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The offshoring of engineering : facts, unknowns, and potential implications / Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academy of Engineering. Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engineering--United States--Management.
- Engineering.
- Offshore outsourcing--United States.
- Offshore outsourcing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents an introduction to penguins, covering their growth process, behaviors, the coasts they call home, and such defining physical features as their flippers.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- Part I: Consensus Report
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Offshoring and Engineering: The Knowledge Base and Issues
- 3 Effects of Offshoring on Specific Industries
- 4 Workshop Findings and Discussion
- Additional Reading
- Part II: Commissioned Papers and Workshop Presentations
- Commissioned Papers, Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering
- Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney
- Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering
- The Changing Nature of Engineering in the Automotive Industry
- John Moavenzadeh
- Offshoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Mridula Pore, Yu Pu, Lakshman Pernenkil, and Charles L. Cooney
- Impact of Globalization and Offshoring on Engineering Employment in the Personal Computing Industry
- Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer
- Offshoring of Engineering Services in the Construction Industry
- John I. Messner
- Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy
- Clair Brown and Greg Linden
- Workshop Presentations, Implications of Offshoring for Engineering Management and Engineering Education
- Anne Stevens
- An Academic Perspective on the Globalization of Engineering
- Charles M. Vest
- Keynote Talk on the Globalization of Engineering
- Robert Galvin
- Software-Related Offshoring
- Alfred Z. Spector
- Implications of Offshoring for the Engineering Workforce and Profession
- Ralph Wyndrum
- Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring
- Vivek Wadhwa
- Offshoring in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
- Theodore S. Rappaport
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
- Appendix B: Workshop Participants
- Appendix C: Biographical Information.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611767259
- 9781281767257
- 1281767255
- 9780309114844
- 0309114845
- OCLC:
- 560510151
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