Since the New York City life science technology-consulting firm Intrasphere Technologies opened an office in India, Samuel Goldman, cofounder and chief technology officer, says he works fairly bizarre hours, scheduling 6:00 A.M. meetings on a "regular basis." From the looks of it, more and more scientists should brace themselves for strange commutes, middle-of-the-night E-mails, and videoconferences with coworkers. That's right: It appears that offshoring has arrived.
Although the terms "offshoring" and "outsourcing" are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Offshoring typically describes what happens when a company runs its own facility abroad. Outsourcing describes when a company uses another firm to work as a contractor.
Work that includes repetitive tasks, has clear requirements with little nuance, or little personal interaction with end-users or clients, is less time-sensitive with longer transition periods, digital, Internet-enabled and not multi-disciplinary.
Work that crosses many disciplines, requires a lot of interaction, includes a ...
