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Naked Capitalism’s Yves Smith is on fire…

Yves Smith has been on fire lately. Here’s an article on when offshoring fails. …As these industry examples illustrate, the tradeoff between cost and flexibility can be quite involved and difficult to evaluate. It now appears that the labour-cost benefits gained from offshoring might not be sufficient to cover the lost flexibility under many circumstances. […]