Spatial organisation

Question 1

Products

Answer 1

Main products are designed in Silicon Valley, California a and made in mainland China by Foxconn, a Taiwan based company

Question 2

horizontal integration

Answer 2

The different components used in products are sourced from companies all over the world

those manufacturing products are employed by other companies and number up to 2.5 million, nearly 20 times those employed by the company itself

Question 3

expansion of activities in USA

Answer 3

Headquarters and research design centre are together at Apple Park

Large campus and MacPro assembly facility employing 6,000 people at Austin Texas

Has 5 data centres in the USA

Now employs 90,000 people in all 50 states

Question 4

R&D

Answer 4

Concentration of r&d locations in silicon valley is a good example of agglomeration

Question 5

hq’s

Answer 5

has its European, Middle Eastern and African hq in Cork where it employs 6,00 workers

assembly of main products in Foxconn city near Hong Kong
also has large assembly complexes at other sites