Human Resource Management 7th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright

Exercise 7

In this chapter, we looked at the increased use of offshoring, where jobs are moved from the United States to other countries where labor rates are cheaper. In what ways is offshoring similar and different from a simple layoff If there are some long-term benefits from avoiding layoffs, what might be the long-term advantages of trying to avoid offshoring