Elaborate if there is any similarity between offshoring and outsourcing. Discuss few factors a company may consider in offshoring or re-shoring its operations. Explain globalization in these context of outsourcing and offshoring

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Q1) Offshoring means obtaining products and services from operations that are based outside one’s own country where as Outsourcing means deciding to buy-in products or services rather than perform the activities in-house. Re-shoring is the process of returning the production and manufacturing of goods back to the company's original country.  

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  1. Elaborate if there is any similarity between offshoring and outsourcing.
  2. Discuss few factors a company may consider in offshoring or re-shoring its operations.
  3. Explain globalization in these context of outsourcing and offshoring.
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