The Other Side of Outsourcing. Sujata Srinivasan.
by Srinivasan, Sujata; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 41Business. Publisher: Hartford Courant, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Call centers | Contracting out | Globalization | India -- Economic conditions | International business enterprises | Protectionism | Social responsibility of businessDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Globalization has taken the next, inevitable step with outsourcing--the globalization of talent and labor. To many, this might seem like an exploitation of Third World wages. But look at it this way. As I write this piece, the value of the rupee to the dollar is roughly 47 to 1. An average call center employee earns roughly Rs. 8000--about $170 a month--an amount that is economic liberation for the middle class in India." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals that the outsourcing of jobs from the U.S. has made a positive impact on the Indian economy.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Other Side of Outsourcing, Aug. 15, 2004; pp. 1+.
"Globalization has taken the next, inevitable step with outsourcing--the globalization of talent and labor. To many, this might seem like an exploitation of Third World wages. But look at it this way. As I write this piece, the value of the rupee to the dollar is roughly 47 to 1. An average call center employee earns roughly Rs. 8000--about $170 a month--an amount that is economic liberation for the middle class in India." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals that the outsourcing of jobs from the U.S. has made a positive impact on the Indian economy.
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