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Implications of the Globalization of Information
Technology Outsourcing: Three Years Later
Dr. Catherine L. MannProfessor, International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International EconomicsCLMann at Brandeis.edu
Technology, Innovation, and American PrimacyCouncil on Foreign Relations, May 2, 2007
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Technology ‘Petri’ Dish Accelerates Globalization
• Fast pace of change– In technology – In geography of production and demand,– In changing labor tasks and business opportunities
• Strong synergies – Technological change & global sourcing go hand-in-
hand. Having one means having the other.
• Innovation intensive– R&D, venture, human capital
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns
(2) International Trade in IT Products
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
(4) US IT-related labor markets
(5) Innovation
Globalization of IT: 5 Lens ©
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• ‘General purpose technology’– IT investment wrt income > 1 (growth elastic)– IT investment wrt price >> 1 (price elastic)– R&D and venture capital intensive
• Productivity enhancing – Gains from diffusion throughout US…
• Not only IT; also IT-induced change in workplace process & practice– Affects labor tasks, wages, employment
• There are winners and losers
• Implications of IT globalization?– Accelerates price declines, diffusion, productivity growth,
monetary gains– But also labor market changes
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IT is a Special Economic ‘Driver’
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns– Changing locus for different pieces of the IT package
(2) International Trade in IT Products
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
(4) US IT-related labor markets
(5) Innovation
Globalization of IT: 5 Lens ©
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IT marketplace: The global evolution ©
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Software/services-- Industrial countries increase spending.So the prices of software and services are becoming more important there.Hardware -- important in developing countries so shift production there.
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US Companies Excel in Software and
Services, not so much Hardware ©
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US Companies Excel in Software and
Services, not so much Hardware ©
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns– Changing locus for different pieces of the IT package
(2) International Trade in IT Products– What does deficit mean?
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
(4) US IT-related labor markets
(5) Innovation
Globalization of IT: 5 Lens ©
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Global Sourcing and IT Production
Capital Goods are the largest share of US merchandise trade: 23% of imports and 40% of exports
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Global Sourcing and IT Hardware Prices
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For Example, as net imports of PCs increased, prices fell
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Trade in computer and information services
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Rising affiliated imports,new deficit in CIS: A worry or not?Potential for the same price-reductions and productivity gains
As from the globalization of IT hardware
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Global Sourcing and IT Services prices?
More globalized software activities show falling prices
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International Services trade IT intensity International comparative advantage
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Leading services sectors run international trade surplusTechnology accelerates fragmentation and globalization of services
Not just IT, but broad range of services and intellectual propertyBUT, Exposes more of the labor force to global technology forces.
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns– Changing locus for different pieces of the IT package
(2) International Trade in IT Products– What does deficit mean?
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
-- Enhanced by lower prices through global sourcing
(4) US IT-related labor markets
(5) Innovation
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Why is investment in IT special?Increasingly IT services and in services as an intermediate in production
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IT Intensity & Productivity Growth
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Leading and lagging sectors both are services.Leading sectors—already networked, common software ‘platform’.
Lagging sectors—diverse firm sizes, complex relationships, regulationsNew business opportunities to promote IT diffusion into lagging sectors. © C
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns– Changing locus for different pieces of the IT package
(2) International Trade in IT Products– What does deficit mean?
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
-- Enhanced by lower prices through global sourcing
(4) US IT-related labor markets– Challenges both for entrepreneurs and workers
(5) Innovation
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Technology Cycle Drives Business Cycle
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Diffusion of IT leads to technology jobs throughout US economy—2/3 of IT workers work outside the IT sector.
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Globalization & diffusion of IT accentuates wage, employment gaps
Low-wage in real trouble—from trade & technologyIncreased ‘codification’ puts some high-wage at risk (programming)
Increased jobs at middle & high-wage demand integrative & analytical skills
IT a Microcosm for All Services Catherine L. Mann, Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology, IIE, 2006
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Do US MNCs Pay Less Abroad? ©
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The ‘Competition’: High-Skill Immigration
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H1B: US vs. Foreign Employers in the US ©
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(1) Global supply and demand patterns– Changing locus for different pieces of the IT package
(2) International Trade in IT Products– What does deficit mean?
(3) Productivity growth differentiated by sector
-- Enhanced by lower prices through global sourcing
(4) US IT-related labor markets– Challenges both for entrepreneurs and workers
(5) Innovation– Role for R&D, human and venture capital
Globalization of IT: 5 Lens ©
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Global R&D Expenditures: IT MNCs
Source: BEA
US MNC parent does the vast majority of R&D spending and is increasing. IT Hardware has more R&D spending than services
despite slower growing domestic market for IT hardware—yields domestic foundation for higher-value added hardware.
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R&D dollars intensity of IT is very high ©
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R&D worker intensity of IT is very high ©
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Human Capital for Innovation Leadership ©
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The US was the leader in human capital attainment,
But ranks 10th for younger workers!
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Globalization of Venture Capital?Similar pattern, five-fold difference in magnitudes
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Globalization of Venture Capital:Changing role for VC in ‘innovative’ stage of investment
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Globalization of Venture Finance
Most still to other industrial countries, but…
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• Plenty of entrepreneurship opportunities– Lagging IT uptake in key large sectors and SMEs
• Concerns over human capital – IT is R&D-worker intensive – Challenge to retain, retrain, and maintain pipeline of workers
• Concerns over venture capital– Venture capital still mostly at home– Role in early innovation is falling, particularly in US
• Globalization’s Role?– Lowers cost of IT, enhances its uptake– so deficits are not the issue– VC and Human Capital concerns are real, but are they more home-
grown than foreign-caused?
Globalization of IT &… Is America Falling Behind?
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