Abstract: This study explores the concepts of foreign outsourcing and off-shoring in the domain of multinational
corporations in Nigeria. The study followed a qualitative approach, while data were generated via interviews of
twenty-two respondents from eleven multinational corporations. The respondents were drawn from
telecommunications, manufacturing and oil services firms using purposive and snowball sampling techniques.
The study concluded that foreign outsourcing and offshoring can be blessings or curses to the multinational
corporation depending on how and when they are employed. Therefore, to enjoy the benefits of outsourcing and
offshoring, the multinationals should ensure that, the costs of producing in-house is not more than the cost of
outsourcing or offshoring. Furthermore, it was suggested that future studies should include more participants and
sectors in order to generalize the findings.

Keywords: Foreign outsourcing, Off-Shoring, Multinational corporations, Blessings, Curses.