Outsourcing and its impact on innovation?

Will outsourcing harm or benefit the US IT industry?

Tentative: [Firm-side cost analysis; consideration of education levels and whether outsourced employment is a perfect substitute for domestic IT sector employment. Analysis of firm best responses to basic government policies. (Mandy Chang, )]

Is outsourcing inevitable?

How can the US government formulate public policy help displaced IT workers? (Hong Qu, Ian Carpe, Sandy Tesch, )