7.7 Assesment

Which of the following is an example of Offshoring?

• A U.S. factory in china

• designing a plane in Country A, but making it in Country B

• Europe companies in India

• All of the above

What's the new international division of labor

• a change in the system of employment in the various economic sectors of the world

• the world working for one country

• core countries doing the most work

Action that doesn't generate new money to an area

• Basic economic activities

• Non-basic economic activities

A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries

• Transnational coorperations

• EPZ

• Multinational coorperations

Technopole: a hub for information-based industry and high manufacturing

mechanization

•  saves a company money

• is super expensive

• creates economies of sale

• All of the above

Post-Industrial Landscape and Economy

• occurs in developing countries

• large number of people in factories

• information reliant economy

Birth rates decline and more women gain employment.

• True

• False

Locational Interdependence: When the location for one factory  is not dependent upon the location of other related factories.

• true

• false

Businesses that operate in multiple countries. They can bring jobs & wealth to a country.

• Multinational cooporations

• Transnational cooporations

• EPZ