Day6 Corporations should look to the city of Helios when seeking new business opportunities or a new location

The following appeared as part of an article in a magazine devoted to regional life：

“Corporations should look to the city of Helios when seeking new business opportunities or a new location.Even in the recent recession，Helios’s unemployment rate was lower than the regional average.It is the industrial center of the region，and historically it has provided more than its share of the region’s manufacturing jobs.In addition，Helios is attempting to expand its economic base by attracting companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies.”

Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument.In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument.For example，you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion.You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument，what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound，and what，if anything，would help you better evaluate its conclusion.

文勇五问：

（1）本段的事实是什么？结论是什么？“Even in the recent recession，Helios’s unemployment rate was lower than the regional average.It is the industrial center of the region，and historically it has provided more than its share of the region’s manufacturing jobs.In addition，Helios is attempting to expand its economic base by attracting companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies.”是事实，“Corporations should look to the city of Helios when seeking new business opportunities or a new location.”是结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）在最近一次的经济萧条期，Helios市的失业率低于当地平均失业率，就一定代表当时该市的失业率较低吗？有没有可能还是不理想呢？经济萧条期失业率低就一定代表现在的失业率也低吗？

（3）失业率低一定是一件好事吗？是否可能会因为失业率低而难以招收劳动力？会不会因此导致劳动力成本上升？

（4）过去Helios提供了很多制造业的就业机会，并且目前也是该地区的工业中心，这对于任何商业模式来说，一定都是有意义的吗？对于和制造业没有紧密联系的商业模式、教育机构等，有意义吗？另外，过去能够提供很多就业机会，现在就一定也是如此吗？

（5）当地计划大力吸引高新科技的公司，这是否会造成负面影响？是否可能增加竞争，无论是对当地的资源竞争，还是对业务本身的竞争？

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