Offshore outsourcing : a global shift in the present IT industry

Erber, Georg; Sayed-Ahmed, Aida

Offshore outsourcing : a global shift in the present IT industry

dc.contributor.author	Erber, Georg	de
dc.contributor.author	Sayed-Ahmed, Aida	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:43:48Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:43:48Z
dc.date.created	2010-04-20
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description.abstract	The 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.identifier.swb	322047374
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5335
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-4500
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Schriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung; 22
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dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Offshoring	de
dc.subject.gnd	Informationstechnische Industrie	de
dc.title	Offshore outsourcing : a global shift in the present IT industry	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Erber2005, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5335}, author = {Erber, Georg and Sayed-Ahmed, Aida}, title = {Offshore outsourcing : a global shift in the present IT industry}, year = {2005}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Schriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Erber, Georg and Sayed-Ahmed, Aida
local.export.bibtexKey	Erber2005
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local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520alt	de
local.opus.number	450
local.series.issueNumber	22
local.series.title	Schriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (bis 2010)	de

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