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Distinguish Yourself from the Market, Not Just Other Applicants

Harvard Business Review

As a result, many companies cut costs in those areas, just as they outsourced manufacturing decades ago. Between 2007 and 2008, financial, information, and professional service jobs were outsourced at an average rate of 5.4% (PDF). John McCarthy of Forrester Research predicts that at least 3.3 to low-cost countries by 2015.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

This is acutely the case when companies “outsource” political contributions by funding trade associations, politically active nonprofit organizations, and other groups that do not disclose their donors. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle. .”