Offshoring Research Network

Case Summary The American Outsourcing Case is a compilation of factual information for the purpose of provoking debates. The authors present both the pros and cons of outsourcing, and avoid inserting their personal bias. The case clearly defines outsourcing and then focuses on outlining its existence in China, Mexico, and India. The evolution and U.S. involvement in the Maquiladoras of Mexico is described first. The implementation of NAFTA and the creation of Maquiladoras were major catalysts in

Outsourcing is a business strategy that moves through a number of functions, processes, activities and decision responsibility from within an organization to outside providers, in order to reduce the costs of an organization. This is done through negotiating contract agreements with a vendor who takes on the responsibility for managing it. The decision to outsource is a major strategic most company, since it involves weighing the potential cost savings against the consequences of a loss in control

Tejaswini Herath and Rajiv Kishore are stating that apart from several benefits of offshore and outsourcing, these ventures are also including many risks. Their paper “Offshore Outsourcing: Risks, Challenges, and Potential Solutions” talks about different challenges and risks which are coming with outsourcing and offshore and potential solutions that may be used to overcome those kind of challenges. The main reason why organizations outsource operations is because they want to achieve benefits such

ENG502M Second Trimester, AY 2010-2011 RESEARCH PAPER ON THE ATTRITION RATE IN FINANCIAL SHARED SERVICES ORGANIZATION Submitted To: Prof. Maria Cequena Submitted By: Rachel Reyes Title: Attrition Rate in Financial Shared Services Organization 1. What are the factors affecting the high attrition rate in shared services organization (SSO)? 2. What are the impacts of the increasing attrition rate in SSO? 3. How should shared services organization address the high attrition rate

The documentary 1-800-India is a very informative documentary showing the out sourcing industry in India. The documentary goes beyond just out sourcing and shows the many benefits it has for the people in India. It tells how it has seventeen thousand employees, and about fifty percent of the employees are woman, which is a change for woman in the society. Twenty percent of woman in India have jobs now due to Business Process Outsourcing. This is good for India because more women are getting an education

technology, where most analysts believe salaries have been negatively impacted by this practice, known as “offshoring” (“Offshoring Eats”). Since information technology lies at the heart of business in the modern world and plays an integral part in most scientific research and technological innovation, any development that affects information technology as deeply as the growing offshoring movement

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Outsourcing is simply obtaining a product or a service from a supplier. Outsourcing services can supplement an existing internal source, replace an existing internal source, or consist of a new product or service a company has never provided before. In the past, it was commonplace for companies to try to do it all. Manufacturing companies would design, engineer, and build the end product while providing Information Technology support… regardless of the complexity of the end product and its components

the offshore outsourcing of IT jobs and the future of New York State’s job market (“The Offshore”, 2010). This paper bases its arguments on the benefits and some dangers associated with offshoring mostly in the IT sector in the U.S companies (Goloboy et. Al 209). It also explores the factors leading to offshoring of IT jobs to developing countries. A rough estimate of the jobs to be affected by offshore outsourcing and finally the state and civic legislation concerning this exercise (Goloboy et.

Literature Review Offshoring of manufacturing/services/innovation activities by advanced economies to China, India, or other countries. Introduction For years now it has been widely practised for large companies and firms to outsource manufacturing, services, and innovation activities to low-cost countries like China and India. However, while it may have always existed, it has only been in recent years that is has really started to take off. As discussed by Dossani and Kenney (2007, p.779), “in