1.5. Research structure The research is presented through five chapters: Chapter 1 is an introduction to the study with background, research questions and purposes. Chapter 2 contains related concepts, literature review previous researches and theoretical models. Chapter 3 presents research approach, collection procedure and analysis tool. Chapter 4 discusses findings obtained from the collected data. Chapter 5 provides discussions and recommendations. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW Some important terms will be defined in this chapter. Then, theoretical framework and previous related researches will be presented before the research question is provided. 2.1. Definitions 2.1.1. Offshoring Offshoring is the relocation by companies of either production …show more content…
The reason for the popularity of outsourcing is that it allows many companies to reduce the overall service costs, particularly the labour costs, be close some of their customers together with the combination of environmental pressure, efficiency and competitive pressure (Tate et al. 2009; Frattochi et al 2014; Hutzel and Lippert 2014). As a consequence, when these advantages are no more exist, many manufacturing firms in developed countries have started to shift their business strategies from offshoring and outsourcing and reshoring. 2.1.3. Reshoring Reshoring is can be simply understood a location decision to bring manufacturing back home from a current location into the country of origin (Gray et al. 2013). In another way, Cottrill (2013) describes reshoring as “a manufacturing location decision that is a change in policy from a previous decision to locate manufacturing offshore from the firm’s home location.” Reshoring includes both in-sourced production and outsourced activities (IECD 2015). It can “range from the tiny to the enormous firms” and “can be applied to industries besides manufacturing and varies in terms of scale” (Tazmin Booth). As Van den Bosseche et al (2014) argues, a number of macroeconomic factors have tipped the balance of reshoring in its favour such as the appreciation of China’s currency versus western countries, the wages in China, low energy costs
The paper will begin with a Review of the Research. This section will summarize all the information gathered for this paper. Here the background will be given and the foundation laid for the rest of the report. Next will be the Application of the Research. This is
Throughout time, many things evolve based on current trends. The business world is no exception to evolution. In the world of business, the bottom line is key and wealthy figure heads are paid large sums to bring up profit margins and cut production costs. During the twentieth century, production costs have been cut by the means of outsourcing. Although outsourcing is financially beneficial to large businesses, it has detrimentally impacted the American economy through raises in the unemployment rate, lost countless tax dollars and compromised the integrity of products received.
The article breaks down into qualitative research overview, research design, common components and processes to
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Aim of the research study 1.2 Problem Statement and Objectives 1.3 Literature study
Outsourcing is a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally. (Investopedia) Outsourcing jobs has become increasingly popular in the economic realm of the world since the mid-20th century and has since then become a more controversial topic. The United States economy has been under the microscope for the last 4 years due to the economic recession. In today’s global business competitive environment, companies must find innovative ways that adapt to new strategies to sustain revenue generation, while also remaining competitive. This paper gives the effects that I have found to be most pertinent to the ongoing debate over outsourcing jobs, and how it can affect the U.S economy.
Over the past decade, many companies from North America have moved to foreign countries. This migration is known by many names – “runaway plants”, “outsourcing”, “global sourcing” and “offshoring” ("Outsourcing: What's the true impact? Counting jobs is only part of the answer."). According to Investopedia, outsourcing is “a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally” ("Outsourcing Definition | Investopedia"). Companies outsource primarily to cut cost. This mostly helps them to reduce their cost by 60 percent since labour in many Asian countries like China and India is very cheap. Even though offshoring is benefiting companies, it has negative
Outsourcing, especially offshore outsourcing, is not a new topic, but a continuing controversial global trends for the industry of manufacturing, and information technology. As Corbett said, outsourcing is the practice of transferring non-core competitiveness jobs to other suppliers rather than doing it self. Many experts are arguing that offshore outsourcing will harm the U.S. economy than it will benefit the American people in the long run, while advocates can also list a bunch of benefits over adverse. However, the practice of offshore outsourcing has been going on for decades, and it wasn’t resulting as opponents’ claimed. Instead,
This chapter presented the research design for addressing the research questions guiding this study. This chapter detailed the design of the research. Research design, sampling process, data collection and analysis were the main aspects that were detailed. The study was conducted by making use of a questionnaire.
The contents of this chapter contains the research methodology of the project. As such, within this chapter the outline of the research strategy, the research method, the research approach, the data collection methods, sample selection, the form of data analysis, any ethical considerations and the research limitations are discussed.
In order to draft this report data and information obtained from different surveys and research papers have been considered. Statistical facts relevant to subject of report also become part of this report. Thorough discussion has been done in order to elaborate the topic in question. Facts have been brought through interviews, questionnaires and internet browsing. Relevant sources have been properly referred.
This chapter will outline the research design and methodology proposed to be followed. First, the overall research design will be justified. Next, the independent and dependent variables will be
Many businesses have turns to offshoring as a way to boost their profits. The most obvious benefits of offshoring for the businesses and English-speaking destination countries are the lower wages in foreign countries such as India, China, Korea, Philippines, etc… which translates into significant savings and often, improved quality.
Offshoring is the practice of relocating business processes to lower cost locations outside the country of origin. This is not a new practice for companies in the United States. Moving business processes to another country to take advantages of lower operating costs and cheap labor seems like a great idea. However, the dilemma for a company is whether the benefits of offshoring outweigh the risks. This dissertation will begin by briefly reviewing the history of offshoring. Next, it will examine the various advantages and disadvantages associated with offshoring. Thirdly, it will explore the growing trends of backshoring and nearshoring in situations where
There are a number of major benefits of outsourcing. Smaller companies can dabble in outsourcing, but often not so much in offshoring, which often requires higher initial costs despite the overall costs savings (Kumar & Salzer 2010). Essentially, outsourcing focuses on using lower labor costs to get production done in other countries where costs are not as high as the United States (Stuart 2011). Outsourcing is becoming increasingly less expensive as more and more companies are jumping on board and influencing foreign manufacturers to keep prices low. Some small businesses may have no choice but to outsource, while others do it to save costs and increase profit margins (All Business 2008). Here, the research states that "Outsourcing converts fixed costs into variable costs, releases capital for investment elsewhere in your business, and allows you to avoid large expenditures in the early stages of
Many organisations are meeting the need for lower cost by moving to foreign countries where there are fewer regulations that interfere with the manufacturing process, where they can find cheaper labour and thereby lower basic plant, personnel and operations cost. Sourcing and outsourcing are two basic methods of foreign manufacturing which have developed over time and this help in making the best choice for global