INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Week 13 November 2013 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY..GOD? THE GEOPOLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AFRICA CAN HOLD CHINA, INDIA, USA, WESTERN EUROPE AND ARGENTINA IN ITS BORDERS SLAVERY AND CAPITALISM SLAVERY HELPED TO FINANCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MOVING EUROPE FROM THE FEUDAL AND AGRAGRIAN AGE TO THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 1. GOVERNMENT AND NATIONS 2. CHURCH 3. PLANTATION OWNERS 4. SHIPBUILDERS 5. MERCHANTS 6. BANKERS 7. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 8. CITIES 9. GDP GROWTH SLAVERY HAS UNDERPINNED INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The World Almanac in the area of World population (1990 Edition page 539). Continent Africa Europe THE BEGINNING OF CAPITALISM THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA COLONIALISATION The Scramble for Africa (also known as the Race for Africa or Partition of Africa) was the invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of African territory by European powers during the New Imperialism between 1881 and BELGIUM..YELLOW BRITAIN.ORANGE FRANCE.BLUE GERMANY GREEN ITALY.LIGHT GREEN PORTUGALPURPLE SPAIN.MAUVRE INDEPENDENT..WHITE Registered imports in the Netherlands from Suriname, Major crops Weight in kilograms Value in Dutch florins Sugar 1,513,649, ,503,000 Coffee 405,110, ,722,000 Cotton 52,437,000 95,921,000 Cocoa 16,653,000 14,831,000 Total 1,987,849,000 1,331,977,000 Minimum amounts of reparations and restitutions as per 31 December 2006 Description Amount in Euros For Indigenous people ,000 For enslaved Africans ,000 For Maroons ,000 For the Burus 3.499,000 For Chinese Indentured workers For Indentured workers from India and Java ,000 Total amount for Reparations for Human suffering 28.6 billion Restitutions for economic and social mismanagement of the Colony 36,7 billion Total compensations and restitutions 65.3 billion THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA CHINATHE NEW COLONIAL POWER THE GEOPOLITICS OF OIL It is of course threatening to know that most of the global crude oil sources that the world depends upon locate in the countries infected by political turmoil. It is a common knowledge that crude oil is the most consumed energy resource in almost every part of the world. More than 80% of industries and house-hold depend upon oil to fulfill their critical requirements. Its hard to imagine the sustainability of life without the supply of such petroleum products. Since, alternative energies like Solar and Hydro are still in their infancy, crude oil yet remain the widest source of energy in the world. Geographically, Middle-East & North African countries, i.e. Iran, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia etc. remains the largest hub for crude oil resource. OIL UNDERPINS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TODAY IS ABOUT OIL AMERICANS MAKE UP ONLY 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION AND YET CONSUME 20% OF ITS ENERGY! WORLD CRUDE OIL RESERVES WATER IS GLOBALLY VERY SCARCE WATER IS SHORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING IT WORSE GLOBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES EVEN TODAY FOOD IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ISSUE WE HAVE A FOOD AND POPULATION CRISIS BOOK SENSE, COMMON SENSE & NONSENSE? PERCEPTION IS REALITY? PepsiCo Inc. Our products can be found in more than 200 countries around the globe. PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with a diverse product portfolio that includes 22 brands that each generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Take a closer look at the brands and products that make up the PepsiCo portfolio GLOBAL SUBSTITUTES? GLOBALIZATION OF FOOD SCARCE RESOURCES..MARKET POWER THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE FOOD, LAND, WATER, FUEL.MASLOWS HIERARCHY GLOBAL SEED VAULT The Global Seed Vault located in the Arctic at Svalbard, Norway is a project of the Global Crop Diversity. The high-security seed vault houses in cold storage crop seeds from all over the world as a means of protecting biodiversity through conservation. The seeds stored at the vault included crop species which are threatened as well as more common varieties. Protection of biodiversity of crop species may prove critical in the face of global climate change THE GLOBAL SEED BANK THE DOOMSDAY VAULT MONSANTO.CHEMICALS, FOODS MONSANTO Monsanto is a US based agricultural and pharmaceutical monopoly, Monsanto Company is a producer of herbicides, prescription pharmaceutical drugs, and genetically engineered (GMO) seeds. The global Monsanto corporation has operated sales offices, manufacturing plants, and research facilities in more than 100 countries. Monsanto has the largest share of the global GMO crops market. In 2001 its crops accounted for 91% of the total area of GMO crops planted worldwide. Based on 2001 figures Monsanto was the second biggest seed company in the world, and the third biggest agrochemical company.GMOGMO crops Historically Monsanto has been involved with the production of PCBs, DDT, dioxins and the defoliant / chemical weapon Agent Orange' (sprayed on American troops and Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War). Originally a chemical company, Until the late 1990s Monsanto was a much larger lifesciences' company whose business covered chemicals, polymers, food additives and pharmaceuticals, as well as agricultural products GOVERNMENTS DRIVE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS THE NEW GLOBAL FOOD PYRAMID MODULE 2 PREVIEW MASLOWS HIERARCHY THE NEW FOOD CHAIN CHEMICALS NOT NATURE GLOBAL RESISTANCE GUYANESE FOLLY? FORBIDDEN DIALOGUE OIL WATER FISH LAND MINERALS BIODIVERSITY BRAZIL LINKAGE BRICS IGNORANCE IS BLISS.THE ONE EYE MAN IS KING ECONOMIC SUICIDE LAND TO TRINIDAD FISHING LICENSES TO CHINA BAN SHAN LIN GUYANESE ARE DESTROYING THEIR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OUR PRODUCT LINE IS FANTASTICHEAVENS FOOD 1. It reduces weight and keeps it off 2. It is a herb and has many incredible benefits 3. It has a sweet taste and prevents aging as well as obesity 4. Grown in the Amazon Basin 5. Comes from Natures most nutritious vegetable tree 6. Obesity will be wiped out in a decade A LIFETIME OF HEALTY DISEASE FREE LIVING OUR PRODUCT HAS MAY GREAT BENEFITS 8 TIMES THE PROTEIN OF YOGURT 7 TIMES THE VITAMEN C OF ORANGES 15 TIMES THE POTASSIUM OF BANANAS 10 TIMES THE VITAMEN A OF CARROTS 12 TIMES THE IRON OF SPINACH 16 TIMES THE CALCIUM OF MILK KNOWLEDGE IS EVERYTHING KNOWLEDGE