ECO 415 Week 4 DQs

Discussion Questions

If you were a manager of a large manufacturing company and decided to offshore labor-intensive production to another country, how would you justify the decision to your employees and the community where your plants are located? What economic arguments would you make? What social or ethical argument could you make?

Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola have dominated the market for almost a century whereas General Motors and Ford Motor Company have suffered due to increased competition. What is it about the markets, the products, or the companies themselves that has allowed the two former companies to thrive whereas the later two falter? Frame your answer in terms of competitive advantage and international business.