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dc.contributor.authorErber, Georgen
dc.contributor.authorSayed-Ahmed, Aidaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-03-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-04T10:59:32Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-04T10:59:32Z-
dc.date.issued2004-06-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-4500en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/30363-
dc.description.abstractThe paper analyses the offshore outsourcing of IT services (OOIT), which have become increasingly important for the global IT industry. Through this rapid process of firm relocation, a new terminology has emerged, which forms the starting point for our paper. We compare wage cost differentials of IT workers in key offshore locations like India to those in the US and Europe, incorporating the hidden costs of offshoring - including long-term risks and opportunities - in order to determine the total cost of offshore outsourcing activities. The debate on the potential future negative employment impacts in the major OECD countries recently became a point of political contention in the US presidential election campaign, reflecting widespread fears in the US and elsewhere that outsourcing will lead to decreased income and job loss. In Europe, policy makers are searching for instruments to guide these developments so that major social disruptions do not lead to disproportionately negative welfare impacts in the short term. The future costs and benefits of outsourcing can currently be assessed only in broad terms due to the lack of adequate data and representative statistics. However, the theory of comparative advantages suggests that overall, offshoring and inshoring countries will gain from the new international division of labour in the long run.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversität Hohenheim |cStuttgarten
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSchriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung |x22/2005en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.jelF21en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordoffshore outsourcing of ITen
dc.subject.keywordinternational factor movements and labour marketsen
dc.subject.keywordinternational businessen
dc.subject.keywordmultinational firmsen
dc.titleOffshore outsourcing - A global shift in the present IT industry-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn625138104en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:hohpro:y2005i22p1-28en

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