1) historically, most international businesses have been more concerned with
management development than with training.
2) limits on imports are often in the interests of domestic consumers, but not domestic
producers.
3) some critics argue that outsourcing has caused wage rates of poorer americans to fall
significantly over the past quarter of a century.
4) because of the low value-to weight ratio of many pharmaceutical and electronics
products, there is great pressure to produce these products in the optimal location and
serve the world from there.
5) acquisitions rarely produce disappointing results.