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
What are the nationalities of those who retire to the Mediterranean?
British, German, Scandanavian
How many British retirees live in Spain?
80,000
What are the average of voluntary migrants to the Mediterranean?
50s - early 60s
In 2013 how many A8 migrants were employed in the UK?
3/4 of 1 Million
EU8-UK migration: push factors
- polish teachers only earn £200/month
- low levels of employment
- Young poles felt they had no say in post-communist Poland
EU8-UK: pull factors
After 12 months of residence in UK, EU residents have access to NHS, child tax credit benefits.
Exemplify difference between unemployment and minimum wage in UK and Poland:
- unemployment in Poland is x2 as worse as in UK
- minimum wage in UK is x5 more than in Poland
What are the most popular employment sectors for A8 immigrants?
- 3Ps (Pickers, Pluckers, Packers) = 40%
- Catering/hospitality = 18%
- Construction = 7%
By 2007 what %age of foreign immigrants were represented by A8 members?
46%
What is the average age of polish migrant to UK? Why is this good?
29 years old
- counteracts problem of Greying population, more tax paid, increase birth rate in UK
How much do Poles spend per year in UK?
£4 Billion
What remark did Cambridgeshire police have about A8 immigrants?
17% increase in drink driving offences
Where are polish immigrants found?
London (SE England)
Cambridgeshire
Herefordshire
S. Lincolnshire
How much in remittances are sent back from UK to Poland?
£2500/year/worker
In Poland (2003) how many construction jobs could not be filled?
35%
