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it seems like global competition is the force that ultimately damaged both Detroit's auto industry and New England's textile mills. on the surface at least, it
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
it seems like global competition is the force that ultimately damaged both Detroit's auto industry and New England's textile mills. on the surface at least, it seems reasonable to guess that, somehow, global competition will be the force that ultimately dethrones Silicon Valley.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoThe "you can't offshore tech" arguments of today are basically the same "you need skilled labor to manufacture this, they can't do that in the 3rd world" arguments of decades past.
- Nasrudith 8y agoThey did try to offshore tech but it failed to fully displace for various reasons. I'm curious were there attempts at remote industrial outsourcing in the past that failed? I know that Ford attempted his own South American rubber plantation that essentially ended up in literal rebellion due to being a control freak, cultural imperialist and poor agricultural planner. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordlândia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordlândia
- HillaryBriss 8y agoFor SV's demise, I think the pattern to watch for is corporations like Toyota or Honda. During the decades of their ascendancy, they actually understood the US consumer better than their Detroit counterparts and built cars the US consumer favored. Then they built factories in the US. Yet, they remained truly Japanese companies.