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Chapter 2f - Apple and ABInBev
Apple and ABInBev are two TNCs operating in very different sectors with very different investment strategies and global operations. Apple has outsourced operations for all its components and assembly...
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Chapter 2e - FDI and Outsourcing from TNCs
FDI is the biggest financial flow and has the deepest impact on the global economy. It is controlled by transnational corporations and although more of it now flows to emerging economies, most flows are...
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Chapter 2d - Illegal Flows
Illegal flows in finance and counterfeit goods undermine the formal economy and intellectual property rights of TNCs. It also facilitates crime against people. This page first explores the illicit flows...
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Chapter 2c - Flows in Remittances
International remittances tend to travel mostly from high-income countries to low-income and emerging economies. They are closely linked to the patterns of economic migrants. India and China receive the...
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Chapter 2b - Flows in Aid, Loans and Debt Relief
Flows in overseas development aid are dominated by developed countries. Most aid flows as bilateral aid between two countries. Aid is also transferred multinationally through international aid agencies...
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Chapter 2a - Global Flows in Materials, Goods and Services
The global economy consists of a global network where industries that extract materials and industries that produce goods and services are interconnected in what is a business ecosystem of operators....
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Chapter 1e - OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has a major influence over energy policies and it can leverage this influence for political gain too. However, the group is fragmented with...
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Chapter 1d - Global Lending Instiutions
The global economy is influenced by several powerful intergovernmental lending institutions that provide analysis, policy frameworks and finance to nation-states for the improved integration of economies...
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Chapter 1c - Powerful Economic Groups
The global economy is influenced by several powerful intergovernmental groups that provide analysis, policy frameworks and finance to nation-states for improved integration and trade. These powerful groups...
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Chapter 1b - Global Superpowers
Global superpowers are what they are because of their economic, geopolitical and cultural influence. There are perhaps just three global superpowers. The US is by far the biggest followed by China and...