Provides a history of the Bata shoe industry and then focuses on its operation as a multinational corporation. Raises issues surrounding the motivation behind the company’s installation of factories in Third World countries such as Kenya, highlighting the controversial nature of multinational corporations as such. Suitable for upper secondary and tertiary levels.
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ACMI Identifier
507426
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Economic development - Environmental aspects
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economic development - Environmental aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Exploitation - Psychological aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rationalism - Economic aspects
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Exploitation - Psychological aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)