The Onion on Outsourcing
November 8th, 2007Watch what the Onion has to say about what’s next in Outsourcing!
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/report_many_u_s_parents
Outsourcing the Presidency??
November 8th, 2007
Read more about Outsourcing from all over the world!
November 8th, 2007Check out these articles for more on what’s happening with Outsourcing!
My Outsourced Life by Timothy Ferriss
http://www.4hourworkweek.com/ferriss-book-outsourcing.htm
It began a month ago. I was midway through The World Is Flat, the bestseller by Tom Friedman. I like Friedman, despite his puzzling decision to wear a mustache. His book is all about how outsourcing to India and China is not just for tech support and carmakers but is poised to transform every industry in America, from law to banking to accounting.
Try Out Bollywood’s Casting Couch
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2006/05/70856
If you want to see your face on the silver screen, outsource yourself to India. Bollywood’s casting agents are scrambling to find foreigners to give their films a cosmopolitan feel.
Boring Game? Outsource It
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2004/08/64638
These days, even American and European gamers are outsourcing drudge work to China, Russia and elsewhere.
The Future of Outsourcing
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969401.htm
Globalization has been brutal to midwestern manufacturers like the Paper Converting Machine Co. For decades, PCMC’s Green Bay (Wis.) factory, its oiled wooden factory floors worn smooth by work boots, thrived by making ever-more-complex equipment to weave, fold, and print packaging for everything from potato chips to baby wipes.
Inside an Indian call center: the big disconnect
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0623/p09s03-coop.html
I spent this past year teaching English phonetics and customer handling skills to computer technicians at a call center in south India.
