Talk:Offshoring/Archives/2014

Offshore outsourcing. Merge?
Closed; no merger. Moonraker12 (talk) 08:08, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

We also have Offshore outsourcing. Presumably should merge. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 14:36, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

From what I can tell, Offshoring describes the complete relocation of an entire unit of business infrastructure to a country other than the company's original host country. This includes all the intellectual property, positions, leadership, and office space related to the unit in question. Offshoring, by definition, involves the loss of jobs. In contrast, Offshore outsourcing describes the transfer of labor to another unrelated, discrete company in another country. This does not have to involve the actual loss of jobs. Thus, they are two different but similar phenomena. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.49.178.173 (talk) 07:19, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

I've closed this; if it was a serious merge proposal (and "Presumably" isn't a good enough reason), there's been no support for this here, and good reasons given not to. Moonraker12 (talk) 08:08, 25 November 2014 (UTC)