Globalisation - International division of labour

15 important questions on Globalisation - International division of labour

What is a transnational(/multinational) corporation (TNC)?

A company with branches in more than one country

What is a supply chain?

A network of economic activities that covers all the steps to produce final goods

What are intermediate goods?

Processed goods that are used as input in the production of other goods
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What is a profit?

A total amount of money a company is left with when all its costs are deducted from revenue earned

Whats a revenue?

The total amount of money a company earns from selling its products

What do we call the area where a company sells its products?

A sales market

How do TNC's increase globalisation?

By linking together countries through the sales of goods on the one hand and through the production of goods on the other

What made it possible to spread different steps of the supply chain over different countries?

Modern transport and ICT (information and communication technology)

Why would a TNC offshore its manufacturing activities?

In order to maximize the profit, they lower the costs

Why would a TNC explore new sales markets?

To buy things with low costs and sell them with profit

What steps is the production of goods split up in?

R&D (research and development)
manufacturing
distribution & sales

Why do TNC's often choose to do some parts of the manufacturing process in other parts of the world?

Because of the low production costs

Why have companies expanded their sales across the borders of their own country?

To maximize their revenue

What does the international division of labour generally look like?

LEDC's: deliver most of the raw materials, simple processing of them
NIC's: manufacturing, collect intermediate goods & assemble them
MEDC's: marketing & sales of products, R&D and design of products

Why do MEDC's often make up large parts of the sales market?

Because their richer populations generally consume a lot of goods

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