Choosing the right location for a manufacturing plant or a service organization is often critical to its success. Pick one manufacturing plant or one service organization in Kyiv and list at least three reasons why its location helps or hinders its success. If its location is not ideal, what would be a better one?

Task 4

Workers on the manufacturing floor are being replaced by robots and other machines. On the one hand, this lets companies compete with cheap labor from other countries. On the other hand, automation eliminates many jobs. Are you concerned that automation may increase unemployment or underemployment in Ukraine and around the world? Why or why not?

Task 5

One way to create new jobs in Ukraine is to increase innovation among new graduates from engineering and the sciences. How can Ukraine motivate more students to major in those areas?