1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations?
The globalization of human capital results in a range of winners and losers around the world: companies and their stockholders, consumers, contractors, firms up and down the supply chain, employed people, and unemployed people, as well as their economics. It inevitable that firms increase their global operations because many companies are expanding and becoming global. For example, Dell, HP and others companies have now migrated overseas.

2. How does this case illustrate the threats and opportunities facing global companies in developing their strategies?
I think one of the threats that global companies have nowadays is the cost of labor. It is cheaper to produce a product out of the country that within the same. For iPhone the major advantage and cost saving in China is the management of supply chains and raid access to component parts and manufacturing supplies from various factories in close proximity. In the U.S they couldn’t easily find the engineers and other skilled workers as they found it in China. For Global company price and profit is the most important consideration to stay competitive. They can use the cheap labor in other countries to be price competitive.

3. Comment on the Apple executive’s assertion that the company’s only obligation is making the best product possible. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems”.
By harder than it sounds in a certain way it's true. Apple is a global companies that has different offices around the world. The most important thing for a company is to make money, either within the country where they operate or outside the country. Apple doesn’t have the responsibility to solve America’s problems. That’s why this nation have its governors that can take care of all the problems of