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== Outsourcing: Past, Present and Future ==
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I'm still not sure about the project topic. This seems a really interesting topic, but I'm not able to find too many "policy" related issues here. I wonder if we should look at some other topics? Also, we are looking for team members (c.f. Ed's recent mail). So if you're interested and/or have great ideas, do mail in! -- [[User:Diwakergupta|Diwaker]]
 
I'm still not sure about the project topic. This seems a really interesting topic, but I'm not able to find too many "policy" related issues here. I wonder if we should look at some other topics? Also, we are looking for team members (c.f. Ed's recent mail). So if you're interested and/or have great ideas, do mail in! -- [[User:Diwakergupta|Diwaker]]
  
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=== Team ===
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== Sub Pages ==
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<b><font color=red>I added this section to help us organize our thoughts and work.  I copied our discussions from emails and the discussion page and organized them on these pages.</font></b> -[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]
  
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* [[User:Diwakergupta | Diwaker Gupta]]
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Links to other pages for discussion and organization.  (I think we should have pages for each phase and component of our project.)
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* [[User:kirkal | Kiran Kalyan]]
 
  
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=== Goals ===
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# [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Topic_Discussion | Topic Discussion]]
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# Sub-topics (collect thoughts on each on their respective pages)
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## History
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## Outsourcing and Offshoring
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## [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Visas | Visas]]
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## Tax benefits
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## Politics
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## [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Misc_Sources | Misc. Sources and Facts]]
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# [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Project_Description | Project Description]](due Nov. 8; 10% of project grade)
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# [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Outline | Outline]]
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# [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Recommendations | Recommendations Discussion]]
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# Draft Paper (due Dec. 3; 20% of project grade)
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# Final Paper (due Dec. 10; 70% of project grade)
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== Team ==
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* [[User:Diwakergupta|Diwaker Gupta]] [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Diwaker_Notes | My notes]]
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* [[User:kirkal|Kiran Kalyan]]
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* [[USER:S.Schimler|Stuart Schimler]]
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* [[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]] [[Student_Projects:Outsourcing_PPF:Dorwin_Notes | David's Notes]]
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* [[User Andraeg3000|Andrae Gonzales]]
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== Goals ==
  
 
* Study the evolution of outsourcing -- in particular, the role played by policies in shaping this practice
 
* Study the evolution of outsourcing -- in particular, the role played by policies in shaping this practice
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* Outsourcing : Job drain,Brain drain or both? - possibly explore purely back-office jobs being outsourced while research,so far,has remained close to home
 
* Outsourcing : Job drain,Brain drain or both? - possibly explore purely back-office jobs being outsourced while research,so far,has remained close to home
 
* Study policies enacted to safeguard and/or downsize outsourcing [ India vs. US ] and their possible effect on future IT laws and trends
 
