This book deals with the controversial reputation and often bad press that multinational corporations receive as they define modern capitalism and drive globalization to every corner of the globe. The resource offers detailed, fact-based analysis in its effort to answer questions such as: Is their multinational nature an essential driver of their profits? Do US and European multinationals contribute to home country employment? Do multinational firms exploit foreign workers? How do multinationals influence foreign policy? How will the rise of the digital economy and digital trade in services affect multinationals? Chapters of the book are suited to A-level studies, in particular the core themes Global Systems, and the Relationships and Connections element of Changing Place: Changing Places. Chapters 6 and 7 deal with jobs and exploitation of foreign workers which serve as background reading for the Global Systems content of unequal flows of people, and development causing inequalities, conflict and injustices. 

In terms of power and global influence, few brands throughout history come close to Coca-Cola. This audio resource charts the history of this brand, which serves as an excellent case study for A-level geography students in their studies of Global Systems and Changing Place: Changing Places. The specification content requires students to investigate the characteristics and impacts of external forces on place, and in this case the decisions of multinational corporations. As part of Meaning and Representation, students are to investigate how external agencies shape the actions of individuals, and success in this is central to Cola-Cola’s global dominance. The resource takes a negative view of the institution, covering assertions of national economic interests, critiques of cultural homogenization, fights for workers’ rights, movements for environmental justice, and debates over public health. 

This compelling book, as its title suggests, examines how global multinationals make billions of dollars in profits by bribing corrupt African dictators and public officials to secure lucrative contracts in some of the most critical economic sectors in Africa. The book focuses on 28 corrupt Sub-Saharan African leaders and their relationships with multinational corporations. The book’s chapters are suited to A-level studies, in particular the core themes Global Systems and the Relationships and Connections element of Changing Place: Changing Places. GCSE students would also benefit from some of the case studies in their own studies of the Changing Economic World, which includes a critical analysis of how (and indeed whether), the development gap can be closed, citing China’s involvement in Africa as an example.

Where does most of the UK's instant coffee come from? This clip answers this question.