Off-shoring and outsourcing

David E. Hawkins

Chapter Chapter 20 in Corporate Social Responsibility, 2006, pp 168-178 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The trend in recent years has been for companies to reduce their established resources profiles by outsourcing (and, more recently, off-shoring) many previously internal activities. This evolution is part of the growing globalization of the business community. The focus to reduce cost has driven many organizations towards low-cost labour markets for manufacturing and is now a growing trend in business process operations and service provision from external providers. This trend has clearly brought shareholder benefits but perhaps has been less beneficial to the communities that have lost employment and created new pressures in the communities that are (in the short term) winning employment opportunities.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Business Process; Business Model; Delivery Process; External Provider (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625815_20

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