1. Why do you think General Electric has invested so aggressively in foreign expansion? What opportunities is it trying to exploit? General Electric CEO main goal was to be number 1 or 2 globally for one reason. Also General Electric also sees foreign expansion as a great way to capitalized abroad. Also international revenues grow faster than domestic revenue.
2. What is General Electric trying to achieve by moving some of the headquarters of its global businesses to foreign locations? How might such moves benefit the company? Do these moves benefit the United States?
3. What is the goal behind trying to “internationalize” the senior management General Electric ranks General Electric? What do you think it means to “Internationalize” these ranks?
4. What does the General Electric example tell you about the nature of true global business?

Company name/corporate headquarters location
 Company size (number of employees)
 Description of products/services
 Description of manufacturing operations - how and where the products/services are produced
 Description of marketing activities
 Where the company advertises and promotes its products/services
 The type of marketing the company emphasizes (newspaper, TV, magazine advertising, etc.)
 Identify where the company's corporate headquarters are located and how many people the company employs.
 History of the company (When was the company founded and by whom?)
 What are the major events in its history and when did they occur (major events pertain to key developments in the company's growth, major acquisitions/mergers, important crises, significant company changes)
The first electric fans were early as the 1890s, heating and cooking devices were developed in 1907. GE Aircraft Engines actually began in 1917 when the U.S. government searched for companies to develop the firs airplane engines. Plastic