• outsourcing/ offshoring/ nearshoring (manufacturing outsourcing, IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing)

• to subcontract, subcontracting

• to shift, to relocate, to move, to farm out (production)

• core /none-core business/activity

• to specialize in

• to account for

• subsidiary, affiliate (to set up, to establish)

• to adapt

• to flee

• customer service/care, back office administration, payroll administration

• procurement

• accounting

• supply chain (management)

• operational costs/overheads

• benefit, to benefit, beneficial, beneficiary

• to displace, dismiss, fire; make redundant; layoff

• to redeploy

• white-collar workers, blue-collar workers

• to tap

• demolition

• disruption

• to rebound

• to run a risk, be exposed to risks

• hazards, hazardous

• to recall

• rigid regulations

• to lease, leasing

• “win-win” situation (“win-lose”, “lose-lose”)

• to adopt, to embrace

• to flourish

• to capitalize on something

• Venture capitalist