Stryker Corp., a manufacturer of medical devices based in the United States, is considering establishing an assembly facility in France, Germany, or the Netherlands, so it can better serve its European customers. You have the task of choosing the most appropriate country from the three choices by researching the following statistics: the cost of labor (“manufacturing hourly compensation index”) and level of productivity (“manufacturing output per hour”). Essentially, management wants to pick the country that has the best overall profile of low labor cost and high productivity. A good source for this data is the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov). After conducting your research and analysis, prepare a recommendation on which country—France, Germany, or the Netherlands—would be the best choice to locate the factory.