Multinational business and globalization - published: 14/11/2011
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Above all, let's start by explaining what globalization is. Many definitions exist some are too minimalist, others too general. The term used to describe the current state of the global economy has become a fashionable word. We retain that: “Globalization is a process (or...
Enterprises facing globalization
Case study - 8 pages - Management
The globalization of economies is at the heart of many economic and social debates. The rapidly changing political environment, economic and social development, increased trade in goods, services, and information currently concern all developed countries. This movement is not without any...
Modernity and tradition: the effects of globalization on the Chinese Culture in the 21st century
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Globalization is one of the world's main concerns nowadays. Ever since the end of the cold war and the beginning of this new era in international economics and politics, the « globalization phenomena » has been at the heart of all preoccupations. In this context of...
The Hexagonal Temptation - The Sovereignty to the test of Globalization
Presentation - 1 pages - Political science
As the title says explicitly, the essay discusses the evolution of national sovereignty against the phenomenon of economic openness and liberalization of trade commonly known as globalization. However, the fact that the internationalization of trade is a carrier of strong ideologies makes...
Multinational business and globalization
Internship report - 6 pages - Business strategy
Above all, let's start by explaining what globalization is. Many definitions exist some are too minimalist, others too general. The term used to describe the current state of the global economy has become a fashionable word. We retain that: “Globalization is a process (or...
Is the Negative Globalization on the Move?
Dissertation - 10 pages - Economic politics
Since about twenty years, the globalization has been characterized by the spreading of the multinationals, a huge development of worldwide networks, of international commerce, the explosion of the foreign direct investments' volume, the increase in power of the Asiatic countries in the...
Globalization, Economic Growth and Social Acceptance: The Case for the Olympics in China
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
In 2008, China was poised upon the brink of world domination. Set to host the Summer Olympic Games in its capital Beijing, China would come off from this two week-long event as a victorious host and dominant world power, or as a failed, backward, socially regressive society, still ill prepared...
The anti-globalization: another logical organization of global space
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
The process of universalization is essential for all, whether it is appreciated or not, whether one thinks to be profited by it or as a victim of it. But the globalization of the economy is not enough to summarize the world of ours: however, other processes coexist thus making this issue...
Philippe Hugon's analysis of the changes wrought by globalization on the African economies
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Despite the effect of globalization on some economies, particularly those of East Asia, Africa has remained untouched by this phenomenon. Among the 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 34 are now on the Dark Continent. Although the continent accounts for 11% of world...
Money laundering in the financial community: one of the dark sides of globalization
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
Economically, globalization may appear beneficial in that it enhances trade between men and generates growth. Many of its adverse effects are, however, the game of criminal organizations. Indeed, with the rise of movements of people, goods and capital, globalization tends to...
Art and globalization - published: 12/05/2011
Thesis - 21 pages - Arts and art history
"Art always has been and always will be important to humans", says Cynthia Freeland, professor of philosophy at the Houston University. This sentence, announced as a universal truth, shows that art remains strongly essential for human beings. It is also assured that everybody knows the importance...
Globalization and its impact: Case of Africa
Case study - 11 pages - Economy general
As defined by the Merriam-Webster English language dictionary, globalization is “the tendency of investment funds and businesses to move beyond domestic and national markets to other markets around the globe and thereby increase the inter-connectivity of different markets.”...
"After colonialism. The cultural consequences of globalization ", Arjun Appadurai (1996) - publié le 29/09/2010
Book review - 1 pages - International relations
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949 in Bombay) earned his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences and his Master of Arts from Brandeis University. He is a Doctor of Philosophy since 1976. He currently focuses his studies on ethnic violence in the context of globalization. He also leads a project on the...
Economic globalization: the return of territory in the economic area
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
The return of the territory is highlighted by some economists who highlight certain areas of the economic structure today (metropolitan cities). The major economic centers are organized around specific areas: the new spatialization of economic polarization is the ‘activities around major...
