Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • April 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case
  • HBS Case Collection

Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:19
ShareBar

Abstract

This case explores the topic of offshoring high-tech jobs several perspectives. The issues presented include determining the stock price consequences of offshoring, examining the economic consequences of the offshore job to both the transferring and receiving countries, considering the competitive consequences of not offshoring, and thinking through the challenge of investing in a career that is vulnerable to future offshoring.

Keywords

Economy; Stocks; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Personal Development and Career; Competition

Citation

Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 204-144, April 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
  • Educators
  • Purchase

About The Author

William E. Fruhan

→More Publications

More from the Author

    • December 2018
    • Faculty Research

    The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018

    By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan, Jr., Leanne Fan and Adil Bhatia
    • December 2018
    • Faculty Research

    The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018

    By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan and Leanne Fan
    • June 2018
    • Faculty Research

    Burton Sensors, Inc., Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)

    By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
More from the Author
  • The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018 By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan, Jr., Leanne Fan and Adil Bhatia
  • The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2018 By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan and Leanne Fan
  • Burton Sensors, Inc., Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case) By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College