Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599049724)

A growing number of companies are opting to perform increasing types of professional services in foreign countries, creating, for some companies, unprecedented opportunities to reduce costs and nucleate strategic relationships, while, for others, representing a major threat to current prosperity. Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy discusses the considerations and implications surrounding the outsourcing and offshoring of professional services, such as software development computer-aided design, and healthcare, from multiple global perspectives. This Premier Reference Source, offering industry professionals, policymakers, students, and educators with a balance between a broad overview and detailed analysis of offshore outsourcing, is an invaluable addition to academic, research, and corporate libraries.This publication includes a foreward by Lester C. Thurow, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics and Former Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management.

Author: Amar Gupta
ISBN-10: 1599049724
ISBN-13: 9781599049724
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2008
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 127