More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas

Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by kstv on Monday February 21, 2011 @05:23PM (#2247548)

Soon most of the management will be outsourced as well. It makes sense to have someone who understands the culture of the workers.

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by valjavec on Monday February 21, 2011 @05:33PM (#2247591)

Not too wise.

Google for "787 Dreamliner outsourcing". It was costly experience for Boeing.

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by ckcheng on Monday February 21, 2011 @06:59PM (#2247911)

WSJ article seems to be talking about offshore R&D work, not necessarily outsourced R&D work. 787 Dreamliner problems seems to be due to outsourcing to contractors and subcontractors (combined with offshoring): http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/15/business/la-fi-hiltz...

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by ShabbyDoo on Monday February 21, 2011 @05:54PM (#2247660)

I wonder what percentage of the companies surveyed plan to employ R&D employees directly. Were Boeing's problems due to offshoring or outsourcing?

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by anonymous246 on Monday February 21, 2011 @08:17PM (#2248161)

See my comment above. You're confusing outsourcing, offshoring, and offshore outsourcing.

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by sabat on Monday February 21, 2011 @05:32PM (#2247584)

I've been thinking this for years. Why not just outsource management?

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by joebananas on Monday February 21, 2011 @06:17PM (#2247752)

Because they're the ones deciding what gets outsourced.

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by sabat on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @04:34PM (#2255911)

You're right, of course, and I meant my comment more rhetorically than it appeared.

From the point of view of a board of directors or senior mgmt, if outsourcing is such a good idea, why not outsource management? It would be more cost-effective, and just as efficient.

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Re:More Companies Plan to Put R&D Overseas by bediger on Monday February 21, 2011 @09:04PM (#2248315)

Or the lawyering. The law department seems like a very costly line item, one that could be done remotely, as long as you set up the proper procedure for the outsourced lawyers to follw.

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