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What is Offshoring
1.
Process of productive and commercial expansion of an organization towards a territory outside the country of origin.
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2.
production process in which individuals in other nations perform work for an organization.
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3.
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.
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4.
Offshore outsourcing or cross-national outsourcing, where the vendor and client operate in different countries.
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5.
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.
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6.
It is the practice of basing some of a company's processes overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs.
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7.
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.
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8.
The practice of outsourcing work to another company or subsidiary overseas, usually to a cheaper labor market.
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9.
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.
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10.
Relocation of production and other value chain activities to a foreign location. These strategies required production and manufacturing processes to be sliced up into smaller segments and to be coordinated by the lead firm.
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11.
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
12.
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
13.
Transference of an organizational function to another country, usually where human resources are cheaper.
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14.
Business relocation defined by the transfer of production or distribution systems to another country or region.
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15.
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
16.
Getting work done in a different country.
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