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The Economics of Offshoring [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
This paper examines the various economic issues on offshoring (international outsourcing). It begins with a discussion of the factors that determine a firm's decision to offshore and illustrates, with simple models, the cost saving of offshoring certain stages of production and the advantages of specializing in some input production and engaging in ...
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Offshore teleradiology

Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2004
Radiologists are responsible for providing prompt emergency radiology interpretations 24 hours a day, every day of the year. As a result of the increasing use of multidetector computed tomography, emergency radiology has increased significantly in volume over the past 5 years.
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Offshore nurse

Nursing Standard, 2016
A former deep sea fisherman is setting sail for a new nursing role ensuring offshore oil and gas workers stay safe.
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Offshoring and international competitiveness: antecedents of offshoring advanced tasks

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2011
During the past decade, offshoring has become an established business practice. Yet it is still more common to offshore less advanced tasks compared with offshoring more advanced tasks, i.e., tasks closer to the core activities of the firm. The latter is a new phenomenon which raises many new issues on the boundaries of the firm.
Ørberg Jensen, Peter D.   +1 more
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Agile…and offshore

Communications of the ACM, 2007
An interview with a new paradigm.
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Service offshoring: the evolution of offshore operations

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of economic development on culture and the significance of cultural change on the evolution of offshoring of services and knowledge‐based activities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper offers a conceptual model that links economic development, national cultural predispositions, and the future ...
William E. Youngdahl   +2 more
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Issues in IS Offshoring

Information Systems Management, 2008
The offshoring of IS functions and activities has become a routine part of IS life in organizations.
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Country attractiveness for Offshoring and Offshore- Outsourcing

Journal of Information Technology, 2008
In this article, we review aspects relating to the attractiveness of India for information technology offshore ¿ outsourcing. Our starting point is that, indeed, India will remain competitive in the short-medium term. However, more importantly, we move on to argue that country attractiveness is becoming a less important issue.
Oshri, I (Ilan), Kotlarsky,
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IT Offshoring

2011
Increasing competition in globalized markets drives IT offshoring worldwide. In the United States, the relocation of IT activities and processes to low-wage countries like India is already an established business practice, resulting in their leading position in the field of IT offshoring.
Michael Amberg, Martin Wiener
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