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a term used to describe vehicles or institutions based in, or regulated by, the laws of a jurisdiction that either has no tax or low tax for non-locals and that specializes in providing services of a financial or legal nature to persons and businesses ‘onshore’, that is to say, in high-tax jurisdictions. While many such jurisdictions are based on islands, which has brought about the terminology in a literal sense, the littoral location of the investment is irrelevant.
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"Over half of the participants in our survey say offshoring has resulted in no change in the number of domestic jobs in most functions," said Arie Lewin, Fuqua professor of strategy and international business.
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economy, argues McKinsey Global Institute's April 2004 publication Exploding the Myths About Offshoring. Diana Farrell, director of McKinsey Global Institute, the economics think tank of the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., explains offshoring as part of a bigger process of global industry restructuring--or companies becoming global entities, so their customer base is no longer primarily "national with a little bit of export on the side."
Offshoring: and the winner is ... contrary to the recent spate of negative media coverage and political attacks against offshoring, a growing body of credible sources are speaking out about the upside for the U.S.--for both jobs and the economy
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