"'investors will always think of recouping their money and making profits' irrespective of any circumstance."
Is that why you asked me if I had experience in banking or investing? :) I think it's just pure business logic. Business is business and it will always be business.
@Ariella, that mindset is actually helping company's sustainability, fight competitor(s) and that also keep managers on their toes against reckless spending.
Few weeks back i watched a BBC's reality TV show - Dragon's Den. One of the investors told an aspiring enterpreneur who came to pitch his business said, 'investors will always think of recouping their money and making profits' irrespective of any circumstance.
I agree with your analysis. I don't think there is a patriotic motives involved when it comes to Apple. It is simply a business strategy. As indicated by majority votes, I being one, it may well be a business strategy to eliminate negative PR. It's not clear now, but will with time.
That's what I thought. (Read my comments to HH below) Maybe I have to Bolaji why this "patriotic move" came up as an option in the poll. I would now like to know what the ones who voted for it say about this.
Has Apple once ever produced/manufactured low quality products since it became 'top brand' name in the world? Be it made in India or made in China Apple's iproducts - Apple is known as Apple simply because its electronics designs are often on the edge. Moving its Mac back to the US for me according to their importance: (1) nothing can be described like that than creation of more jobs in the US (2) to cancel out negative image.
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Peter Drucker famously said "Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window." Yet in the razor's-edge world of electronics—with a lean supply chain and just-in-time demands—the need to know the future is vital.
You've heard the saying "the No. 1 supply chain risk is your people." That hasn't always been the case. But today's complex global supply chain requires a new type of multitalented employee. It's one who understands, finance, marketing, economics, is savvy with technology, graceful with relationships and can think analytically.
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