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The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of offshoring production to developing countries with cheap labor. The advantages include lower costs from cheap labor, access to new national markets, and the availability of a large low-educated workforce. However, there are also cultural, administrative, political, and economic distances to overcome that make coordination and understanding market needs more challenging when operating in foreign countries with different cultures and approaches.
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