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We
believe that even greater than the
risk of losing white-collar jobs from
developed nations to countries like
India, is the risk this new model
poses to the survival of small and
medium sized businesses which have
historically been the growth engine
of the job economy. This could potentially
be a much larger blow to the job market
in the much larger SMB employment
segment. Ironically, to survive and
effectively compete against their
larger counterparts, and maintain/grow
the job levels across this segment,
even small and medium sized businesses
need the same advantage to make it
a level playing field.
“Time and again, U.S. business
has overturned existing business models
with new ones that favor consumers.
To oppose offshoring is to put the
providers of a service, for example,
computer programming, ahead of the
consumers of that service. That's
not the American way. Throughout our
history, we have remained competitive
in the world economy not by protecting
ourselves from competition but by
taking our lumps, moving on and finding
new opportunities.”
Michael Treacy
Author, Consultant and Former MIT
Sloan Professor
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