1) A race-to-the-bottom process may set in as MNEs search for ever-lower cost locations. Discuss the trade-offs between the positive effects of raising the standard of living in some of the worlds poorest countries with the drawbacks of moving jobs established in one country to another. Does your perspective change in light of the recent accidents in textile factories in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and elsewhere, where the cumulative death was over 1,000 workers? What responsibilities do MNEs have?

2) Licensing patented technology to a foreign competitor is likely to reduce or eliminate the firms competitive advantage. True or false? Discuss this statement.

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