But few are expected to shift operations in response to it, economists and executives say.

It is a lot of bother and expense to shift operations from one state to another.

The hub was closed down in late 2005 to shift operations to Cleveland.

The company is also planning to shift operations to Haldia.

In the late 1980s the airline shifted its hub and operations to Austin.

The downside is that a strong dollar forces the least competitive American companies to give up or shift operations abroad.

But the idea is almost impossible for any single country to adopt on its own because currency traders would simply shift operations elsewhere.

Others merely shifted their operations to the Tennessee-Mississippi state line.

Corinthic shifted operations to the South Atlantic in early 1941.

On the third day, Belisarius shifted his operations to the other side of the river, where a similar command tower had been erected.