Contents Chapter Page Learning objectives


Syllabus units


1. Measuring Development 2. Developed Economies


ELECTIVE UNIT 4: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 1


Gross national product The Human Development Index (HDI) 6 Variations in economic development


Economically developed countries Case Study 1: Ireland – service activities and footloose industries Case Study 2: France – service activities, footloose industries and industrial decline


3. Colonialism, a Global Economy and


Developing Countries


4. More about the Global Economy


40 27 European colonialism: an introduction


Case Study: Uganda – a developing economy Justice and the global economy


Causes of globalisation Aspects of global trade and industry


Case Study: China embraces globalisation – a controversial success story


5. Intel: A Major Multinational Company 55 Intel’s global nature


Case Study 1: Intel of Leixlip, Co. Kildare Disadvantages of multinational companies Case Study 2: How corporate strategies led to the opening and closing of Fruit of the Loom branch plants Factors likely to affect future MNC mobility


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