Fear Not Outsourcing, Knowledge Workers. James D. Miller.
by Miller, James D; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 43Business. Publisher: Tech Central Station, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Competition -- International | Contracting out | Free trade | Knowledge workers | Offshore assembly industryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "'If there's only one lawyer in town, he'll starve, but if there are two they'll both get rich.' The above joke implies that attorneys should embrace, not fear competition because lawyers make work for each other. Although many workers fear that outsourcing will cost them their jobs, scientists, engineers and many other knowledge workers should welcome competition because similar to the lawyers in our joke, knowledge-seeking workers often create employment for one another." (TECH CENTRAL STATION) The author opines that "the most important reason for Americans to support outsourcing...is that only those countries which embrace it can hope to have world-class high-tech industries."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Fear Not Outsourcing, Knowledge Workers, March 4, 2004; pp. n.p..
"'If there's only one lawyer in town, he'll starve, but if there are two they'll both get rich.' The above joke implies that attorneys should embrace, not fear competition because lawyers make work for each other. Although many workers fear that outsourcing will cost them their jobs, scientists, engineers and many other knowledge workers should welcome competition because similar to the lawyers in our joke, knowledge-seeking workers often create employment for one another." (TECH CENTRAL STATION) The author opines that "the most important reason for Americans to support outsourcing...is that only those countries which embrace it can hope to have world-class high-tech industries."
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