For industry overviews and trends, use:
Gartner Research and perform a keyword search for gartner on outsourcing, to find the latest edition of this yearly report.
Statista is a portal for statistics from multiple providers, covering hundreds of topics and countries. Do keyword searches for outsourcing and offshoring to retrieve charts, graphs, reports, and more.
For articles, news, and research reports, try using search terms like outsourcing, offshoring, and contracting out. Go to:
For books, use the Discovery. Search using keywords or subjects such as: contracting out, offshore outsourcing, industrial procurement or business logistics.
For resources focused on a particular region or country:
Mass Layoff Statistics - US Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) - trade association for IT-BPO industries in India.
