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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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What Outsourcing Means for America | |
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Outsourcing Can't Be Ignored | |
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What Actually Happens with Outsourcing | |
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The Outsourcing Debate Is Misleading | |
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Is Outsourcing Inevitable? | |
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The Potential Impacts Are Far-Reaching | |
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Why Outsourcing Is Fool's Gold for Companies | |
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What the U.S. Can Do About Outsourcing | |
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Conclusion | |
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Outsourcing in a Larger Context | |
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Free Trade Is Not Really "Free" | |
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The Effects Can Vary Greatly | |
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Understanding Historical Developments | |
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Trading Jobs for Competitive Advantage | |
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How Other Nations Handled Trade Competition | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Public Debate on Outsourcing Is Misleading | |
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What Experts Say About Outsourcing | |
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Open Proponents of Outsourcing | |
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Critics of Outsourcing | |
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Proponents' Reaction to Critics | |
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Conclusion | |
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Outsourcing of High-Wage Jobs | |
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How Much Outsourcing Is Happening? | |
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How Outsourcing Snowballs | |
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A Lack of Government Monitoring | |
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The Upward Trends in Offshore Outsourcing | |
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Offshore Outsourcing in Other Developed Countries | |
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Where the Jobs Are Heading | |
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Why Companies Are Moving Jobs Overseas | |
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Cost and Salary Differences | |
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Domestic Outsourcing as a Strategy | |
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Better or Unique Talent Overseas | |
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No Penalty for Destroying U.S. Jobs | |
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U.S. Tax Incentives | |
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Technological Change | |
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Access to Emerging Markets with Proactive Policies | |
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Easier with Experience | |
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U.S. Immigration Policies | |
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Corporate Strategy that No Longer Includes Workers | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Far-Reaching Effects of Outsourcing on the U.S. Economy | |
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The Long-Run Impacts on Economic Efficiency | |
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The Impacts on U.S. Labor Demand | |
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The Impacts on Types of Occupations and Education | |
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The Threats to U.S. Technological Capacity | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Human Face of Outsourcing: The Impact on Individual Workers and Communities | |
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The Immediate Impact on American Workers | |
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The Long-Run Impact on American Workers | |
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The Impact on Individuals | |
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The Impact on Communities | |
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The Indian-American Community: A Special Case | |
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Conclusion | |
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How Developing Countries Attract American Jobs | |
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Why Software Companies Move Overseas | |
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Outsourcing to India | |
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The Rise of Indian Software | |
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The Indian Diaspora Brought High-Tech Home | |
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Why Bangalore? The Development of the Indian Software Cluster | |
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The Indian Government's High-Tech Policies | |
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An Overview of China's Proactive IT Policy | |
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The Implications for Other Developing Countries | |
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What's Down the Road? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Ten Policy Recommendations | |
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Acknowledge that a Problem Exists | |
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Gather the Right Data to Study the Problem | |
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Reform U.S. Visa Policies that Encourage Offshore Outsourcing | |
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Adopt More Pragmatic Approaches to Government Procurement | |
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Overhaul Assistance Programs for Displaced Workers | |
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Establish Better Protections for Workers | |
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Train the Next Generation of Workers to Have Lifelong Marketable Skills | |
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New Institutions Are Needed to Represent the Interests of Workers | |
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Maintain Our Technological Leadership | |
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Institute Trade Policies in the U.S. National Interest | |
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Conclusion | |
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Defining Outsourcing | |
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Outsourcing | |
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Offshore Outsourcing | |
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Offshoring or Offshore Outsourcing | |
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On-Site Offshore Outsourcing | |
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Insourcing | |
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Global Sourcing | |
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Best-Shore, Near-Shore, All-Shore, etc. | |
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Analysis of Key Outsourcing Studies | |
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ITAA Study | |
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Mann Report | |
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McKinsey Report | |
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Legislation Introduced Related to Outsourcing | |
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Federal Legislation | |
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State Legislation | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |