Determinants of: Level of Importance
Medical Devices Other Industries
Labor-intensive industries Capital-intensive industries
Global Integration of the Production
Cost differential low high moderate
Skills differential high/moderate high high
Resource differential moderate high moderate
Regulatory restrictions high low moderate
IPR violations critical moderate high/critical
Product life cycle critical low moderate/high
Flexibility of scaling production critical moderate moderate
Delivery and Supply
Transportation costs low/moderate high low/moderate/high
Transportation speed/distance critical moderate moderate
  Trade barriers high low moderate