"After colonialism. The cultural consequences of globalization ", Arjun Appadurai (1996)
Book review - 1 pages - International relations
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949 in Bombay) earned his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences and his Master of Arts from Brandeis University. He is a Doctor of Philosophy since 1976. He currently focuses his studies on ethnic violence in the context of globalization. He also leads a project on the...
International marketing adaptation versus globalization - publié le 29/09/2010
Worksheets - 2 pages - Services marketing
Company uses globalization/standardization when its products are produced for many markets in the same way. A company uses adaptation when it produces special or modified products for different markets. Standardization implies that the company uses the same brand name for the markets it...
Cross cultural management - Globalization - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 7 pages - Management
Globalization is a very up-to-date and highly debated topic, since economists have realized that the human society has really changed since the beginning of globalization. However, this observation is not new. Human society has always practiced international exchanges with trade...
"Global strategy and Globalization in emerging markets" - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Organizational culture, like national culture, is an iceberg, with some elements above water and others submerged. Elements above water are not only more visible, but easier to understand. Elements below water are difficult to observe and are more important for understanding culture because they...
International marketing adaptation versus globalization
Worksheets - 2 pages - International marketing
Company uses globalization/standardization when its products are produced for many markets in the same way. A company uses adaptation when it produces special or modified products for different markets. Standardization implies that the company uses the same brand name for the markets it...
Globalization: Knowledge-based economy in Europe
Tutorials/exercises - 31 pages - Economy general
It is a fact that today's European economy is strongly impacted by globalization. European firms have the opportunity to go to the global market. In order to be successful and to achieve a local and international development, those companies have to adapt and to reinvent their strategies....
Globalization is a positive force that uniformly bolsters the economic prospects of countries and societies around the globe. Do you agree or disagree? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
"Another world is possible". This sentence, popularized for the first time during the demonstrations in the Doha Round, aims at denouncing the rising inequalities within countries, and considers the kind of globalization currently implemented being responsible for the prevailing situation....
International economics: Essay on the advantages and disadvantages of globalization
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
‘We are living a transformation which is going to reconstruct population and economy for the coming century. There will be no more national products and technologies, no more national firms, no more national industries, no more national economies. Only individuals, which constitute nations,...
What effects does globalization have on emerging markets? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Following the abandonment of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the US and Great Britain started to spread their market-oriented policies leading to what we call today, globalization. The European Commission defines globalization as 'the process by which markets and production in...
Is globalization good or bad? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
I have chosen to focus my work on the subject of Globalization in order to understand this notion better and increase my knowledge in this domain. It is very important for me to understand it well because I want work in the field of marketing and event management. According to the...
Public policies and Globalization: Classic liberalism, Economic Nationalism or Embedded liberalism? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The last World Trade Organization summit illustrated the inability of governments to reach complete free trade agreements. The increasing number of cases of conflict presented to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO, shows that there is still a lot to do in the field of cooperation, and a...
Procter and Gamble Japan: the SK 2 Globalization Project - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 13 pages - Economy general
Procter and Gamble have been operating internationally for decades. Number of countries in which P&G has been operating over years As we can see, there had been brisk development during the ‘50s and the ‘60s. Then, the internationalization process stagnated during the ‘70s. A...
Globalization - publié le 30/03/2010
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Globalization is a recent occurrence relative to the existence of man. The primary factor which drove this idea was the industrial revolution. With new technology came the spread of ideas because now there were mediums in which we could quickly and efficiently communicate. Communication...
The Pro's and Con's of Globalization - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Globalization gives companies access to new markets, thus facilitating a process wherein one can choose to produce, buy resources or sell in different countries according to their specific attributes. Multinational company outsourcing creates jobs in countries where the wages are lower...
Discuss the view that globalization is increasingly rendering the state meaningless - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Most of the theories pertaining to International Relations highlight the centrality of the state on the international scene. The Nation-state has been characterized by the principle of sovereignty since the Westphalia Treaty in 1648. A good definition of sovereignty can be found in the book on...
Globalization and employment - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Globalization is one of the most controversial topics in today's world. Globalization raises fears and apprehensions and the most prominent one that stands out is the growing power of multinational firms that bestows them with the right to retract jobs whenever and wherever they...
