McKinsey Global Institute Exploding the Myths About Offshoring April 2004 Martin N. Baily Diana Farrell i McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) was established in 1990 as an independent economics think tank within McKinsey & Company to conduct original research on important global issues. Its primary purpose is to provide insights into the workings of the global economy and a factbase for decision-making for the benefit of business leaders and policymakers. MGI’s
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What is the impact of offshoring on employment (in the offshoring country)? Use empirical evidence to support your answer. The development of globalisation of recent years has seen the ever increasing frequency and extent of offshoring by Multi National Enterprises (MNEs)‚ involving the contracting out of different stages of production that were previously performed within a production unit to foreign subcontractors (Foster 2012). Reductions in the cost of international trade created and outpouring
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I do not believe that doing clinical trials in India would be the best interest of the stakeholders. (Economic and Ethical aspects) From a financial perspective developing countries such as India doesn’t benefit Novo Nordisk and they would have to save costs‚ they would have to pay attention to rules and use full resources which could cost money. They would have the demographic patient poll‚ they would be able to do trials cheaper and have a faster pick of the patients. In order to do this in
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Upon reading The Ethical of Offshoring Clinical Trials‚ three factors were driving pharmaceutical companies to host clinical drug trials overseas. The factors were lower cost‚ willingly to participate in trials‚ and a larger pool of patients. People that are overseas are more than likely to participate in trials since they would rather have an expensive medicine than to not have any at all. While the likeliness of participating in trials‚ it also increases the larger pool of patients. The larger
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MICHELIN OFFSHORING IN CHINA 1. About Michelin Michelin is a tire company that was created by Edouard and André Michelin in 1888 in Clermond-Ferrand‚ France. The company created the removable tire; the train tire and the green tire that reduce fuel consumption. Today the company has become the biggest tire manufacturer in the world with 20% market shares and an annual revenue of€17.89 in 2010. There headquarter are still based in Clermont-Ferrand but the company has become international
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“Sustainable” business practices are being touted‚ or even required‚ more and more by western society. What is ANZ’s sustainability policy and how is this congruent (or not) with cutting edge sustainability thinking and theory. Does this thinking and practice change across borders? And if so‚ how does the ANZ’s Australian head office engage with it? Does what they espouse align with the reality of their practice? Over the past few decades‚ sustainable business practices have become more prevalent
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Blinder‚ Alan: Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution? 1. Please explain the core thesis put forward by Blinder Alan Blinder explains the trend to Offshoring and its possibilities‚ naming this development the next Industrial Revolution. He emphasizes the fact of internationalization leading to an Offshoring of workforce‚ hence quitting labor in the home country and opening facilities abroad in order to gain competitive advantage through lowering manufacturing and distribution costs. An
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Term Paper The debate of outsourcing or offshoring American jobs rather than utilizing our unemployed citizens has been a highly controversial topic in the past decade. Outsourcing has many advantages to business firms such as lower production costs‚ lower labor costs‚ improved quality of work‚ more time to focus on domestic operations‚ and increased profits which help stimulate our economy. The opposing view argues that by outsourcing jobs to other countries it is causing higher unemployment
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to lowwage countries is entering a new phase. For offshoring functions ranging from computer programming and R&D to call-center and back-office tasks‚ U.S. and western European companies will have to expand substantially the number of locations they consider. In choosing a city‚ they will have to focus less on low wages and much more on other ways that candidate cities can fulfill their business needs. june 2006 85 Smarter Offshoring In the past ten to 15 years‚ the vast majority
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