Emerson is a global manufacturing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The company employs almost 130,000 workers at its 250 manufacturing facilities located on five different continents.
Emerson manufactures a wide range of products including air-conditioning compressors, garbage disposers, and automotive parts. Emerson's Asian operations employ over 50,000 people at manufacturing facilities in Asia. Emerson needs to build a new manufacturing facility to produce automotive parts for cars manufactured in Detroit. Emerson executives are considering whether to build the new facility in China or in the United States. Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument to build a new Emerson facility in China?
A) China has committed over 500 billion to infrastructure projects.
B) U.S. firms continue outsourcing service jobs despite the economy.
C) Fuel costs in China have risen sharply and are not expected to drop.
D) China is the world's largest exporter of manufactured goods.
Question 2
Multilateral netting is the means by which subsidiaries and affiliates charge each other as they exchange goods and services.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Growth of Suburban St. Louis, 1950–1960
Ozone Depletion—A Global Issue
Global climate change and CO2 concentration
Global Energy Flow
Global energy consumption is rising rapidly
Wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal power account for less than 1% of global power generation