The offshoring of engineering facts, unknowns, and potential implications

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academy of Engineering.
Autor Corporativo: National Academy of Engineering. Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Consensus Report
  • 1. Introduction
  • Goals and Processes of This Study
  • 2. Offshoring and Engineering: The Knowledge Base and Issues
  • Uncertainties about the Future
  • Institutional and Historical Context of Offshoring
  • Trends and Prospects
  • 3. Effects of Offshoring in Specific Industries
  • Software-Development Industry
  • Automotive Industry
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Personal Computer Manufacturing
  • Construction Engineering and Services
  • Semiconductors
  • 4. Workshop Findings and Discussion
  • Trends and Impacts
  • Implications for Engineering Education
  • Implications for Public Policy
  • Additional Reading
  • pt. II. Commissioned Papers and Workshop Presentations
  • Commissioned Papers
  • Implications of Globalization for Software Engineering / Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney
  • Changing Nature of Engineering in the Automotive Industry / John Moavenzadeh
  • Offshoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry / Mridula Pore, Yu Pu, Lakshman Pernenkil and Charles L. Cooney
  • Impact of Globalization and Offshoring on Engineering Employment in the Personal Computing Industry / Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer
  • Offshoring of Engineering Services in the Construction Industry / John I. Messner
  • Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy / Clair Brown and Greg Linden
  • Workshop Presentations
  • Implications of Offshoring for Engineering Management and Engineering Education / Anne Stevens
  • Academic Perspective an the Globalization of Engineering / Charles M. Vest
  • Keynote Talkon the Globalization of Engineering / Robert Galvin
  • Software-Related Offshoring / Alfred Z. Spector
  • Implications of Offshoring for the Engineering Workforce and Profession / Ralph Wyndrum
  • Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring / Vivek Wadhwa
  • Offshoring in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry / Theodore S. Rappaport
  • A. Workshop Agenda
  • B. Workshop Participants
  • C. Biographical Information.