Technological advances made such moves more practicable, and a change in locale was often made to allow a firm to take advantage of lower wages, fewer regulatory hurdles or other conditions that would reduce production costs.

• 技术的发展使这种迁移更加切实可行，而且地点的变换还可使公司利用较低的工资，较少的限制等有利条件来降低生产成本。