organization‚ outsourcing the information technology (IT) to other countries is cheaper than to maintain organization information technology 24/7. This paper discusses the various aspects of outsourcing the IT function from an organization. This paper discusses about the factors that may lead to a outsource IT‚ factors that might lead the manager not to consider outsourcing‚ risks associated with outsourcing the IT function‚ benefits associated with outsourcing‚ costs involved in outsourcing agreement
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The Ethicality of outsourcing manufacturing work from a local community to a developing country can be devastating‚ from the worker‚ to the family and community it is leaving behind‚ “Outsourcing work from American companies to foreign workers is not a new phenomenon in the United States. The “first wave” of outsourcing to foreign countries hit the American economy in the late 1980’s” (Woffinden‚ pg. 483). Being raised or employed in a small town with only select options‚ as a means of living
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Outsourcing and offshoring Then I’d like to talk about offshoring. Offshoring is a type of outsourcing. Offshoring simply means having the outsourced business functions done in another country. Frequently‚ work is offshored in order to reduce labor expenses. Other times‚ the reasons for offshoring are strategic -- to enter new markets‚ to tap talent currently unavailable domestically or to overcome regulations that prevent specific activities domestically. The term is in use in several distinct
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FDI AND OUTSOURCING ‘‘We are not the blue states‚We are not the red states but We are United states‚’’ Barack Obama quoted after his victory. With Barack Obama re-elected as the president of US‚India needs to wait and watch his stand on FDI‚immigration‚outsourcing and overall relations. India has a lot to gain by supporting his policies and our industry must do its bit by facilitating job creation in America and encourage joint partnership in healthcare utilities and education. A strong America
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Outsourcing: Is It Ethical? Outsourcing has become a very hot topic in our country over the last few years. Many Americans view this topic as very controversial and unethical. Outsourcing is also known as the offshoring of American jobs. These jobs are being sent to foreign countries all over the world. Under George Bush’s administration the American economy lost 1.6 million jobs. Outsourcing to other countries is not limited to one business sector or profession; almost all professions are
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The book Offshore Outsourcing by Robinson & Kalakota (2004) defines offshore outsourcing as ‘the delegation of administration‚ engineering‚ research‚ development‚ or technical support processes to a third-party vendor in a lower-cost location’. Among the examples used in this book‚ the best is that of the San Francisco–based firm Embarcadero Technologies‚ which is a leading provider of database and application lifecycle-management solutions in the USA. Embarcadero relies on Aztec Software‚ another
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Service Outsourcing Yong-Pin Zhou∗ and Z. Justin Ren† February 2‚ 2010 Abstract This article reviews the Operations Management (OM) research on service outsourcing‚ a common practice among today’s businesses. We focus on recent literature in three areas: capacity planning and supplier coordination‚ service outsourcing under information asymmetry‚ and quality concerns. Additionally‚ a mathematical framework is presented that can be used to analyze service outsourcing supply chains. We conclude with
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Direct Measurement of Global Value Chains: Collecting Product- and Firm-Level Statistics on Value Added and Business Function Outsourcing and Offshoring Timothy J. Sturgeon‚ MIT* Peter Bøegh Nielsen‚ Statistics Denmark Greg Linden‚ UC Berkeley Gary Gereffi‚ Duke University Clair Brown‚ UC Berkeley Final Draft: April 2‚ 2012 Forthcoming as Chapter 9 in the World Bank volume: The Fragmentation of Global Production and Trade in Value-Added - Developing New Measures of Cross Border Trade‚ based om a
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OUTSOURCING PROCUREMENT IN THE NIGERIAN INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING PERFORMANCE This research is not concerned about procurement in terms of project delivery‚ but procurement as a business function concerned with securing the inputs to the construction process. Some theories use different terms when describing the purchasing process and structure. However‚ it is assumed that the terms Supply Management‚ Purchasing and Procurement have similar meaning. Thus‚
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Outsourcing Problems Outsourcing has been a topic of public debate for quite some time. There is a lot hype that says outsourcing is beneficial to the economy. However‚ the biased agenda of many consulting firms‚ politicians‚ and economists causes misleading information to spring to the public as “credible” sources. Outsourcing has also caused significant wage pressure of high-wage jobs along with the disappearance of high-wage jobs. Overall‚ outsourcing is very harmful to our economy and is causing
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