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... engineering capabilities in this new environment, the United States may One area of rapid increase in offshoring has been in need to consider new approaches to education, career devel- information-technology (IT) -related industries, such as softopment, management, and policy, and make changes where ware development, semiconductors, and PC manufacturing.
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... For the United States to adopt policies that as multinational companies based in Europe and Asia estabsupport continued economic vitality and ensure that the lish or acquire operations in the United States. Even some United States remains a premier location for engineering companies based in India and China are investing in R&D in work, policy makers must have a good understanding of the United States, mainly through acquisitions (see Cooney, changes in comparative salaries, education levels, language this volume)
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... FINDING 5.  Although individual engineers must ultimately IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY take responsibility for their own careers, industry, government, universities, professional societies, and other groups FINDING 7.  For the United States, attracting and retainwith a stake in the U.S. engineering enterprise should ing world-class engineering activities in an increasingly consider supporting programs and other approaches to competitive global environment will require that core U.S.
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... overall openness of the United States to foreign talent have Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Industrial Performance Center. Available online at http://web.mit.edu/ipc/publications/pdf/06-006.pdf.
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