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Student Technology Survey 1.Raise your hand if you have a cell phone. 2.Have you had your phone for more that a year? 3.If you do not have a cell phone, raise your hand if you plan to get one in the next 12 months.

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Page 1: Student Technology Survey 1.Raise your hand if you have a cell phone. 2.Have you had your phone for more that a year? 3.If you do not have a cell phone,

Student Technology Survey

1. Raise your hand if you have a cell phone.2. Have you had your phone for more that a

year?3. If you do not have a cell phone, raise your

hand if you plan to get one in the next 12 months.

Page 2: Student Technology Survey 1.Raise your hand if you have a cell phone. 2.Have you had your phone for more that a year? 3.If you do not have a cell phone,

Outsourcing to Asia: The American Demand for

Consumer Goods

Page 3: Student Technology Survey 1.Raise your hand if you have a cell phone. 2.Have you had your phone for more that a year? 3.If you do not have a cell phone,

Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, covering approximately 30 percent of the Earth’s land area. It is also the world’s most populous continent, with roughly

60 percent of the total population.

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Asia population comparison map

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/08/population-map.jpg

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Industrialized nations’ demand for consumer products continues to rise

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/08/where-to-be-born-map3.jpg

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Economic view by citizens of each country

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/08/gallup-economic-confidence-index.jpg

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Push-Pull Factors for manufacturing in Asia

Push Factors• High cost of wages• 8 hour shifts by laborers• Costly insurance and

benefits• Economic change toward

specialized labor• Increased service industries• Demand for cheap

consumer goods

Pull Factors• Surplus laborers• Low wages• Government incentives• Quick productive output• Import tax waivers on raw

materials• Management of company

and capital investment can be supervised overseas

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Industrialized Nations

Benefits• Less pollution in country• Cheaper consumer goods• Quick turnaround for

technologically based consumer products

• Low wage jobs sent abroad

Costs• Loss of jobs• Decreased taxable income• Urban decay• Technical and educational

training needed for unemployed

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Asian countries

Benefits• Improved infrastructure• Increased standard of living• Greater Gross Domestic

Product (GDP)• More taxable income

Costs• Long working hours• Pollution from factories• Loss of natural habitat • Unpleasant working

conditions• Some countries lack of

investment with profit to infrastructure and social programs

Page 10: Student Technology Survey 1.Raise your hand if you have a cell phone. 2.Have you had your phone for more that a year? 3.If you do not have a cell phone,

What can be done to solve the developing issues in Asian countries?

Write a proposal to solve the problems in Asia caused by outsourcing manufacturing

and basic service industry jobs.