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right-shore

right-shore verb: to move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.

Verb

right-shore (third-person singular simple present right-shores, present participle right-shoring, simple past and past participle right-shored)

  1. To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.
    • Even EDS, which had a sizeable representation in Adelaide under the former government (having won a contract to handle all government ICT outsourcing), has now 'right-shored' its South Australian operations to a significant extent, after the current state government's change of its outsourcing...2008, Guy G. Gable, The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia, →ISBN, page 217
    • Thanks to technology, organizations are able to outsource, 'off-shore' or 'right-shore' key parts of their operations which they believe can be done more cheaply and effectively elsewhere.2009, Linda Holbeche, Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, →ISBN, page 32

Forms of right-shore

third-person singular presentright-shores
present participleright-shoring
past participleright-shored
pastright-shored

Origin of right-shore

From Rightshore®, a term trademarked by the company Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, with a filing date of May 27, 2003; ( Blend of right + offshore ).

Questions about right-shore

What does right-shore mean?
Right-shore means to move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.
What part of speech is right-shore?
Right-shore is a verb.
What is the past tense of right-shore?
The past tense of right-shore is right-shored.

Words near right-shore in the dictionary

  1. right-of-way
  2. right-of-ways
  3. right-oh
  4. right-on
  5. right-onness
  6. right-shore
  7. right-shored
  8. right-shores
  9. right-shoring
  10. right-side-out
  11. right-side-up

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