OUTSOURCING & GLOBALIZATION

This isn't a subject where I have all the answers -- it's more like a question that needs to be thought about.  I am sure these topics are here to stay, so I'm collecting some diverse opinions and articles to reflect on.  What do you think?

• Offshoring:  Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing (Jeremy A. Leonard, 2/05)

−  What is Offshoring?

−  What is the Impact on U.S. Jobs?

−  What Factors Offset the Effect of Offshoring?

• The New York Times's Thomas Friedman on Globalization (Ellen Pearlman & Dan Briody, 3/05)

−  An Interview About His Book, "The World Is Flat:  A Brief History of the       Twenty-First Century".

−  (Out)Sourcing Affects All Of Us.

−  If You Have Knowledge, You'll Always Have A Good Job.

−  It's Only Going To Grow, Not Go Away.

• It's A Flat World, After All (Thomas Friedman, 4/05)

−  An Article About His New Book.

−  The Playing Field Is Being Levelled.

−  Knowledge Pools Around The World Are Connecting.

−  All Anyone Needs Now Is Intelligence, Google Access and A Cheap Laptop.

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