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Outsourcing Today Affects Both Blue Collar and White Collar Jobs

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Outsourcing today affects both blue collar and white collar jobs.


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Interindustry Competition

Competition that occurs between firms in different industries, as opposed to intra-industry competition within the same industry.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, as the scale of operation increases.

Herfindahl Index

A measure of market concentration, calculated as the sum of the squares of the market shares of all firms within the industry.

Market Power

The ability of a firm or group of firms to manipulate the price or quantity of goods and services in the market, typically by restricting supply to influence prices to their advantage.

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