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Apple as a TNC

Yvonne Liu 9 questions

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  1. 1Apple is ranked the [blank_start]12th[blank_end] largest company in the world in 2015 as well as being te largest [blank_start]technology[blank_end] company in the world - making is rank [blank_start]2nd[blank_end] largest [blank_start]phone[blank_end] manufacturer with [blank_start]506[blank_end] shops in over [blank_start]24[blank_end] different countries.
    1. A12th
    2. Btechnology
    3. C2nd
    4. Dphone
    5. E506
    6. F24
  2. 2It has been largely successful due to is [blank_start]variety[blank_end] in products by having a [blank_start]dynamic[blank_end] business plan which has created many job opportunities. This creates a [blank_start]diverse[blank_end] environment for Apple company.
    1. Avariety
    2. Bdynamic
    3. Cdiverse
  3. 3Apple has invested in a lot of places all over the world. It has its headquarters located in [blank_start]California[blank_end] [blank_start]USA[blank_end] as well as having an EU headquarter in [blank_start]Cork[blank_end], [blank_start]Ireland[blank_end]. It has its production process in [blank_start]Foxconn[blank_end] [blank_start]China[blank_end] with retail stores located globally.
    1. ACalifornia
    2. BUSA
    3. CCork
    4. DIreland
    5. EFoxconn
    6. FChina
  4. 4The reason why production is located in the China is becuase there is a high [blank_start]population[blank_end] density which helps Apple to meets its growing demands quickly. In one factory in China, it can employ up to [blank_start]230000[blank_end] people. On top of that Chinese [blank_start]wages[blank_end] are much lower and [blank_start]raw[blank_end] [blank_start]materials[blank_end] also cost less.
    1. Apopulation
    2. B230000
    3. Cwages
    4. Draw
    5. Ematerials
  5. 5There are some positive impacts on China due to Apple. For example, [blank_start]real[blank_end] [blank_start]wages[blank_end] has risen along with [blank_start]unemployment[blank_end]. China has also seen the largest [blank_start]reduction[blank_end] in [blank_start]poverty[blank_end] by improving its links with other parts of the world.
    1. Areal
    2. Bwages
    3. Cemployment
    4. Dreduction
    5. Epoverty
  6. 6However, the problems in China is still a major issues. WIth [blank_start]work[blank_end] [blank_start]conditions[blank_end] being horific and workers [blank_start]adding[blank_end] [blank_start]hours[blank_end] it can cuase their health to deteriorate. As well as that [blank_start]wages[blank_end] are still not high enough.
    1. Awork
    2. Bconditions
    3. Cadding
    4. Dhours
    5. Ewages
  7. 7Having headquarters in Ireland was mainly due to the [blank_start]low[blank_end] [blank_start]taxes[blank_end] that the Irish government offers for foreign investors as well as the highly [blank_start]educated[blank_end] workforce there is. Furthermore, Ireland has good [blank_start]communication[blank_end] links with other coutnries such as the USA as well as other European countries for being in the EU. This has allowed Apple to employ over [blank_start]4000[blank_end] employers and contribute [blank_start]3[blank_end] [blank_start]billion[blank_end] euros to the economy.
    1. Alow
    2. Btaxes
    3. Ceducated
    4. Dcommunication
    5. E4000
    6. F3
    7. Gbillion
  8. 8However, there are problems with locating headquarters in Ireland. For example, there are [blank_start]tensions[blank_end] between the [blank_start]locals[blank_end] and Apple/government as it is unfair for small businesses to pay higher taxes than a huge TNC like Apple. There are also tensions between the [blank_start]USA[blank_end] and Ireland as USA claims that Apple is avoiding US tax bills.
    1. Atensions
    2. Blocals
    3. CUSA
  9. 9Apple also has a global influence but may not be good ones - in [blank_start]2006[blank_end] it was ranked [blank_start]last[blank_end] by [blank_start]Greenpeace[blank_end] for green electronics, however, they now run on [blank_start]renewable[blank_end] energy according to some reports. Apple also contributes [blank_start]350[blank_end] [blank_start]billion[blank_end] dollars to the US economy by [blank_start]2023[blank_end] as well as employing over [blank_start]2.4[blank_end] million US workers.
    1. A2006
    2. Blast
    3. CGreenpeace
    4. Drenewable
    5. E350
    6. Fbillion
    7. G2023
    8. H2.4

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A level Geography (global systems and governance) Quiz on Apple as a TNC, created by Yvonne Liu on 10/03/2021.
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