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The fourth and final leg of the trip was to Rotterdam, Netherlands, 310 miles from Hamburg. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP): 12% (World Bank) Rotterdam is a progressive, multicultural city whose mayor is the first in the country to be an immigrant, a Muslim no less. New Economy (2016) noted that “Rotterdam has embraced innovation […]
The third leg of the trip was to Hamburg, Germany, which is 305 miles from Prague. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP): 23% (World Bank) Hamburg has often been considered the most international of all German cities. It has a notable history in trade dating back to the Middle Ages and is credited with helping [...]
The second leg of the trip was to Prague, Czech Republic, 250 miles from Munich. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP) 27% (World Bank) The Czech Republic is the longtime industrial center of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. More than 40% of its workers are employed in industry, which is well above the EU average and the highest [...]
Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP): 23% (World Bank) Munich is both a cultural hub, as the center of Oktoberfest, and the economic engine/high-tech center of Germany. The city boasts an advanced public transportation network and world-renowned infrastructure, which is partially credited for its supply chain capabilities. President Eisenhower observed the German transportation infrastructure as a [...]
Trip Abstract: In this Study-Abroad option for fulfilling the Globalization Experience Requirement, Purdue University Polytechnic Statewide students will participate in a multifaceted Central European Multinational Automobile Organization Supply Chain Experience. They will tour the BMW factory and operations in Munich, Germany; the Volkswagen facility in Prague, Czech Republic; the second-largest European port in Hamburg, Germany; [...]