Requesting assistance with a short paper 3 to 4 pages in length. Please use APA format and cite all references used.
You will prepare and submit a number of short papers on a series of topics posed by the instructor. These papers will provide an opportunity to respond to an issue drawn from the reading for the module. Choose a position on the issue and defend your position. Support your position using appropriate sources. The papers will be approximately two-three pages in length.
For many global companies, China represents a highly attractive market in terms of size and growth rate. Yet China ranks lower in terms of economic freedom and higher in political risk than some other countries. Despite these risks, hundreds of companies have established manufacturing operations in China. This is because the Chinese government makes selling in China contingent on a company's willingness to locate production there. The government wants Chinese companies to learn modern management skills from non-Chinese companies and to acquire technology. Some believe that Western companies are bargaining away important industry knowhow in exchange for sales today by agreeing to such conditions.
Address the following in your short paper:
- Should companies go along with China's terms, or should they risk losing sales by refusing to transfer technology?
- What do you think might be the long-term results of either solution?