Going Global: Compulsory CS Flashcards
When did Tesco set the target in profits as a UK TNC?
2005 - Tesco = No.1 UK based company to reach profits of £2 BILLION +
How much is spent in Tescos compared to other British shops?
Of every £1 spent in a British shop £8 is spent in Tesco!
How many shops do Tesco have worldwide?
2300 - Britain, Eastern Europe, Asia & Far East.
Give an example Tescos attempt to “glocalise”:
In Warsaw: Delicatessen aisle = 8 barrels of pickle, over a dozen types of sausage
How is Tesco connected to S.A?
- Tesco=largest buyer of S.Am fruit
- employ 104,000 workers permanently
- on 3000 farms
What is S.Africas total export cost as a result of Tesco?
~£86 Million/year
How does Bangladesh’s minimum wage compare to that of UK?
- for a Tescos Bangladeshi garment worker: minimum wage = £16/month
- In 2005, minimum wage for Tesco worker in UK = £5.56/hour
(111x more than I’m Bangladesh!!!)
How did Tescos benefit from expansion to Asia and C.Europe?
- International sales increased by 46% to £1.7 Billion!! (2001)
How big is illegal migrant problem?
- In 2014, 100,000 people arrived to Italy by sea.
- By Aug 2014, ~93,000 migrants will have been rescued
- fears of uncontrolled immigration invasion
Is the illegal immigrant situation getting worse, according to Greek police?
Migrant arrivals by sea will DOUBLE in first 6 months of 2014.
Give a push and pull factor of African immigrants to EU:
Push factor: turmoil in Libya
Pull factors: rich countries = opportunities, Britains Welfare state
Where are the immigrants coming from? (Africa-EU)
Libya Eritrea Syria Afghanistan Somalia
Is the African immigrants a European-wide problem?
Italy, Sweden, Germany, France and Britain receive 70% of all asylum applications
What happened in the Lampedusa shipwreck?
368 Eritreans and others drowned off Island of Lampedusa.(Oct 2013)
Route: Lampedusa-Melilla-Spain/Italy
Who said: “I want to shoot Asylum Seekers”?
Umberto Bossi = Italy’s immigration minister
Due to increase in right-winged political opinions
