Question

Choose two countries Apple company operates and compare/analyze their political environment (political systems, political freedom, press freedom, political risks, and their implications). Does Apple company primarily operate in civil law or common law countries? What are some of the implications of this?

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As it is widely known that Apple INC one of the leading technology companies in the world headquartered in California specialize in designing, developing and selling across these high-quality electronic devices across the globe constituting over 33% of the global stake in its segment. In an organization such a Apple there are several political environment which may rise and be part of the political horizon of the organization. As apple has a global presence in terms of selling their electronic gadgets, specially in developing countries their have been several free trade policies have been created around to the world to be able to tackle with the political systems and avoid several political risks. Hence, it can be stated without any doubt that apple has been utilizing the political front as an asset very smartly (country specific) to establish in the developing country by gaining the stability. Resulting to all this as Apple can expect very few political difficulties, which nevertheless results affecting the sales & overall growth of apple in several countries. One of the biggest examples of such political impact on apple can be easily be seen in chine, which is the global assembling hub for apple. Hence there are high chances that a disruption be observed in china due to several social as well as political unrest, which may eventually result in increased cost. Apple has to work in line with the civil as well as common country laws to be able to pursue its business and one of the major implications of the same is the low pricing of apple products in China & united states of America due to their assembling as well as manufacturing plants in these respective countries.