* Study policies enacted to safeguard and/or downsize outsourcing [ India vs. US ] and their possible effect on future IT laws and trends
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== References ==
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[[User:Diwakergupta|Diwaker]]: Some interesting articles related to outsourcing
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* http://www.fairus.org/Focus.cfm?keyword=5
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* http://blameindiawatch.blogspot.com/
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* http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/india.html
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* http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65269,00.html
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* http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59126,00.html
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* http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/00/09/07/1613204.shtml
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* http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/06/1226232.shtml?tid=98&tid=99
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* http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/05/0227255
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* http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/04/2223226&tid=126
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* http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/01/1448204&tid=156
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* http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/116205&tid=126
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* http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1542250&tid=3
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* http://www.ndtv.com/template/templatebusiness.asp?slug=BPO+issue+colours+US+polls&template=Bpobacklash&callid=5&id=21977
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* http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/27/2253251
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* [[User: bradstr | Brad Struss]]: There was a study just completed by Seattle University regarding the impact outsourcing has had on companies here in Washington State. The study of ten companies showed that only one company performed laid workers off as a result of hiring outsourced workers. Here's an article in the Seattle Times with more details:<br>http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=outsource21&date=20041021&query=outsourcing (requires users registration)<br>The complete report is here: http://www.rateconline.org/docs/RATEC%20-SEASIM%20Global%20IT%20Soucing%20Study%20FINAL%20DOC.pdf
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* [[USER:S.Schimler|Stuart Schimler]] Paper that is critical of the H1B visa program: http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.html
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]:
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* http://www.factcheck.org/article225.html
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* http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:9v8Tx1FVdCUJ:www.whosoutsourcing.com/newsArticle15.htm+tax+incentives+outsourcing&hl=en
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* [http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?98019.eshortage.htm (1998) Government report spells out programmer shortage]
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* http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=26144
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* http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/23/fortune.ff.rage.offshoring/index.html
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* http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.eye.economy/index.html
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* [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/26/kerry.economics/index.html "Forrester Research saying more than 3 million jobs will move out of the United States by 2015."]
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* [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04041/271362.stm LA Times: Bush economic report praises 'outsourcing' jobs]
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* [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/bush.outsourcing/index.html Bush adviser backs off pro-outsourcing comment]
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* [http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/11/commentary/dobbs/dobbs/ Column by Rory L. Terry, an associate professor of finance at Fort Hays State University"]
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* [http://blog.informationweek.com/regulation/ Criticized For Offshore Outsourcing, Businesses Shrug Shoulders ]
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* [http://www.discourse.net/archives/2004/07/kerry_exporting_jobs_and_taxes.html An analysis of Kerry's claims]
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* [http://www.galtglobalreview.com/infotech/outsource_alts_2.html Alternatives to Outsourcing]
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* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff=/c/a/2004/04/18/MNGBM672L01.DTL Are biotech jobs next to go? ]
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* http://www.saag.org/papers10/paper968.html
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* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1649563,00.asp Inside Kerry and Bush's Technology Agendas]
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* [http://www.forbes.com/2004/02/18/cx_ld_0218outsourcing.html The Politics Of Outsourcing]
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* [http://www.blogsource.org/ The Outsourcing Times] (blog)
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* [http://www.mckinsey.com/knowledge/mgi/rp/offshoring/ McKinsey & Company site on offshoring]
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* [http://www.mckinsey.com/knowledge/mgi/rp/offshoring/german_summary.asp McKinsey document on offshoring in Germany]
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* [http://www.mckinsey.com/knowledge/mgi/rp/offshoring/perspective/ McKinsey document of offshoring in the United States]
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* [http://www.ventoro.com/Offshore2005ResearchReport.html Ventoro's Offshore 2005 Research Report] (includes statistics based on responses from over 5000 executives) - we may find some of the statistics useful
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com KeepMedia] has a collection of magazine articles on Outsourcing and foreign tech workers in the US.  They’ve collected some [http://www.keepmedia.com/featuredtopics/Outsourcing here].  You can also [http://www.keepmedia.com/Search.do?refinePubTypeID=101&criteria=outsourcing&extID=10008 search for outsourcing in all magazines]
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* This [http://www.enterblog.com/ “blog”] posts articles regarding developments, articles, and research related to outsourcing.  It’s sponsored by a software company, so it’s certainly not independent; nor should it be cited as a resource.  However, it may highlight some research or issues that we’d like to use.
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* [http://www.ncpa.org National Center for Policy Analysis] - <B>The name sounds like it could be a gold mine for us.</B>
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* According to CIO Magazine, Gartner predicts that by the end of the year, one out of every 10 jobs with U.S.-based IT vendors and service providers will be staffed offshore. – [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/CIO/2004/07/15/508829?from=search&criteria=outsourcing&refinePubTypeID=101 CIO Magazine]
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* [http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/04/news/economy/outsourcing_costs/ CNN: Study notes offshoring downside]
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* "Tech Jobs Have Room to Grow Here and Abroad", Chicago Tribune, 22 March 2004
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/OpinionJournal.com/2004/08/01/518835?from=search&criteria=Where+are+the+Jobs&refinePubTypeID=101 'Bestshoring' Beats Outsourcing by Hillary Rodham Clinton]
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/BusinessWeek/2004/03/22/393847?from=search&criteria=%22where+are+the+jobs%3F%22&refinePubID=20&refinePubTypeID=101&refineSubPubTypeID=101&refineDays=0 Business Week: "Where are the Jobs?"], 22 March 2004.
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/BusinessWeek/2001/08/27/25534?from=search&criteria=%22where+are+the+jobs%3F%22&refinePubID=20&refinePubTypeID=101&refineSubPubTypeID=101&refineDays=0 Business Week: "LAND OF SHRINKING OPPORTUNITY"]
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/BusinessWeek/2004/03/22/393945?from=search&criteria=%22where+are+the+jobs%3F%22&refinePubID=20&refinePubTypeID=101&refineSubPubTypeID=101&refineDays=0 Business Week: "Jobs: Innovation Is the Answer, And Washington Must Help"]
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/BusinessWeek/2003/12/08/324147?from=search&criteria=%22Meeting+the+Asian+Challenge%22&refinePubTypeID=101 Business Week: "Meeting the Asian Challenge: How America Can Boost Innovation"], 8 December 2003.
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* [http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/BusinessWeek/2004/03/22/393854?from=search&criteria=%22The+Price+of+Efficiency%22&refinePubID=20&refinePubTypeID=101&refineSubPubTypeID=101&refineDays=0 Business Week: "The Price of Efficiency"], 22 March 2004.
