Outsourcing

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Outsourcing
2. Outsourcing Center: What is Outsourcing?
3. The Economist: "Outsourcing: External Affairs" (July 26, 2007)
4. The Hindu: "US Corporates Outsource Legal Work to India" (June 16, 2007)
5. CATO Institute: "Why We Have Nothing to Fear from Foreign Outsourcing" (2004)
6. Google News: Outsourcing
7. Google Video: Is Outsourcing Profitable? (Time 56:23)

Outsourcing Recent News Stories

• The Economist: Outsourcing News
• Channel Register: "Outsourcing Overruns Cost UK Taxpayers £9bn (December 27, 2007)
• San Francisco Chronicle: "Wise Outsourcing has more Benefits..." (December 26, 2007) 
• The Hindu: "Soon on the Outsourcing List: Pizzas" (December 26, 2007)
• The Hindu: "Passport Employees Caution Govt. Against Outsourcing" (December 26, 2007)
• BBC News: "Worldsourcing Replaces Outsourcing" (December 10, 2007)
• New York Times: "Outsourcing I.T. To Unlikely Places, Like America" (September 12, 2007) 
• Washington Post: "Troubled Pakistan Aims for a Larger Share of Outsourcing" (August 19, 2007) 
• BBC News: "India Faces Battle for Outsourcing" (August 17, 2007)
• BBC News: "Malta Woos Technology Wanderers" (August 9, 2007)
• International Herald Tribune: "Indian Outsourcing Company to Buy US Services Firm" (August 6, 2007) 
• Business Week: "The Outsourcing Upstarts" (July 31, 2007)
• BBC News: "Outsourcing Impact 'Exaggerated'" (July 9, 2007)
• New York Times: "India’s Edge Goes Beyond Outsourcing" (April 4, 2007) 

Outsourcing Background

Economics of Outsourcing

• Pacific Lutheran University: Economics of Outsourcing
• FPIF: "The Economics of Outsourcing: How Should Policy Respond?" (2006)
• CounterPunch: "The Politics and Economics of Outsourcing" (2005)
• European Commission: "Foreign Outsourcing" (2005) (132KB) 
• Ludwig von Mises Institute: "The Economics of Outsourcing" (2004)
• International Economics Study Center: "The Economics and Politics of Outsourcing" (2004)

Reasons for Outsourcing

• USA Today: "Microbusinesses Find Huge Benefits in Outsourcing" (2006) 
• Network World: "The Competitive Reasons for Outsourcing" (2006) 
• Sourcingmag: "5 Shortsighted Reasons Management Considers Outsourcing" (2005)
• InformationWeek: "Outsourcing's Benefits May Be More Than Monetary" (2003)

Outsourcing Impact and Effects

• MSNBC: "The Uneven Impact of Outsourcing" (February 23, 2007)
• CNN: "The Global Outlook on Outsourcing" (2005) 
• Motley Fool: Weighing Outsourcing's Impact (2004)
• Braun Consulting News: "Offshore Outsourcing: Impact on the American Workplace" (2004)
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Outsourcing's Long-Term Effects on U.S. Jobs at Issue" (2004)
• Rediff: "Outsourcing Impact 'Limited': US study" (2004)

Outsourcing Commentary and Criticism

• Middle East Times: Analysis: Ghost of Outsourcing Yet to Come (December 27, 2007)
• Los Angeles TImes: "Outsourcing Government" (October 20, 2007)
• Boston Globe: "Outsourcing Intelligence" (August 27, 2007) 
• Oil & Gas Financial Journal: "Outsourcing IT Could Help Cut Costs..." (2005)
• New York Times: "What Goes Around . . ." (2004)
• New York Times: "Where Did All the Jobs Go? Nowhere" (2004)
• Lew Rockwell: "How Outsourcing Creates Jobs" (2004)
• Ayn Rand Institute: "To Outsource or to Stagnate?" (2004)

Outsourcing Videos and Media

• YouTube: The Other Side of Outsourcing (Time 44:57)
• GUBA: 30 Days Outsourcing in India (Time 45:08)
• CNN Money: Outsourcing is SO Yesterday (Time 02:07)
• Forbes Video Network: Outsourcing Solutions (Time 05:30) 

Outsourcing Message Boards and Blogs

• Reuters Blogs: Outsourcing England? (December 26, 2007)
• Waxing America: Airlines Outsourcing Maintenance, Call Centers and Your Safety (December 26, 2007)
• Engadget: Motorola Outsourcing Future Windows Mobile Handset Development? (December 13, 2007)
• Security and Risk Management Blog: Misconceptions about outsourcing security (December 13, 2007)
• BloggingStocks: Outsourcing Snags Ground Boeing's Dreamliner (December 7, 2007)
• WhirledView: Outsourcing US Ambassadorships (December 5, 2007)
• The Outsourcing Weblog: The 'Butler' Outsourcing (October 31, 2007) 

Outsourcing Satire and Humor

• The Internet Weekly: Outsourcing Satire, Photo Cartoon and Humor Archive
• The Onion News Network: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas (Time 01:21)
• YouTube: The Simpsons: India Outsourcing (Time 07:28)
• MetaCafe: Burger King Outsourcing (Time 02:50)
• Information Technology Blog: IT Outsourcing Humor (2006)
• U.N. Observer: "U.S. Outsourcing the Presidency (Satire?)" (2006)