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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Offshore: Exploring the Worlds of Global Outsourcing; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1: Introduction: Going Offshore; Approaching the Outsourcing Complex; The Book Ahead; 2: Exploring Outsourcing Space; Outsourcing, in Word and Deed; New Worlds of Globalized Work; Divisions of Labor, Old and New; Exporting Jobs, Importing Insecurity; Outsourcing Expertise; 3: Outsourcing Politics; Trading Blows; Parsing Words, Checking Facts; Attacking Capitalism?; Imperfect Information; Outsourcing Policy?; 4: Into the Outsourcing Complex |
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Where Dreams Come True?Married to the Task; Consulting Visions, Market Realities; 5: Between Backshore and Nearshore; On the Rural Frontier; Securing Rural Labor; Over the Border; Rediscovering Proximity; Navigating Multishore; 6: Noshore, or the Road to Robotistan; Robot Tales, Old and New; Robotistan: the New Shore?; Servitude 2.0; 7: Conclusion: Beyond Offshore; The Complex; Migrating Tasks; Dividing Labor; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Offshore outsourcing - the movement of jobs to lower-wage countries - is one of the defining features of globalization. This book provides the first sustained investigation of the workings of the global sourcing industry, its business practices, its market dynamics, its technologies, and its politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 15, 2017) |
| Subject |
Offshore outsourcing.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Outsourcing.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Offshore outsourcing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191793523 |
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0191793523 |
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9780191040849 |
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0191040843 |
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