| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The need for productivity -- The history and myths of outsourcing -- Strange bedfellows -- the opportunists of outsourcing -- Market myopia, Enron, and political overreaction -- The economics of who's right and who's wrong -- Screw it, I'll outsource -- The "difficult in" over the "easy out" -- Fear of a global planet -- The last of the spirits -- Solutions, what if-- -- Conclusion: get involved |
| Summary |
Argues that outsourcing is a neutral proposition, versus a positive or a negative one, and that companies too often assume that outsourcing will solve their problems through cost reduction while they overlook opportunities to increase real productivity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Contracting out -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Contracting out
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313345036 |
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0313345031 |
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1281110523 |
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9781281110527 |
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