Apple - TNC Flashcards

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Facts (3)

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Number 1 global brand by value = $145bn
98000 full time workers
450 retail stores in 16 countries

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Spatial organisation (4)

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Headquarters = California
Research = Silicon Valley
Overseas headquarters = cork in Ireland with 4000 employees
Manufacturing = Foxconn in china

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Where are it’s consumers (3)

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HICs
44% sales in USA
Young well educated people

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Economic impacts on hosts = positive (3+)

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Ireland:
4000 jobs in cork
2500 other jobs
Attracted high tech industries and skilled workers

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Economic impacts on host countries = negative (2)

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Tax avoidance
Tend to be in lower payed jobs

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Impacts on hosts = social = positive (2)

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Supplier code of conduct
Action taken by apple

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Impacts on hosts countries = negative = social (3+)

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China:
40 workers poisoned by screen chemicals
2009/10 = 14 suicides

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Imaoct son hosts = environmental = positive (4)

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How green is my apple
75% renewable energy = solar
Removed PVC
Now = 6th in green electronic product rankings

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Imaoct son hosts = environmental = negative (4)

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Non renewable resources
PVC toxic in manufacturing
China discharged pollutants into water
Lack of recyclability of products

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Overall conclusion of imaoct (3+)

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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

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