Logitech 1. Explain how trade lowers the costs of making computer peripherals such as mice and keyboards. Trade helps in reduction of product prices due to following reasons: Components are procured from any part of the world where they can be produced/manufactured at the best cost. (Motorola plant in Malaysia makes the mouse’s chip; Agilent Technologies supplies optical sensors) --The intellectual capital going into any product is created at the place where the right talent is available
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4. Theory of comparative advantage: The theory provides a basis for explaining and justifying international trade in a model world assumed to enjoy free trade‚ perfect competition‚ no uncertainty‚ costless information‚ and no government interference. 5. Limitations of comparative advantage: a. Countries do not appear to specialize only on those products that could be most efficiently produced by that country’s particular factors of production. b. Governments interfere with comparative advantage
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Theory of Comparative Advantage Historically‚ nations have been trading with each other for hundreds of years for profit or because they do not have enough resources (land‚ labor and capital) to satisfy all the needs of consumers. For example‚ Japan has a highly skilled labor force that use technologically advanced equipment to produce cars and electrical equipment; however it does not have its own oil fields. Saudi Arabia has large supplies of oil‚ but lacks the built capital to produce cars
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Trade is the exchange or the transfer of ownership of goods and services from a seller to a buyer and gets back something for an exchange. Trade exists because of specialization and division of labor‚ which is to concentrate on a specific part of production of goods‚ and trade the finished goods for other finished goods with others. A country’s economy may gain from buying certain products for other countries than to produce at home because international trade allows a country to specialize
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Logitech 1.In a world without trade‚ what would happen to the costs that American consumers would have to pay for Logitech’s Products? World trade refers to buying and selling across national borders. It would be difficult to predict or estimate the prices of the product of one company like Logitech in one market like America. 2.Explain how trade lowers the costs of making computer peripherals such as mice and keyboards. 1. Components are procured from any part of the world where
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What is the theory of comparative advantage? What is the theory of comparative advantage? International trade began at long time ago and it influences our life and economic. The reason why people have motivation to trade to others countries are because: the theory of comparative advantage‚ the imperfect markets theory and the product cycle theory. The idea of comparative advantage has been first mentioned in Adam Smith’s and then it was studies deep and detail by David Ricardo. In his opinion‚
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$1 billion‚ Logitech has been able to establish itself as the pioneer in products like mice‚ keyboards‚ low –cost video cameras etc. Logitech made its name as technological innovator in the highly competitive business of personal computer peripherals. Logitech is different from its competitors by continuing innovations. Furthermore‚ the company has also adopted the strategy of cost differentiation by configuring its global value chain to lower production costs. Legally speaking‚ Logitech is a Swiss
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economics‚ the principle of comparative advantage‚ and modern trade theory? Explain. The article shows us how India diversified its economy by creating new avenues of trade when its manufacturing market took a dive nose. India saw there was a need in the international market for outsourcing‚ call centers and engineering talents and it took advantage of it by harnessing its labor abundance to provide them with a competitive advantage.. A country has the comparative advantage of producing a good if the
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opposite is true‚ in principle at least. As a result from the lower cost productions supporting new investments in the industry‚ prices of computer hardware decline. Promotion of computers through the U.S. market is fast‚ which allowed companies to use computers to their operations and increase productivity. In a world without trade production‚ assembly‚ resources‚ and sale of their products would all have to be conducted in the US‚ where cheap labor and assembly don’t exist (unless you hire illegal
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American consumers would have to pay for Logitech products would increase significantly in a world without trade. This is due to the face that production‚ assembly‚ resources‚ and sale of their products would all have to be conducted in the US. Logitech would no longer be able to rely on China for cheap labor and assembly‚ or Taiwan for efficient and cheap manufacturing. Therefore these increased expenses would require a rise in retail price for the consumer. 2. Explain how trade lowers the costs of making
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