The State Department of the U.S. government maintains an Internet site containing information on various countries (www.state.gov). The site includes a database under the countries and regions tab. Use the data or other publicly available data to answer the following questions about Indonesia.
a. What are the country’s main exports and imports?
b. What is the educational and job classification composition of the labor force?
c. How would you describe the infrastructure and technology base of the country?
d. What are the political and legal risks of doing business there?
e. If you were advising a U.S. company that wanted to locate a wholly owned subsidiary in Indonesia, what aspects of the country would you stress that management take into account when deciding whether to invest there and how to organize the subsidiary’s manufacturing process?