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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
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