Outsourcing

The internet makes it easier for organizations to outsource work that used to be done within the company, from accounting to computer programming. Even manufacturing is easier to outsource. U.S. ompanies can send detailed specifications over the internet to contract manufacturers in Asia.

Companies

• InfoSys
• Wipro
• OSI Outsourcing
• more to come

Examples

• Accounting
  • Bookkeeping
  • Tax services
• Business Process Outsourcing
• IT infrastructure
• IT - software development
• Radiology

Contracting and Freelancers

Many people work as freelancers, using the web both to find jobs and to communicate with their employer. In the tough economic times of 2009 more people are turning to the web for assignments¹.

Video on Outsourcing

CNN story on outsourcing

ABC News Report on Outsourcing

Footnotes

1. Fost, Dan. 2009. "In Hard Times, Freelancers Turn to the Web." The New York Times. March 12, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/smallbusiness/13freelance.html