Globalization has changed job opportunities in much of the developing world. In India, outsourcing has created a new …

, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred to explain government outsourcing by the pursuit of … economic efficiency. Starting out from different theories, we investigate political explanations of government outsourcing … using a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies between municipalities and over time, as well as between services. Our …

from the outsourcing job trend. The case study offers university administrators and education policy makers the rationale … competitive in a global work force. Design/methodology/approach – The objective is achieved through a case study of an outsourcing … fluidity of the outsourcing situation, constant updating of data are required. Consulting the most recent statistics and …