Case Name :      Palliser Furniture Ltd.: The China Question

Authors :           Paul W. Beamish, Jing’An Tang

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            904M05

Discipline :        Operations Management

Case Length :    12 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Palliser is Canada’s second largest furniture company. The company has production facilities in Canada, Mexico, and Indonesia and experimented with cutting and sewing leather in China. The company is looking at further expanding the relationship with China. Ever since Palliser set up a plant in Mexico, the company faced increasing competitive pressure from Asia, especially China. The president of Palliser must decide what form this relationship should follow: an investment, either wholly or partly owned, or through subcontracting?