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FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Official website
Outsourcing ; assembly plants in India
Engineer from
Tata motor
:silhouette:
In the case of Tata, explain how it benefited from having Ford car plants in India
Technology transfer
Imitiating production from advanced companies, rising quality of local cars
Lower inequalities between developed and developing countries
Romain
Francisco
Quality control engineer in Ford's plant in India :silhouette:
Training of skilled workers and engineers
Rise in income and social standards for hired workers
Leonor
Robotization of the assembly line
Staff manager :silhouette:
Consequence : rise in inequality within the firm :
Increased rate of layoffs for low-skilled workers
Hiring of highly-skilled workers
Why robotize?
Afonso Santos
Exporting in India
Sales director :silhouette:
Impact of sales increase on the average production costs of a car
Why export abroad?
Nils
Importing parts from foreign suppliers
Foreign manufacturer :silhouette:
U-Shin Europe - Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary: steering columns
Why import steering columns ? (compare productivity, manufacturing costs,
factor endowment
in the 2 countries)
Who benefits?
Tiago
Facing foreign competition
Head of R & D (Research and development) :silhouette:
Explain the need to diversify the offer and to innovate in a context of global competition.
Illustrate
Geoffrey
Sales director :silhouette:
How to fix sales price ; lowering prices to gain in competitvity
Heloise
Setting up tariffs and subventions (protectionism)
Official from the Department of overseas trade :silhouette:
Explain the usefulness of Tariffs, their pros and cons for Ford
Sanaya
Transport and ecological impac
t
Greenpeace activist :silhouette:
Explain the extent and impact of overseas transportation
Jorge