Problem Based Learning

Outsourcing to India - References for Investigation

Biz/ed has provided the following references for investigation to help you research the problem. These are suggestions only and are not the only sources you may wish to use, indeed, you are not obliged to use any of them!

Web sites

• BBC news articles:
  • Firm aiming to boost outsourcing (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4014023.stm)
  • GE sells India outsourcing unit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3991655.stm)
  • New Bangalore road to beat jams (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3693846.stm)
  • Tesco 'outsources jobs to India' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3919177.stm)
  • Kashmir logs on to IT boom (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3554914.stm)
  • IBM buys into Indian outsourcing (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3609165.stm)
  • India dismisses outsourcing fears (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3472491.stm)
• Articles from cio.com - a Web site aimed at Corporate Information Officers:
  • Inside Outsourcing in India (http://www.cio.com/archive/060103/outsourcing.html)
  • The Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing (http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/money.html)
  • Divining Outsourcing's Hidden Costs (http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1012044631;fp;16;fpid;0)
• The Outsourcing History of India - from Outsource2india (http://www.outsource2india.com/why_india/articles/outsourcing_history.asp)
• Skills shortage could freeze India's outsourcing success - from silicon.com (http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/offshoring/0,3800003026,39123944,00.htm)
• The myth of India's outsourcing boom - from India Daily (http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/11-16i-04.asp)
• British bank ups India outsourcing to 2,500 jobs - from Cyber India Online Ltd. (http://www.ciol.com/content/news/BPO/2004/104110903.asp)
• The Outsourcing Institute - advice for those wanting to get involved in outsourcing (http://www.outsourcing.com)
• Special Report: Outsourcers Lose Luster - from InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ESXBI5KXONPTQQSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=53700895&tid=16008)
• The Outsourcing Bogeyman - the costs and benefits of outsourcing by a Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago, Daniel W. Drezner (http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040501faessay83301/daniel-w-drezner/the-outsourcing-bogeyman.html?mode=print)
• Guardian news articles:
  • Why we're all going to India (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1185056,00.html)
  • A history of outsourcing (http://society.guardian.co.uk/microsite/outsourcing_/story/0,,933818,00.html)
  • Special report: Outsourcing in the public sector (http://society.guardian.co.uk/microsite/outsourcing_/page/0,13231,933824,00.html)
• Country profile of India - from The Economist (http://www.economist.com/countries/India/)
• The Hidden Costs of IT Outsourcing - from BusinessWeek online (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2003/tc20031027_9655_tc119.htm)
• UK increasingly outsourcing jobs to India: Survey - from expressindia (http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=38170)
• UK firms now outsource jobs to local industry - from The Economic Times (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/918096.cms)