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* [https://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3351416 Economist: "SURVEY: OUTSOURCING"], Nov 11th 2004 (Thanks to Steve Maurer)
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<B>Do we have any resources concerning the 10-year tax holiday for software companies in India?  Has it helped?  Does it influence companies?</B>
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[[User:S.Schimler | Stuart]]
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Guys, this is all great. My only concern is that we do not have enough academic sources. Online material is not that great for citing in a professionally written paper. In the draft that we are submitting, I added some academic sources that I know of to the "past" part. I also added some things that I would also like to explore. If you see a scholar cited in any of the articles you post, then search for where he teaches. Then find his CV on his personal website. Then you will be able to get professional articles on the topic.
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]] Added 11/17:
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The following sources are definitely more academic/official.
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* HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
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** [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_house_hearings&docid=f:92655.pdf The Globalization of White-Collar Jobs: Can America Lose These Jobs and Still Prosper?]
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** [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_house_hearings&docid=f:92838.pdf THE OFFSHORING OF HIGH-SKILLED JOBS, PART II] (You may have to refresh several times to get it to work.)
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*** [http://www.iacfpa.org/p_news/nit/2004/mar/12/tow25-top.html Related article by IACPA]
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** [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_house_hearings&docid=f:93185.pdf Can U.S. Companies Compete Globally Using American Workers?]
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* [http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=39058 Offshoring articles at the Center for American Progress]
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** "The Impact of Offshoring on the U.S. Economy: Policy Perspectives"
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** "Politics of Outsourcing"
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** "Outsourcing Statistics in Perspective"
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** "A New Approach to Offshoring"
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** "Offshoring and the Global Economy"
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** "On Offshoring, Perceptions Matter"
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** Others...
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* [http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/Papers/mattoo-wunsch.pdf Securing Openness of Cross-Border Trade in Services: A Possible Approach] - Harvard
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* [http://www.nzbr.org.nz/documents/speeches/speeches-2004/040909rk_international_trade.pdf INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND NEW ZEALAND'S PLACE IN IT]
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* [http://www.dpeaflcio.org/policy/reports/rep_2004.htm AFL-CIO DPE Legislative Reports: Summary of Activities Regarding Off-shore Outsourcing June 2003-May 2004]
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* [http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/kirkegaard0204.pdf Outsourcing—Stains on the White Collar?] - Institute for International Economics
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* [http://www.iie.com/publications/pb/pb03-11.pdf Globalization of IT Services and White Collar Jobs: The Next Wave of Productivity Growth] - Institute for International Economics
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* [http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=iber/fcreue The New Wave of Outsourcing] -UC Berkeley
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* [http://www.prcdc.org Population Resource Center] - "Providing the Demographic Dimension of Public Policy" (lots of demographic stats).
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=== Books ===
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]:
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* [http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D&extended=0/1%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=Xoutsourcing&SORT=D&11%2C11%2C Outsourcing Trends] by Neal M. Goldsmith - "It also discusses <B>future trends in outsourcing practice</B>..." (<B>Future Owner</B>)
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* [http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D&extended=0/1%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=Xoutsourcing&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C Business process outsourcing : the competitive advantage] by Rick L. Click, Thomas N. Duening
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* [http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D&extended=0/13%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=Xoutsourcing%26searchscope%3D6%26SORT%3DD%26extended%3D0&18%2C18%2C Labour market and institution in <B>India : 1990s and beyond</B>] edited by Shuji Uchikawa (<B>Kiran?</B>),  (<B>Future Owner</B>)
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* [http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D&extended=0/25%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=Xoutsourcing%26searchscope%3D6%26SORT%3DD%26extended%3D0&27%2C27%2C <B>IT outsourcing trends</B>] by Howard M. Lackow (<B>Future Owner</B>)
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* [http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D/Xoutsourcing&searchscope=6&SORT=D&extended=0/37%2C85%2C85%2CB/frameset&FF=Xoutsourcing%26searchscope%3D6%26SORT%3DD%26extended%3D0&46%2C46%2C Outsourcing : a <B>CIO's perspective</B>] by Oakie Williams
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[[USER:S.Schimler|Stuart Schimler]]:
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* POLITICAL: <U>Bringing the jobs home : how the left created the outsourcing crisis--and how we can fix it</U> by Buchholz, Todd G. 
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* ECONOMIC: <U>Title Outsourcing to India : the offshore advantage</U> by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
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[[User Andraeg3000|Andrae Gonzales]]:
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*  Welfens, Paul, John Addison, David Audretsch, Thomas Gries, and Hariolf Grup. <U>Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics.</U>
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* Narula, Rajneesh, <U>Globalization and Technology.</U>
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* COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS, <U>GOING Global.</U>
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=== Definitions ===
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"Definitions" or quick descriptions of related terms.
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]:
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing Outsourcing]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshoring Offshoring] (moved from above)
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_outsourcing Offshore Outsourcing]
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* [http://www.blogsource.org/blog/2004/06/outsourcing_101.html Outsourcing 101] - A Beginner's Guide to Offshoring
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=== Pro-Outsourcing Sites ===
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]:
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* [http://www.nasscom.org/ NASSCOM - India's Software Industry Association] - Contains data about Offshoring to India
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* [http://itoutsourcingindia.com/india/ IT Outsourcing India] (provides services to help companies outsource to India)
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* [http://www.cspp.org/reports/ChooseToCompete.pdf "Choose to Compete"] - The corporate view of the topic (Thanks to Ed Lazowska)
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* [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba480/ How Outsourcing Creates Jobs for Americans] (NCPA)
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=== Anti-Outsourcing Sites ===
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[[User:Ddorwin|David Dorwin]]:
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* [http://www.onshorealternatives.com/ OnShoreAlternative] - Voice against Offshoring
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* [http://www.techsunite.org/ TechUnite] - IT Workers Group
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* [http://www.gonewiththeworld.com/ GoneWithTheWorld] - Criticism article and blogs on offshoring and globalization
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* [http://www.washtech.org/  Washington Alliance of Technology Workers]
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* [http://itworkers-alliance.org/ IT Workers Alliance]
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* [http://www.techsunite.org/ TechsUnite]

