Offshore outsourcing is made possible by the increasing organizational and technological capacity of companies to separate,coordinate,and integrate geographically dispersed human resources across distant geographic borders.

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Offshore outsourcing is made possible by the increasing organizational and technological capacity of companies to separate, coordinate, and integrate geographically dispersed human resources-whether employed directly by the firm or contracted out-across distant geographic borders. The development of this capacity can be traced to the earlier growth of international subcontracting as well as to the international diffusion of lean production systems (which originated with Japanese auto manufacturers) to other manufacturing and service sectors.

Offshore Outsourcing Is Made Possible by the Increasing Organizational and Technological