Problem: Students are expected to discuss the mini-case based on the following outlined questions/guidelines:
a) Who benefits from outsourcing? Hint: In your discussion, be specific: countries, companies, or individuals- one, two or three of them.
b) To what extent do you agree with the statement, "Outsourcing, as an inseparable offspring of globalization, is not a socioeconomic phenomenon that can be reversed in a beneficial way for both sides of the equation"?
c) Based on the article, what is the cost-benefit of outsourcing? Cite figures, from additional research papers, what has been achieved and lost when corporations outsource jobs
d) Some economists argue that outsourcing helps countries such as the United States to concentrate their resources and workers in high tech industries. Do you agree with this statement? Provide examples and discuss.
The questions posed above will help shape the direction of the discussion; however, you are free to come up with additional approach that fits with the theme of the topic.