Companies should continue to manufacture in emerging markets like China when they encounter difficulties, rather than withdraw in a “dictatorship-like way”, according to an academic who specialises in ethical leadership and emerging economies. However Canterbury University management lecturer Anna Earl said companies should collaborate to improve the environment in emerging economies rather than withdrawing. The company deliberately invested in peopleless automation to bring home manufacturing from China that was previously unaffordable here, he said. Companies that shifted out of China to appease Five Eyes countries risked being shut out of the market, he said. Christel Yardley/Stuff Fonterra has successfully navigated difficulties in its Chinese operations, according to Canterbury University academic Anna Earl.

Source: Stuff April 15, 2021 22:41 UTC