What is Offshoring

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production process in which individuals in other nations perform work for an organization. Learn more in: The Role of Rhetoric in Localization and Offshoring

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The moving of various operations of a company to another country for reasons such as lower labor costs and more favorable economic conditions in that other country. Learn more in: The Role of Strategic Outsourcing in Global Business

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Offshore outsourcing or cross-national outsourcing, where the vendor and client operate in different countries. Learn more in: Managing E-Collaboration Risks in Business Process Outsourcing

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Offshore and its related outsourcing describes the practice of contracting to outside vendors in another country, in which the client company has no direct ownership. This low cost, expansion in number and increased capability of global vendors has many important benefits and risks associated with such practices. Learn more in: Offshoring IT

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Regards to the practice of moving partially or totally production processes, employees, activities or certain manufacturing functions to other foreign countries, normally low cost, as a way to lower costs. For this study purposes, there were no need to differentiate the two common types of offshoring: offshoring by outsourcing or offshoring by internal production. Learn more in: Proposing an Integrative Model for Reshoring Antecedents

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The practice of outsourcing work to another company or subsidiary overseas, usually to a cheaper labor market. Learn more in: Digital Divide Redux: Why the Greatest Gap is Ideological

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Offshoring refers to obtaining services or products from another country, and is often what news articles are really referring to when they discuss outsourcing. While much offshoring involves outsourcing production to another company it can also refer to simply re-location certain aspects of a business to another country. Learn more in: Managing Electronic Supply Chains

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This is offshore outsourcing or cross-national outsourcing, where the vendor and client operate in different countries. Learn more in: An Overview of IT Outsourcing in Public-Sector Agencies

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Transference of an organizational function to another country, usually where human resources are cheaper. Learn more in: A Systematic Review of Distributed Software Development: Problems and Solutions

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Getting work done in a different country. Learn more in: Offshore Remanufacturing

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Offshore and its related outsourcing describes the practice of contracting to outside vendors in another country, in which the client company has no direct ownership. This low cost, expansion in number and increased capability of global vendors has many important benefits and risks associated with such practices. Learn more in: Offshoring IT

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Whenever a task or service that took place at the company's country is moved abroad. Learn more in: The Attitudes Towards Nearshoring vs. Offshoring on the IT Services Industry