TNCs Flashcards
1
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Facts
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Top 10 own 20% world’s financial assets, 100,000 worldwide, colonial roots e.g. EIC, most assembly
2
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GPNs
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Kraft (2011 Cadbury acquisition) manage 30,000 suppliers with a GPN and Just In Time production
3
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Growth motive
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Profit: enabled by horizontal integration, vertical integration and economies of scale
4
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Growth means
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Banks: worldwide money flows
5
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Growth mobility
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Fast transport and communication
6
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Investment strategies
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Offshoring (Dyson to Malaysia in 2002), joint venture (McDonalds in N India), glocalisation, mergers/acquisitions (1/3 all 2015 FDI)
