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    When and why did outsourcing begin in the United States?

    Question #125667. Asked by SiegeTank55. (Apr 08 12 5:22 PM)


    beergirllaura

    		As hard as it may be to believe, outsourcing in the US began in the 1800s, due to the need for expertise in certain areas. The practice was developed more fully during the 1970s, due to financial concerns and business-growth reasons.

    http://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/articles/100143.aspx
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Outsourcing-Statistics---What-Figures-Will-Tell-You&id=2621948
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing
    http://scm.ncsu.edu/scm-articles/article/a-brief-history-of-outsourcing

    Apr 08 12, 5:57 PM
    MikeMaster99

    		Rising local costs, including labor costs, and stagflation in the 1980s led GM to move plants from Flint Michigan to Mexico.

    http://www.tcunation.com/profiles/blogs/the-unconstitutional-history

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan#Late_20th_Century:_Economic_hard_times

    This GM job relocation from Michigan was also the subject of Michael Moore's film "Roger and me"

    Apr 08 12, 6:05 PM

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