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  2. Outsourcing - Wikipedia

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    The term outsourcing, which came from the phrase outside resourcing, originated no later than 1981 at a time when industrial jobs in the United States were being moved overseas, contributing to the economic and cultural collapse of small, industrial towns. [4] [5] [6] In some contexts, the term smartsourcing is also used. [7]

  3. Is Outsourcing Good For The Economy -- And Workers? - AOL

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    If there's one position that both presidential candidates can agree on, and it may be the only one, it's that outsourcing jobs overseas, or "offshoring," is absolutely terrible for American workers.

  4. Offshoring - Wikipedia

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    For example, as of 2020 Portugal is considered to be the most trending outsourcing destination [11] as big companies like Mercedes, Google, [12] Jaguar, Sky News, Natixis and BNP Paribas opening development centers in Lisbon and Porto, where labor costs are lower, talent comes from excellent Universities, there's availability of skills and the ...

  5. The Future of Outsourcing - AOL

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    The shares are a good play on the current outsourcing trend. But that can't last forever, so the company faces a challenge to increase its private-sector business. The shares aren't ones to tuck ...

  6. Privatization - Wikipedia

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    Some examples include revenue collection, law enforcement, water supply, and prison management. [ 1 ] Another definition is that privatization is the sale of a state-owned enterprise or municipally owned corporation to private investors; in this case shares may be traded in the public market for the first time, or for the first time since an ...

  7. 15 Biggest Outsourcing Companies in the World - AOL

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    Outsourcing was first discovered as a business strategy in the late 1980s and became a key component of business development in the 1990s. Outsourcing means contracting […] 15 Biggest ...

  8. Nearshoring - Wikipedia

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    Nearshoring is the outsourcing of business processes, especially information technology processes, to companies in a nearby country, often sharing a border with the target country. [1] Both parties expect to benefit from one or more of the following dimensions of proximity: geographic, temporal (time zone), cultural, social, linguistic ...

  9. Impact sourcing - Wikipedia

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    Impact sourcing, also known as socially responsible outsourcing, refers to an arm of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. It employs people at the base of the pyramid or socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals as principal workers in BPO centers to provide high-quality, information-based services to domestic and international clients. [1]