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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; [...]