Answered By: Lippincott Library Last Updated: Jan 08, 2025 Views: 804
Forrester Research and IDC publish on outsourcing.
Use Standard & Poors Net Advantage to retrieve Data Processing & Outsourced Services industry surveys:
- select Industry Survey from the menu
- in the Select a GICS Industry search field, select IT Services and click the Search button
Do keyword searches for outsourcing and offshoring in IBISWorld to retrieve industry reports mentioning these concepts, including a report on Business Process Outsourcing Services in the US.
Statista is a portal for statistics from multiple providers, covering hundreds of topics and countries. Do keyword searches for outsourcing and offshoring to retrieve charts, graphs, reports, and more.
For articles, news, and additional research reports, search:
- ABI/Inform
- Business Source Complete
- The Conference Board
- Dow Jones Factiva
- NBER Working Papers
- PAIS Index
- OECD iLibrary
Try search terms such as BPO, outsourcing, offshoring and contracting out.
Use CIO Magazine's Offshoring Portal.
For books, search the catalog.
Search these as Subject Headings: contracting out, offshore outsourcing, industrial procurement, and business logistics.
For resources focused on a particular region or country:
- A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index (GSLI) - ranks top 50 countries as destinations for providing outsourcing activities.
- EMIS - news, reports, and analysis from 4500 global sources
- Select a country and search for keywords such as BPO, outsourcing, offshoring, etc.
- Mass Layoff Statistics - US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) - trade association for IT-BPM industries in India.
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