Purpose – The paper sheds light on the changing economics of foreign outsourcing, and the risks being run by companies that engage in the practice. Design/methodology/approach – The author surveys the history of foreign outsourcing over the last several decades and the disastrous impact that...

Purpose – The author's research using published internal reports and news reports suggests that some of Boeing problems with its innovative 787 Dreamliner aircraft are symptoms of a deeper calamity that has been causing US industry to waste away for decades: flawed offshoring decisions by the...