Offshoring and the new world order

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 132-135

  Hirschheim, Rudy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS FUNCTIONS; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN RESOURCES; IT JOBS; IT SERVICES; LABOR COSTS; NEW WORLD ORDER; OFF-SHORING; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION; SERVICE PROVIDER; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

COST ACCOUNTING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOCOMOTIVES; OUTSOURCING; PERSONNEL; RAILROAD CARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WAGES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70350751595     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1592761.1592792     Document Type: Article

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