It requires
investments, and
therefore “consumes”
resources which are rare
or expensive and better
used elsewhere.

Production presents
characteristics that push
companies to subcontract:

It requires a large
quantity of workers,
especially low-skilled
workers

Never in all of history have
transport costs been so cheap

It is this extreme productivity
of the transport industry that
makes what we
call globalisation
possible.

Where activities are performed becomes less and less important.

It is now possible to source industrial and agricultural raw materials on the
other side of the world and transfer production activities over there too.