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TY - JOUR
T1 - Outsourcing (the) economy to India
T2 - Utopian and dystopian discourses of offshoring
AU - Knights, David
AU - Jones, Beverley
PY - 2007/10/30
Y1 - 2007/10/30
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine critically both utopian and dystopian discourses of offshoring so that a more considered, nonetheless theoretically informed, view of the global offshore phenomenon can be formed. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing upon some preliminary research on offshoring ventures from the UK to India, and the extant literature, the practice of business process outsourcing (BPO) via offshoring is explored and critiqued. Findings – It is argued that neither dream nor nightmare is the adequate discursive metaphor to capture what we have discerned through our research on offshore outsourcing. Originality/value – The primary contribution of this paper is that demonstrates that utopian and dystopian discourses fail to adequately explain the practice of offshore BPO and that in cultural, economical, ethical, and political terms, it is much more complex.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine critically both utopian and dystopian discourses of offshoring so that a more considered, nonetheless theoretically informed, view of the global offshore phenomenon can be formed. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing upon some preliminary research on offshoring ventures from the UK to India, and the extant literature, the practice of business process outsourcing (BPO) via offshoring is explored and critiqued. Findings – It is argued that neither dream nor nightmare is the adequate discursive metaphor to capture what we have discerned through our research on offshore outsourcing. Originality/value – The primary contribution of this paper is that demonstrates that utopian and dystopian discourses fail to adequately explain the practice of offshore BPO and that in cultural, economical, ethical, and political terms, it is much more complex.
KW - India
KW - Off shore investments
KW - Outsourcing
KW - United Kingdom
U2 - 10.1108/01443330710835792
DO - 10.1108/01443330710835792
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:57749158948
VL - 27
SP - 433
EP - 446
JO - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
JF - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
SN - 0144-333X
ER -