IT Outsourcing: Economic and Policy Analysis

Topic

Economic and technological incentives to outsource, and government policies that can affect IT outsourcing rates.

Sub-topics

TBD

Group Members:

Mandy Chang, UC Berkeley, mandy_c@berkeley.edu User: mandy_c

Aamir Alavi, UC Berkeley, aalamir@berkeley.edu User: aamiralavi

Brad Struss, UW, bradstr@cs.washington.edu User: bradstr

Jeongsoo Kim, UC Berkeley, jk37@berkeley.edu user: jk37

Team Organization

TBD

Sources

Businessweek article

"Offshoring" Service Jobs: Bane or Boon and What to Do?

How Outsourcing Creates Jobs for Americans

Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Globalization

The Outsourcing Bogeyman

Offshore Outsourcing Resource Center

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/07/MNGRT5G2C11.DTL Offshoring's giant target: the Bay Area Silicon Valley could face export of 1 in 6 jobs -- worst in nation]