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The Future of Offshore Outsourcing as a Strategic Management Tool

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In 1942, the economist Joseph Schumpeter first used the phrase ‘Creative Destruction’ to describe the constant evolution of a free-market economy.

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Kobayashi-Hillary, M. (2005). The Future of Offshore Outsourcing as a Strategic Management Tool. In: Brudenall, P. (eds) Technology and Offshore Outsourcing Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230518568_14

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