Technology & Consumer Goods Production
There is a term paper that counts for a quarter of your grade. The topic will be: “Where does Outsourcing Go Without China?” I intend for you to learn about the outsourcing market for technology and consumer goods production in China through the mechanism of this paper, in the specific context of the trade conflicts that are beginning to emerge. Multinational technology companies have been impacted by this situation, including the case of ZTE and Qualcomm/NXP and more are likely. Your research will be aimed at identifying the business sectors that are dependent upon Chinese labor and manufacturing for serving their current markets in the technology, business-to-business, and consumer products sectors. Your advocated solution will involve WHERE ELSE to outsource manufacturing aside from China. Papers are to be 10 pages, double spaced (title page not counted), with 10 citations from the international business literature.
The journals in which you can find information to support your paper are in our Library and are generally accessible digitally. I will provide you with examples, but Journal of Business Studies, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Global Information Management, and European Journal of Information Systems are good sources that are all available through the La Tech library’s ABI/INFORM Global full-text database, for easy online search. The fact that I permit you to access these articles digitally does not mean that I am accepting a google search for your bibliography. It must be ten proper journal cites, with the proper bibliographic references to the journals, not ten web pages with URLs. Ask me for further details if you are not clear on this requirement. I want you to use reputable scientific journals that focus on international business. Your citations will be in APA format.