Outsourcing Studies

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Published on 2010-06-08T12:44:08Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 12:52 UTC
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Outsourcing is typically disliked by programmers, but does anyone know any empirical studies of the cost/benefits of outsourcing for a company?

I'm not looking for personal experiences here (as entertaining/frightening as they may be), but for actual research studies.

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