Globalisation Case studies Flashcards
Shrinking world- containerisation
22 industrial countries a 320% rise in bilateral trade
dock labour 1.7tonnes per hour whereas containers 30tonnes per hour
TNC china
Used to be labour intensive but now TNC such as coca cola have had an increasing percentage on the service sector
TNC in Bangladesh
Daewoo- increased exports, by 1992 accounted for 46% of bangladesh’s total export earnings
-low wage rates
-spare quotas to supply ready made clothes
De industrialisation- redcar
2,200 employers lost jobs, ghost town, shops struggling on high street.
£30,000 a year to £17,000
young men likely to get black market jobs
Migrant workers- Qatar
abuse- offered higher pay than received, deaths and injuries, 88 forced to stay, 12 months to end the slavery, human rights abused
foreign buyers in london
103,000 homes and flats owned
£84.2mil worth of property
delivering a boost to current market sentiment
Westernisation- china
china are now eating more like america
5kg-50kg of meat a year
this increase demands for cows
growing soy is needed
deforestation of the amazon
- social impact to china
-environmental impact to SAmercia
social media development
There will always be a new and upcoming social media as development continues
Travel development
Airbus A380s goal was to fly more passengers to more major airports
525 passengers
Travel development 2022
Planes took a big hit during covid but recovered fast and needed upgrading
More environmental factors were taken into place.
Mobile phones development
Farmers are using phones to find new markets and better efficiency
Phones used to widen agriculture not just improve it
Communications development
New cabes being built to make trading info faster
Building in shallow water helps efficiency but enviromental problems
How has social media helped development
Circulates business ideas quicker
Target audiences
A negative review of a product will circulate quicker
Papua New Guinea, cultural diffusion
Thousands of years ago tribes wouldn’t wear clothes and it was completely normal but now society sees Americans successfully and clothed and so they want to wear clothes too and get jobs and earn money.
