The offshoring of engineering : facts, unknowns, and potential implications / / Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.0068/4
• Soggetto topico: Engineering - United States - Management; Offshore outsourcing - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I: Consensus Report -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Offshoring and Engineering: The Knowledge Base and Issues -- 3 Effects of Offshoring on Specific Industries -- 4 Workshop Findings and Discussion -- Additional Reading -- Part II: Commissioned Papers and Workshop Presentations -- Commissioned Papers, Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering--Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney -- Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering--Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney -- The Changing Nature of Engineering in the Automotive Industry--John Moavenzadeh -- Offshoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry--Mridula Pore, Yu Pu, Lakshman Pernenkil, and Charles L. Cooney -- Impact of Globalization and Offshoring on Engineering Employment in the Personal Computing Industry--Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer -- Offshoring of Engineering Services in the Construction Industry--John I. Messner -- Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy--Clair Brown and Greg Linden -- Workshop Presentations, Implications of Offshoring for Engineering Management and Engineering Education--Anne Stevens -- An Academic Perspective on the Globalization of Engineering--Charles M. Vest -- Keynote Talk on the Globalization of Engineering--Robert Galvin -- Software-Related Offshoring--Alfred Z. Spector -- Implications of Offshoring for the Engineering Workforce and Profession--Ralph Wyndrum -- Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring--Vivek Wadhwa -- Offshoring in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry--Theodore S. Rappaport -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants -- Appendix C: Biographical Information.
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• Titolo autorizzato: The offshoring of engineering
• ISBN: 9786611767259; 9781281767257; 1281767255; 9780309114844; 0309114845
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972922103321
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