offshoring
(noun)
The location of a business in another country for tax purposes.
Examples of offshoring in the following topics:
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Offshoring
- Even state governments employ offshoring.
- More recently, offshoring has been associated primarily with the sourcing of technical and administrative services that support both domestic and global operations conducted outside a given home country by means of internal (captive) or external (outsourcing) delivery models.The subject of offshoring, also known as "outsourcing," has produced considerable controversy in the United States.
- Offshoring can be seen in the context of either production offshoring or services offshoring.
- After its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, the People's Republic of China emerged as a prominent destination for production offshoring.
- After technical progress in telecommunications improved the possibilities of trade in services, India became a leader in this domain; however, many other countries are now emerging as offshore destinations.
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Outsourcing
- The definition of outsourcing includes both foreign or domestic contracting , which may include offshoring, described as "a company taking a function out of their business and relocating it to another country. "
- When companies offshore products and services, those jobs may leave the home country for foreign countries at the expense of the wealth producing sectors.
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Outsourcing
- In the early 21st century, businesses increasingly outsourced to suppliers outside their own country, sometimes referred to as offshoring or offshore outsourcing.
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Wind power
- David Toke of Birmingham University (UK) estimated as far back as 2007 that onshore wind power produced electricity at the equivalent oil price of $50–$60 a barrel (before payback) – and offshore wind power is pumping out energy at the equivalent of $70–$80 per barrel (before payback).