# In a radio interview, Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on Lowe's decision to use third-party contracted workers for some of its business

1 Faculty News August 5, 2019 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2019/08/05/lowes-outsources-thousands-of-jobs-to-third-party-contractors/) -- "'The idea of focusing on your strengths and outsourcing the rest is not new,” he said. What is new: the advent of technology platforms that seamlessly connect companies with contract workers — the 'Uberizing' of everything. [Sundararajan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said that allows businesses to be increasingly picky about which jobs they want to be in house and which they’ll contract out."

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