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by hyperliner 4135 days ago
Your [1] is flawed because what is core is continuously shifting as the advantages of the knowledge you can get somewhere else exceed the costs.

An example from banking:

"Morgan Stanley has about 500 people employed in India doing research and statistical analysis. About 100 of Goldman Sachs’ 3,000 employees in Bangalore are working on investment research."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/business/worldbusiness/12i...

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Be careful not to conflate offshoring with outsourcing, which the article does. Some startups will have their own employees overseas, but my point is specifically about outsourcing to other companies.
> Be careful not to conflate offshoring with outsourcing

Ups, thats my fault, lets add offshoring to the title.

Great clarification