MANCHESTER, ENGLAND -- New academic research argues that Apple could bring back its manufacturing to the US and still earn billions each year, debunking the company's contention that the US is not competitive.

While low labor costs favored Asia 30 years ago much has changed since, conclude researchers at The University of Manchester's Center for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. Using existing research and their own models, the authors found that changing business models and global supply chains benefit certain companies at the expense of the nations where they do business.

"If Apple were willing to accept lower margins and the 8 hours of assembly labor on the iPhone were onshore and paid at US rates, Apple would still have a gross margin of nearly 50%," says Dr. Adam Leaver, who headed the team.

The paper, "Apple Business Model: Financialization across the Pacific," includes a case study that deconstructs Apple's financial success and its trans-Pacific relations with its Foxconn. The paper observes that the rise of the post national corporate player changes the alignment between large corporate interests and the US economy where Apple hoards its cash surplus and the success for the stockholders does not align with the broader needs of the US economy and society.

"Apple should not be an object of praise and emulation because its business model is not generalizable without harm to the U.S. and limited benefit to China," the researchers state.

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曼彻斯特，英国 - 新的学术研究认为，苹果可以带回美国制造，每年仍赚取数十亿美元，揭穿公司的争夺，美国是没有竞争力。

虽然劳动力成本低的青睐亚洲很多改变，因为30年前，结束在曼彻斯特的中心大学的研究人员对社会经济文化变迁研究。使用现有的研究和自己的模型，研究人员发现，不断变化的商业模式和全球供应链的某些公司受益的国家，在那里做业务的费用。

“如果苹果愿意在iPhone上接受较低的利润率和装配劳动8小时，陆上和在美国的利率支付，苹果仍然有近50％的毛利率，利弗博士说：”亚当，谁为首的团队。

的文件，“苹果的商业模式：跨越太平洋的金融化”，包括一个案例研究，解构苹果公司的财务上的成功和其富士康跨太平洋关系。该文件指出，国家后企业的球员的崛起，改变了大企业的利益和美国经济的苹果囤积的现金盈余和股东的成功不配合美国的经济和社会的广泛需求之间的对齐。

“苹果不应该是赞美和仿真的对象，因为它的商业模式是没有损害美国对中国的好处有限的普及，”研究人员状态。

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