Outsourcing Lemmings

A couple weeks ago we told you about transnational flights of knowledge created by short-sighted government tax or regulatory situations.  Highly-skil…

Next time you buy a suit, consider supporting Joseph Abboud. A recent Boston Globe article by Jenn Abelson (hassle-free link here) points to how the…

I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record with my rants on the downsides of outsourcing, but I couldn't resist letting you know about…

Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…

It's ski season again, unless you're in the Alps.  Sporting goods stores everywhere are greedily greeting customers with racks full of Rossi&#…

It's rare that I feel I need to bang my head against the wall first thing in the morning, but it happened today.  I grabbed my coffee and opened t…

It’s not every day that I agree with Tom Friedman, but his October 6th column on Big Ideas and No Boundaries is pretty much right on the money.  He ta…

“The biggest leverage a manufacturing company has is the ability to outsource.”                             - Ivan Feinseth, Matrix USA I could almos…