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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Jim Landers
Aug. 26--WASHINGTON -- From India to Mexico, software programmers, engineers, call-center workers and CPAs stand ready to take over jobs from their U.S. counterparts.
And plenty of American businesses hounded by low-cost competitors or lured by overseas savings are willing to move those jobs offshore.
Yet a batch of recent research suggests there is less hazard to the workforce -- and less money to be saved by employers -- from moving offshore than you may think.
For example: Many global companies have decided that the optimal location for research and development is the United States.
"The infrastructure, the market size, the risk profile, access to talent -- these are very rational reasons why we have such a high incidence of companies...
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