| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 27, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Profitable Sideline THE KEY Porsche's in-house staff of 2,300 designers and engineers, based in Germany and the U.S. THE PLOY At any one time, a third of them are doing outside contract work for other companies, mostly carmakers THE PAYOFF Outside work defrays salary costs, broadens Porsche's technical know-how, and turns a profit at least equal to the margins of its car unit DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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