| Аннотація | Amid an unsteady economic recovery, outsourcing has become both a corporate
buzzword and a galvanizing issue for many interest groups since the first publi-
cation of this book in 1994. Hardly a day goes by without national and interna-
tional publications like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business
Week, Time, and The Economist discussing the issue of outsourcing from a stra-
tegic, legal, and geopolitical point of view. While CNN’s Lou Dobbs maintains a
running list of American companies exporting jobs overseas, no less than a
dozen federal bills and resolutions meant to curb offshore outsourcing have been
proposed, and a majority of states have introduced antioutsourcing legislation
of one type or another. Yet, despite outsourcing’s role as a lightning rod for
campaign rhetoric, companies in a wide array of markets increasingly view out-
sourcing as a means to achieve cost or operational goals and as a tool for opera-
tional and cultural transformation. As these companies |