Latest revision as of 05:45, 3 December 2004

Outsourcing: Past, Present and Future

I'm still not sure about the project topic. This seems a really interesting topic, but I'm not able to find too many "policy" related issues here. I wonder if we should look at some other topics? Also, we are looking for team members (c.f. Ed's recent mail). So if you're interested and/or have great ideas, do mail in! -- Diwaker

Sub Pages

I added this section to help us organize our thoughts and work. I copied our discussions from emails and the discussion page and organized them on these pages. -David Dorwin

Links to other pages for discussion and organization. (I think we should have pages for each phase and component of our project.)

  1. Topic Discussion
  2. Sub-topics (collect thoughts on each on their respective pages)
    1. History
    2. Outsourcing and Offshoring
    3. Visas
    4. Tax benefits
    5. Politics
    6. Misc. Sources and Facts
  3. Project Description(due Nov. 8; 10% of project grade)
  4. Outline
  5. Recommendations Discussion
  6. Draft Paper (due Dec. 3; 20% of project grade)
  7. Final Paper (due Dec. 10; 70% of project grade)

Team

Goals

  • Study the evolution of outsourcing -- in particular, the role played by policies in shaping this practice
  • Evaluate the impact on the IT industry in a global context
  • Study the conflict between public and the IT industry (the H1-B visa cap a case in point)
  • Outsourcing : Job drain,Brain drain or both? - possibly explore purely back-office jobs being outsourced while research,so far,has remained close to home
  • Study policies enacted to safeguard and/or downsize outsourcing [ India vs. US ] and their possible effect on future IT laws and trends

References

Diwaker: Some interesting articles related to outsourcing

David Dorwin:


Do we have any resources concerning the 10-year tax holiday for software companies in India? Has it helped? Does it influence companies?


Stuart Guys, this is all great. My only concern is that we do not have enough academic sources. Online material is not that great for citing in a professionally written paper. In the draft that we are submitting, I added some academic sources that I know of to the "past" part. I also added some things that I would also like to explore. If you see a scholar cited in any of the articles you post, then search for where he teaches. Then find his CV on his personal website. Then you will be able to get professional articles on the topic.


David Dorwin Added 11/17: The following sources are definitely more academic/official.

Books

David Dorwin:

Stuart Schimler:

  • POLITICAL: Bringing the jobs home : how the left created the outsourcing crisis--and how we can fix it by Buchholz, Todd G.
  • ECONOMIC: Title Outsourcing to India : the offshore advantage by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Andrae Gonzales:

  • Welfens, Paul, John Addison, David Audretsch, Thomas Gries, and Hariolf Grup. Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics.
  • Narula, Rajneesh, Globalization and Technology.
  • COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS, GOING Global.

Definitions

"Definitions" or quick descriptions of related terms.

David Dorwin:


Pro-Outsourcing Sites

David Dorwin:


Anti-Outsourcing Sites

David Dorwin:

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