The offshoring of engineering : facts, unknowns, and potential implications / Committee on the Offshoring of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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