Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned
October 26-27, 2006

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada co-organized a conference, "Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned," which was held at the University of Toronto on October 26-27, 2006. The final conference proceedings are available below.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Canadian Policy Responses to Offshore Outsourcing by Daniel Trefler

A View From North America
Chapter 2: The New World Division of Labour by Daniel Trefler and Elhanan Helpman

A View from India
Chapter 3: The Indian Software Industry and Its Prospects by Ashish Arora

Views from China
Chapter 4: Capability Building in China’s Auto Supply Chains by Loren Brandt and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Chapter 5: China and Outsourcing by John Whalley

The Experience of Canadian Firms and Industries
Chapter 6: Sapient Corporation: Delivering Solutions with an Onshore-Offshore Approach: A Case Study by Joseph D'Cruz (Appendix)
Chapter 7: The Design of an Efficient Offshoring Strategy: Some Reflections and Links to SNC-Lavalin by Marcel Boyer
Chapter 8: Osellus Inc. and Multi-Shore Outsourcing: A Case Study by Joseph D'Cruz (Appendix)
Chapter 9: Outsourcing Multiple Parts to Many Countries: An Application to the Automotive Industry by Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Lijun Zhang

Impacts on the Canadian Labour Market
Chapter 10: Labour Adjustment Implications of the Offshore Outsourcing of Business Services by Rafael Gomez & Morley Gunderson
Chapter 11: Offshoring and Employment in Canada:Some Basic Facts by René Morissette and Anick Johnson
Chapter 12: The Effect of Imports from China on Canada’s Labour Markets: Your Wages Are Not Set in Beijing by Alberto Isgut
Chapter 13: Are Offshoring and Immigration Substitutes for Canada? by John Helliwell

Canadian Outsourcing from U.S. and Global Perspectives
Chapter 14: The Offshoring Strategies of U.S. Multinational Corporations Operating in Canada by Susan Feinberg and Michael Keane
Chapter 15: Does Distance Protect Canadian Workers from Offshoring? by Keith Head, Thierry Mayer and John Ries