Global competition is now persuading many to rethink the whole issue of employment. McKinsey warned in August that the high cost of doing business in Sweden would force companies to "move 100,000 to 200,000 jobs offshore in the next 10 years." Sweden has enjoyed outstanding economic growth, but it came in part because companies shed jobs to boost productivity.
At the world's largest IKEA, in Kungens Kurva outside Stockholm, what you don't see is as important as what you do. Venture inside, and you'll find wide aisles, dream-home displays, caravans of pushcarts and trolleys and stack upon stack of every conceivable item you could want for your homenot to mention armies of shopping-overdosed families heading for the self-service cafeteria.
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