'Outsourcing' is a word which has only been around since the 1980s although in fact it has always been done - it just used to be called 'sub-contracting'. But as business becomes more globalised, the amount of outsourcing also increases.
Read about the reasons for and effects of outsourcing in India and listen to a business studies lecturer talking about the history of outsourcing in the United States.
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