Global Sourcing, Production,and Export Strategies
Governmental Role in Exporting Governments play a variety of roles in the export process, some of which support exporting and others that appear to retard it. For example, government regulations designed to keep high-tech products from aiding the Soviet military retard high-tech exports of U.S. companies. The International Trade Administration (ITA) of the U.S....
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LOOKING TO THEFUTURE As global competition increases and trade barriers continue to fall, it will be increasingly important for firms to drive down costs as much as possible. This means that global firms will need to continue to develop the cheapest sources of supply that they can. Outsourcing as a means of finding components...
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SUMMARY ■ A global production strategy involves the storage and movement of goods from the source of raw materials to the production of components, to the assembly of goods, to the distribution to consumers. ■ The international firm differs from the domestic one in that goods in intermediate or final form may move from...
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BLACK & DECKER Black & Deckef (B&D), once known almost exclusively as a manufacturer of power tools for professionals, is now involved in “the manufacturing, marketing, and servicing of a wide range of power tools, household products, and other labor-saving devices generally used in and around the home and by professional users.” In the...
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