Economic Development Futures Journal

Saturday, February 04, 2006

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Home-Shoring

Many American companies are facing public and government criticism over the practice of "off-shoring" -- moving jobs to foreign countries where labor costs are much cheaper. Now some of those companies, such as upstart discount airliner JetBlue, are trying out "home shoring," where call center staffers in the United States can work from home.

Listen to the NPR video on the subject.

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