What you'll need to know...
How different places become interconnected by global interactions
An overview of contemporary global networks and flows:
• global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services
• an overview of international aid, loans and debt relief
• international remittances from economic migrants
• illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outsourcing by transnational corporations (TNCs), and ways in which this networks places and markets
• Two contrasting detailed examples of TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains
Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities
The relative importance of different flows, and the suitability of different methods for graphically representing flows and interactions
An overview of contemporary global networks and flows:
• global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services
• an overview of international aid, loans and debt relief
• international remittances from economic migrants
• illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outsourcing by transnational corporations (TNCs), and ways in which this networks places and markets
• Two contrasting detailed examples of TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains
Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities
The relative importance of different flows, and the suitability of different methods for graphically representing flows and interactions
