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 Posted: Fri Jan 25th, 2013 16:56
richw



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It's well documented that one of the secrets to Germany's economic success is lots of smallish but productive companies.

Thing about large companies is that they tend to move a lot overseas where they can get the work done cheaper (China, Bangladesh) whereas a smaller company will more likely use local suppliers/contacts. But even that is changing with the ease of subcontracting/sourcing via the internet, like that chap that got in trouble in the US recently for outsourcing his job to China.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2042236