Abstract
This article covers four issues. First, it examines evolving international conventions to determine whether countries, especially developed countries, can take any steps to inhibit offshoring with the objective of protecting jobs in their respective countries. Second, it looks at statistics from independent sources to see if outsourcing exceeds insourcing, or vice versa, in the case of the U.S. Third, it looks at trends in outsourcing in the legal arena. Fourth, it looks at the intellectual property aspects of outsourcing and presents a long-term vision on how this ticklish issue is likely to be addressed in the long-term.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 103-126 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Information Resources Management Journal |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 24-hour knowledge factory
- Global development teams
- Intellectual property
- Legal aspects of outsourcing
- Offshoring and outsourcing
- World intellectual property organization (WIPO)
- World trade organization (WTO)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Strategy and Management
- Library and Information Sciences