Title: Outsourcing: impact of IT on India's intellectual capacity and educational ecosystem

Authors: Ujala Shanker; Shailesh Upadhyay

Addresses: Digital Insight, 1300 Seaport Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA ' University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

Abstract: This paper attempts to elaborate upon various aspects of the impact of IT outsourcing from the USA to developing countries and illustrates how the profits of outsourcing are not necessarily the only indicators of impact. This paper focuses primarily on the impact of IT outsourcing on the educational ecosystem of developing countries like India. The paper explains both pros and cons of outsourcing from a developing country's point of view, especially in context of education.

Keywords: information technology; IT outsourcing; India; intellectual capacity; educational ecosystem; USA; United States; developing countries; education system.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2015.072782

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 2015 Vol.15 No.4, pp.297 - 310

Received: 21 Jan 2014
Accepted: 29 Aug 2014
Published online: 03 Nov 2015 *

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