1. Discuss the Flextronics case from a value chain management perspective. How did it happen? Why did...
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1. Discuss the Flextronics case from a value chain management perspective. How did it happen? Why did it happen?
2. What can managers learn about managing operations from this situation?
3. Although enforcement of worker safety in Kuala Lumpur is clearly lax, government officials clearly do not want global businesses withdrawing from the country and driving it deeper into poverty. Discuss.
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