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Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira and Anil Hira.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hira, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manpower policy--United States.
- Manpower policy.
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- United States--Commercial policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 236 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Management Association, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reveals just how much outsourcing is taking place, what its impact is and will be, and what can be done about the loss of jobs. One of the hottest topics in the news, outsourcing is extending well beyond the manufacturing sector to include white collar professionals.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- What Outsourcing Means for America
- Outsourcing in a Larger Context
- The Public Debate on Outsourcing Is Misleading
- Outsourcing of High- Wage Jobs
- Why Companies Are Moving Jobs Overseas
- The Far- Reaching Effects of Outsourcing on the U. S. Economy
- The Human Face of Outsourcing: The Impact on Individual Workers and Communities
- How Developing Countries Attract American Jobs
- Ten Policy Recommendations
- Defining Outsourcing
- Analysis of Key Outsourcing Studies
- Legislation Introduced Related to Outsourcing
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
- Digitized and made available by: Books24x7.com.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-12645-4
- 9786611126452
- 0-8144-2881-9
- OCLC:
- 815543264
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