Direct Measurement of Global Value Chains: Collecting Product- and Firm-Level Statistics on Value Added and Business Function Outsourcing and Offshoring Timothy J. Sturgeon‚ MIT* Peter Bøegh Nielsen‚ Statistics Denmark Greg Linden‚ UC Berkeley Gary Gereffi‚ Duke University Clair Brown‚ UC Berkeley Final Draft: April 2‚ 2012 Forthcoming as Chapter 9 in the World Bank volume: The Fragmentation of Global Production and Trade in Value-Added - Developing New Measures of Cross Border Trade‚ based om a
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Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear‚ footwear and equipment supplier based in the US which was founded in 1962 originally know as Blue Ribbon Sports. Nike is the world leader in the manufacturing of sportswear and gear with more than 47 market shares across the global (Nike.com‚ 2011). Nike produces a wide range of sports equipments such as running shoes‚ sportswear‚ football‚ basketball‚ tennis‚ golf‚ etc. Now Nike follows the global fashion trends and is well known and popular in the
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Nike Globalization By:Randell Smith Nike is well known around the whole world. They are the largest seller of athletic apparel and athletic footwear. The Nike logo‚ that is a swoosh‚ is one of the most recognizable business logos on earth. The logo is more than just a symbol. Nike is a prime example of the way a company is supposed to approach the sports market. Nike is everywhere related to sports including‚ retailing‚ sports management and sports promotion. Nike is advertised on TV commercials
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Outsourcing is weakening the nation’s job-creation engine‚ and leaving thousands of newly unemployed workers here in the United States in search of work. With the number of companies outsourcing jobs continually increasing‚ it becomes a much larger issue for the U.S. workforce to find a job when so many are being outsourced overseas. Unfortunately this trend is likely to continue to cause serious harm in the United States if it continues to go unmonitored. Foreign and American governments have contributed
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The Ethicality of outsourcing manufacturing work from a local community to a developing country can be devastating‚ from the worker‚ to the family and community it is leaving behind‚ “Outsourcing work from American companies to foreign workers is not a new phenomenon in the United States. The “first wave” of outsourcing to foreign countries hit the American economy in the late 1980’s” (Woffinden‚ pg. 483). Being raised or employed in a small town with only select options‚ as a means of living
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Principles and Advantages of Logistics Outsourcing In the face of increasingly intensified competition in the emerging globaleconomy‚ manufacturing and retail firms are progressively turning to outsourcing of their logistics functions. Outsourcing is a viable business strategy because turning non-core functions over to external suppliers enables companies to leverage their resources‚ spread risks and concentrate on issues critical to survival and future growth. One way of extending the logistics
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Name of University Name of Professor Name of Student Critical Thinking Effects of Outsourcing Outsourcing is defined as a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally. It is an effective cost-saving strategy when used properly. Loss of Managerial Control When you sign a contract to have another company perform the function of the entire
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services” (p. 505). Many companies utilize offshore outsourcing to cut costs. “Based on this misconception‚ many companies have explored the opportunities in emerging countries‚ where inexpensive skilled labor might give rise to cost savings and productivity.” (Modarress & Ansari‚ 2007‚ p.165) Offshore Outsourcing Ethical Dilemmas Offshore outsourcing can create an ethical dilemma. The dilemma is that because many companies utilize offshore outsourcing that it limits the availability of jobs for the
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Introduction What is Outsourcing? Outsourcing can be defined as a business relationship in which two or more companies work together to achieve a collective advantage. Rugman et al (2003) If you look back ten – fifteen years ago outsourcing in hotels was not a popular concept but more recently with the downturn in the economy in the nineteen nineties more and more hotels are turning to outsourcing to help increase their revenues and maximize their profit potential. The use of outsourcing enables firms
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side of outsourcing” shows the improvements and challenges brought on by globalization‚ information technologies‚ and outsourcing to India’s rich‚ middle class and poor. It explores and tries to answer the question of whether globalization is positively or negatively affecting India’s culture‚ younger generations and overall economy by focusing on the effects of outsourcing. The documentary leads to a better understanding of globalization and the overall positive effects of outsourcing on India’s
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