Engineering Systems Division (ESD) Working Paper Series: Recent submissions

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    • Global Outsourcing of Professional Services 

      Seshasai, Satwik (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-08)
      As a growing number of firms outsource more of their professional services across geographic and temporal boundaries, one is faced with a corresponding need to examine the long-term ramifications on business and society. ...

    • Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory in Software Development 

      Seshasai, Satwik (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-08)
      “The Sun never sets on the British Empire,” was a notion emphasized during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to highlight that the British Empire was far-flung, and that the sun was always visible from some part of ...

    • Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory 

      Gupta, Amar; Seshasai, Satwik (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-08)
      The term “24-Hour Knowledge Factory” connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that ...