TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

1. DISAVANTAGES

   • SMALL EMPLOYEMENT COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT
     • one big problem is unemployment. There's more investements than employement
   • LOCAL WORKFORCE POORLY PAID
     • people who work there are not paid well
   • FEW WORKERS EMPLOYED
     • not much workers are needed or hired.
   • MOST OF PROFITS GO OVERSEAS
     • the outputs.profits they make goes to foreign countries.
   • MECHANISATION REDUCES THE SIZE OF THE LABOUR FORCE
     • machinery taking over the jobs of humans, workers.
   • GNP GROWS LESS THAN THE PARENT COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS, WIDENING THE GAP BETWEEN DEVELOPED(ING) COUNTRIES
   • MINERALES ARE EXPORTED NOT MANUFACTURED = MAY LEAD TO NATIONAL DEBT
   • MONEY BETTER SPENT ON IMPROVING HOUSING,DIET & SANITATION
     • Spending more money on better standards of iving
   • BIG SCHEMES CAN INCREASE NATIONAL DEBT
   • DECISIONS ARE MADE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY
     • big or small decisions are not in the country...
   • NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION TO SAFETY, HEALTH FACTORS + PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONEMNT
     • There's more concern and attention to less important things instead of facing the big problems!

2. ADVANTAGES

   • BRINGS WORK TO THE COUNTRY AND USES LOCAL LABOUR
     • have foreign workers and make them do local work
   • LOCAL WORKFORCE HAS A GUARANTEED INCOME
     • the workers has a good amount of income
   • IMPROVES THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION OF PEOPLE
     • improvement of education
   • BRING INVESTMENT TO THE COUNTRY
     • bringing goods/ to the country
   • MODERN TECHNOLOGY
     • Better techonology and more modern
   • INCREASE DEMAND
     • consumers wanting more, More is asked and demanded
   • MINERAL WEALTH AND NEW RESOURCES
     • more,better and new resources
   • IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES
     • the country develops and becomes more modern
   • PRESTIGE VALUE
     • image of the brand, you may look better to society
   • WIDEN ECONOMICS BASE OF COUNTRY
     • economy may increase depending on te country
   • IMPROVEMENT IN STANDARD OF PRODUCTION AND HEALTH CARE
     • the country improves the standard of living