Apple Opertes In Civil Law Cases

3 in looking at CIA's website , it appears that majority of the countries apple opertes in are civil law based, but it also operates in a significant amount of common law laws. This implies that apple is focused on expanding its operations and reaping more profits and although it favors civil law operated countries, it is more concerned with maximizing profits for shareholders. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2100.html
4 Apple is not a member of OPIC, a large portion of Opics operations focuses on small American business and not so much on blue-chip companies like Apple: https://www.opic.gov/doing-business-us/small-business-center
1 A manager communicating with associates in China, using the Hofstede's cultural

5 Yes, Apple has many patents, such as the "slide to unlock" patent with is a feature on their iphones. Apple protects these patents through lawsuits and also apple representatives claim they should be compensated when other companies infringe on their intellectual property without permission (Lohr, 2012).
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7 Apples mode of entry is through wholly-owned subsidiaries. I believe the company has taken the right approach, because it has access to large capital and can finance such ventures and stands to maximize its profits in the long run.
8 Yes, Apple has exit strategy set in place.
9 I believe Apple does the bare minimum to give the public perception that it practices corporate social responsibility, but I do not believe the tech giant is practicing good corporate governance when it comes to corporate social responsibility. Apple is strictly focused on making products that are high quality, so that it can compete in the markets and continue to maximize shareholder values. According to Blanchard (2012) of Industry

Having cultivated a cachet with the counterculture for decades, Apple's nondisclosure was viewed as a thumb in the eye to many of its adherents, especially after The New York Times criticized the company for effectively turning a blind eye toward the substandard labor practices of Foxconn, a Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer that assembles many of Apple's most popular products (iPads, iPhones, iPods, etc.)."
These is a clear indication that Apple is not being transparent about its operations overseas and that is not an indication of a company that is focused on corporate social responsiility, instead apple wants to cut costs and maximize profits by any means necessary, as long as it can still keep its public perception positive.
10 Investopedia (2015) states that Apple's current mission statement is "Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with