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Subject: [Leica] Re: foreign investment (WAS: Fungus in camera)
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri Jul 2 17:34:51 2004

The larger companies are under a heavier scrutiny than the smaller ones. But
with a well oiled PR mill they sometimes give the appearance of concern.
But, I wonder how VW in Brazil did?
The smaller companies, on the other hand, are a different story.
S. Dimitrov




> From: Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 18:35:12 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Re: foreign investment (WAS: Fungus in camera)
> 
> Slobodan,
> 
> I don't know enough about the maquiladoras to have a qualified opinion,
> but as far German and other Western investment in Eastern Europe, it is
> a resounding success. Take Skoda as an example. During Communist times
> it produced cars for the domestic market and the other E.European
> countries. Very few were exported to the West, mainly because the
> quality was on par with the late Yugo. But now Skoda is a division of
> Volkswagen, making excellent cars, and it is far more efficient that
> VW's factories in Germany. Of course VW made the investment not out of
> altruistic motives but to save on labor cost and enter new markets.
> Slovakia just secured a huge investment from Huyndai and is fast
> becoming one of the largest car producers in Europe. Sure, the Czech
> workers at Skoda make less than VW workers in Germany, but that is not a
> relevant comparison. What is relevant is whether they are better paid
> and better treated than other workers in the Czech economy, and that is
> undoubtedly the case.
> 
> Direct foreign investment is almost always a good thing for the host
> country.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>> When has a triviality such as 'illegal' ever stopped a corporation, if it
>> went against their self-interest.
>> While I don't have the info at my fingertips, didn't a number of German
>> corp. giants buy industries in Eastern Europe just for such reasons. That
>> is, to escape the homeland illegalities by going where it was 'legal'. At
>> times just a few miles away.
>> Ourselves, we have just such a fiasco here on the border with the
>> Maquiladoras. 
>> S. Dimitrov
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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