Apple - TNC Flashcards
Facts (3)
Number 1 global brand by value = $145bn
98000 full time workers
450 retail stores in 16 countries
Spatial organisation (4)
Headquarters = California
Research = Silicon Valley
Overseas headquarters = cork in Ireland with 4000 employees
Manufacturing = Foxconn in china
Where are itβs consumers (3)
HICs
44% sales in USA
Young well educated people
Economic impacts on hosts = positive (3+)
Ireland:
4000 jobs in cork
2500 other jobs
Attracted high tech industries and skilled workers
Economic impacts on host countries = negative (2)
Tax avoidance
Tend to be in lower payed jobs
Impacts on hosts = social = positive (2)
Supplier code of conduct
Action taken by apple
Impacts on hosts countries = negative = social (3+)
China:
40 workers poisoned by screen chemicals
2009/10 = 14 suicides
Imaoct son hosts = environmental = positive (4)
How green is my apple
75% renewable energy = solar
Removed PVC
Now = 6th in green electronic product rankings
Imaoct son hosts = environmental = negative (4)
Non renewable resources
PVC toxic in manufacturing
China discharged pollutants into water
Lack of recyclability of products
Overall conclusion of imaoct (3+)
Cost to workforce is very high
May be figure investment in S America and Africa
Ethical purchasing + willingness to respond by apple = seen as positive feature of globalisation