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The Offshoring of Engineering: Facts, Unknowns, and Potential Implications (2008)

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The Offshoring of Engineering: Facts, Unknowns, and Potential Implications

interview participants who contributed to this research. Opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors or Pennsylvania State University.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
Executive Summary (1-4)
Part I: Consensus Report, 1 Introduction (5-9)
2 Offshoring and Engineering: The Knowledge Base and Issues (10-19)
3 Effects of Offshoring on Specific Industries (20-32)
4 Workshop Findings and Discussion (33-41)
Additional Reading (42-44)
Part II: Commissioned Papers and Workshop Presentations, Commissioned Papers, Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering--Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney (45-48)
Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering--Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney (49-68)
The Changing Nature of Engineering in the Automotive Industry--John Moavenzadeh (69-102)
Offshoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry--Mridula Pore, Yu Pu, Lakshman Pernenkil, and Charles L. Cooney (103-124)
Impact of Globalization and Offshoring on Engineering Employment in the Personal Computing Industry--Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer (125-136)
Offshoring of Engineering Services in the Construction Industry--John I. Messner (137-148)
Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy--Clair Brown and Greg Linden (149-178)
Workshop Presentations, Implications of Offshoring for Engineering Management and Engineering Education--Anne Stevens (179-183)
An Academic Perspective on the Globalization of Engineering--Charles M. Vest (184-190)
Keynote Talk on the Globalization of Engineering--Robert Galvin (191-194)
Software-Related Offshoring--Alfred Z. Spector (195-201)
Implications of Offshoring for the Engineering Workforce and Profession--Ralph Wyndrum (202-208)
Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring--Vivek Wadhwa (209-212)
Offshoring in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry--Theodore S. Rappaport (213-218)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda (219-222)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants (223-228)
Appendix C: Biographical Information (229-230)