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.
Outsourcing to Asia: The American Demand for
Consumer Goods
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.
Asia population comparison map
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Industrialized nations’ demand for consumer products continues to rise
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Economic view by citizens of each country
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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
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
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
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.
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