Much attention has focused on the "Offshoring" of services to lower-wage locations abroad. Offshoring generally refers to an organization's purchase of goods or services from abroad that were previously produced domestically. This report: provides an overview of experts' views on the potential impacts of services offshoring, describes the types of policies that have been proposed in response to offshoring, and highlights some key areas where additional research might help advance the debate about offshoring.

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Format: PDF | Size: 2,990KB | Date: Nov 2005 | Pages: 86

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