Study Finds Companies Moving High-End Functions Offshore to Access Talent

Business Wire, Nov 22, 2006

About the Study

The survey methodology involves a snowballing technique for identifying companies that are offshoring and individuals within the companies directly involved with offshoring. Many organizations such as the Conference Board invited their members to participate in the survey. The survey uses an online survey methodology developed at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. The data is collected for specific functional projects that have been offshored. The sample also includes companies that are considering or have decided not to offshore.

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About Duke CIBER

Duke University's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) was established in 1992 by the Fuqua School of Business and has been directed by Professor Arie Y. Lewin since 1995. The Offshoring Research Network (ORN) was conceived as a multi-year initiative focused on understanding the relationship between offshoring and American competitiveness.

There are 30 CIBERs located throughout the United States that are funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI through a competitive bid process. Duke CIBER collaborates with other CIBERs to carry out projects and engages in outreach activities with other centers and departments at Duke as well as other colleges and universities, businesses and communities.