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Establishing a Medium-Sized Automotive Components Manufacturing Firm in France Andrew Goodenough C O N T E N T S 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 THE FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 4 3.0 LOCATION & TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 5 3.1 Main Automotive Centres 5 3.2 Roads 6 3.3 Rail 6 3.4 Ports 7 3.5 Airports 7 4.0 SKILLED WORKFORCE 7 5.0 POWER & TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS 8 6.0 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 9 7.0 FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS OF OPERATING IN THE EUROZONE 10 8.0 MAJOR RISKS 11 9.0 CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS 12 10.0 REFERENCES 12 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report discusses the issues that a medium sized Scottish manufacturing firm like yours, which specializes in the production of motor car components, would need to consider prior to establishing a branch in France. From the map below we can see France is right in the centre of the world's largest market which offers positive economic conditions to possible investors. In addition to this it has a stable and strong currency - the euro, a high quality workforce and costs which are similar to those of European competitors. France is recognised as one of the top host countries in Europe for multinational firms. This is due to the many resources offered...

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