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Chapter 6, Problem 11PA
Summary Introduction
Interpretation:Advantages and disadvantages of the decision taken by the much known USA fast food chain to move into Canada.
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It could be commonly seen at present how many major firms move out their corporate headquarters, research centers and factories from the United States to many other countries around the world. Factories and research centers are mostly taken into countries where labor rates are low. Favorable tax rates could be considered the main reason for moving corporate headquarters out. Such decisions would however, have a positive side as well as a negative side.
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