Outsourcing was the bogeyman of the 90s. Protectionists portrayed it as an evil that would take American jobs away. Yes, some jobs did go offshore as people feared, but it made the global economic pie grow bigger.
The tax code rewards corporations for outsourcing jobs, and their profits overseas, instead of investing here in the United States.
And just remember, every dollar we spend on outsourcing is spent on U. S. goods or invested back in the U. S. market. That's accounting.
India is developing a lot of soft power, and it's not just about us providing outsourcing and call centers to the world. We are providing a lot of thought and a way of life. I think we're also respected for fundamentally a non-violent belief thanks to our religious roots whether it's Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, we contributed more religions to the world than any part of the world and that's something which does find its way into how the world looks at it.
The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.
Donald Trump talks a good game on trade, but he's never lived it. He's lined his pockets by outsourcing jobs to low-wage countries, and now he's talking about trade as if he actually means it?
The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.
We think the managed security services opportunity is enormous and so we have been an active participant and probably the largest firm in this space outside of an IBM or EDS, which does large outsourcing contracts.
No outsourcing the "soul" of the company - let's all agree to that. But most companies are more body than soul.
Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one.
It's just a reality of the business model. People are outsourcing a lot more, and China has established a pretty good infrastructure.
If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.
We're going to cut taxes, deregulate to try to create general pro-growth conditions, at the same time, much more than any other Republican ever before, [Donald Trump] is going to focus on trying to tighten the labor market directly through discouraging outsourcing and tightening up on immigration, all towards the goal of actually increasing wages, that's a new focus for the Republican Party and a very important one.
Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.
Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology.
The outsourcing gurus have been driving the theory, and they are saying everybody ought always to do this. But it is really contingent on where you are on the spectrum from "not good enough" to "more than good enough," relative to each tier of the market.
Outsourcing, information technology revolution, the access to India's human resources, India's pool of scientists. It will help American companies to become leaner, meaner, more efficient, and they become more competitive, both in the United States and in dealing with the rest of the world.
