I just read an article in ComputerWorld which focused on the MYTH of outsourcing. According to the author, Mohan Babu, most people keep confusing the two concepts.
In fact, the majority of concerns expressed about outsourcing actually had to to with offshoring. For example, one of the central concerns expressed is the “sending of jobs overseas”.
Obviously, not all outsourcing has to be international in scope. While outsourcing might affect the local market, it doesn’t automatically mean that the company will be sending these jobs overseas.
Dictionary.com provides a pretty straight-forward definition of outsourcing:
The procuring of services or products, such as the parts used in manufacturing a motor vehicle, from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs.
Which gets us back to the American Chopper example.
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