Resources

  Featured News & Opinion

Half of EU firms outsource IT
Out-law.com, December 21, 2007

Call Center Outsourcing
By Patrick Barnard, TMCNet, December 21, 2007

Offshoring' advice upsets firms
BBC, December 20, 2007

World's next outsourcing hub: Kenya?
By Rob Crilly, The Christian Science Monitor, December 20, 2007

HR outsourcing to be $2.85 bn industry
Business Standard, December 19, 2007

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   Business & Policy

Outsourcing Predictions for 2008… in a nutshell
By Phil Fersht, ZDNet, December 20, 2007

Gartner: Strong growth for offshoring predicted for 2008
By Linda Tucci, SearchCIO.com, December 20, 2007

10 Outsourcing Predictions for 2008 (and One to Grow On)
By Stephanie Overby, CIO, December 19, 2007

2008 Globalization Trends
NeoIT, December 19, 2007

Outsourcing Rivalry Doesn't Faze Malaysia
By Lee Min Keong, BusinessWeek, December 14, 2007

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  Academic Research

China: Coming to Grips with the New Global Player
By Horst Siebert, The World Economy (2007), October 8, 2007

Services Trade and Domestic Regulation
By Henk Kox and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, June 15, 2007 (OECD working paper)

Expanding International Supply Chains: The Role of Emerging Economies in Providing IT and Business Process Services
By Michael Engman, OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 52, June 15, 2007

A New International Division of Labor in Europe: Outsourcing and Offshoring to Eastern Europe
By Dalia Marin, May 31, 2007 (Journal of the European Economic Association)

Seeing through Preconceptions: A Deeper Look at China and India
By VIVEK WADHWA and GARY GEREFFI & BEN RISSING and RYAN ONG, April 7, 2007

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 Reports

Metrics and Incentives in Outsourcing: Driving Peak Performance
Silicon.com, November 26, 2007 (Requires FREE registration to download)

The Business Case for Outsourcing Software Testing to Vietnam
LogiGear, October 18, 2007

2008 Global R&D Report
Battelle, October 16, 2007

OECD Economic Surveys: UNITED KINGDOM
OECD, October 11, 2007 (September 2007)

The TPI Index:An Informed View of the State of the European Commercial Outsourcing Market
By Duncan Aitchison & Bernd Schaefer and John Keppel, TPI, July 12, 2007