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An Indonesian Asset is Also a Liability (page 11)

1. Describe the wage conflicts in Asian countries between workers and governments.
   
   
   
   
2. Why is Indonesia in a difficult position?
   
   
   
   
3. Why did Nike select Indonesia as a manufacturing site?
   
   
   
   
4. What is Nike's code of conduct?
   
   
   
   
5. Are conditions better in U.S.-owned or Korean-owned manufacturers? Why?
   
   
   
   

O Governor, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz Plant (page 5)

1. Describe the incentives offered by Alabama to Mercedes.
   
   
   
   
2. Comment on these incentives.
   
   
   
   
3. What did the U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich mean when he said "it is nothing but a zero sum game"?
   
   
   
   
4. Why did one economist say "the real winner in the Mercedes plant deal was...Tennessee"?
   
   
   
   

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