Student Projects:Outsourcing PPF:Outline

Proposed Outline

1. Past (How did we get here?) - Stuart
   1. What has happened that has enabled offshoring and offshore outsourcing? - Stuart
   2. What economic forces are acting? - Diwaker
2. Present (What is happening today?)-Andrae
   1. IT work is going overseas- Andrae
   2. companies have incentives to leave Andrae
      1. work is cheaper - Kiran
      2. tax benefits in foreign countries - Kiran
      3. tax benefits in US - David
      4. give company's view - David
   3. no incentives to stay - David
   4. (Visas in here somehow - Diwaker / Kiran (secondary))
   5. public outcry - David
      1. unemployment and job loss statistics - ?
   6. rebuttal on corporate view and public outcry view - ?
   7. what are the economic issues? - Diwaker (backup: Stuart))
3. Future (How is this trend likely to continue?) - ?
   1. extrapolation of / comparison to history - Stuart
   2. cite existing research and predictions - ?
   3. what are the economic issues? - Diwaker (backup: Stuart))
4. What are the options?
   1. US incentives to keep business in the US - David
   2. US barriers - ?
   3. US incentives to outsource - ?
   4. (lower Visa limits - Diwaker / Kiran (secondary))
   5. (raise Visa limits - Diwaker / Kiran (secondary))
   6. what effect will each option have on offshoring and offshore outsourcing and the US and world economies? - each owner described above
5. Recommendation - ALL
   1. what effect will our recommendation(s) have on offshoring and offshore outsourcing and on the US and world economies? - ?

Discussion & Comments

David Dorwin:

I put the proposed rough outline in my email in the section above. It is based on the Project Description and some of the discussions we have had since then. I know there are more details to fill in. Please make any changes you would like to see. Also, discuss major changes in this section or in email.

Where I could, I've added the primary owners for each item in the outline.

As Diwaker pointed out, visas are not offhsoring or outsourcing, so we need to figure out how we will we tie those in. If we decide to drop visas, then we have a large content hole in our paper.