6314 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SEMESTER 2, 2015/2016 ESSAY – Individual Assignment “Globalization brings more benefit than harm and should therefore be encouraged”. Discuss the statement. Submitted to: Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazari Ismail Prepared by: TAN WAN TENG, CGA150015 Date: 5th April 2016 TAN WAN TENG (CGA150015) CSGB 6314 International Business Management Globalization is not a new thing. Long time ago, people have been selling to and buying from each other places
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Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy” by Pietra Rivoli is a wonderfully creative book about protectionism and global trade. Pietra Rivoli is a professor at Georgetown University. One day she attends an on campus anti-globalization rally. A protester confirms the evils of globalization by asking “Who made your t-shirt?” Rivoli, a classically trained economist, is unsure of her t-shirts origins and she suspects that the protester is too. Soon thereafter, she purchases a t-shirt in Florida and decides
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The Impact of Globalization on Employment Adrian Armijo April 21, 2016 Abstract This paper focuses on the impact of globalization on employment and provides a thorough analysis based on its pros and cons, as well as its effect on wages in OECD nations. With faster interaction or communication of ideas, the stride of industry growth in the emerging world amplified, producing an upsurge in the job markets. As a result, many emerging countries are now undergoing very positive growth rates. In
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CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 课后练习参考答案 1. Describe the shifts in the world economy over the last 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses based in Great Britain? North America? Hong Kong? Answer: The world economy has shifted dramatically over the past 30 years. As late as the 1960s, four stylized facts described the demographics of the global economy. The first was U.S. dominance in the world economy and world trade. The second was U
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appropriate role using their global activities and influences as these issues exist as both a problem and an opportunity for MNEs. In the modern globalization era, the landscape of international business is no longer like a decade ago or past few decades. Therefore, MNEs will need to adjust their internationalization strategy to better suit with today’s globalization challenges. CSR is now considered something to be taken into account in MNEs in order to compete better in market. CSR activities are gradually
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Gap Analysis: Global Communications Since the past century, many organizations are facing a phenomenon called globalization. The term globalization refers to the movement of people (labor) and knowledge (technology) across international borders. (International, http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm, p1). Global Communications is in the telecommunications industry, and as any organizations within this industry, it is facing too much competition. To address this issue, Global Communication
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Black and Decker This case exemplifies the challenges, decisions, and intricacies involved when a company dives into mergers and acquisitions operations. The emergence of a global economy is no secret to anyone. Globalization offers outstanding opportunities for those companies that take advantage. Of course, globalization offers many challenges for companies to compete both domestically and globally. Black & Decker’s (B&D) global endeavor exemplifies this statement completely. The purchase
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2014) * Topic 1: Context * Globalization: There is no agreed or consistent definition for globalization but the key features including: * Everything and everyone equal * Intensive and rapid flows cross border flows (eg product, finance) * Not just economic but social, culture also. * Implication for nation states (countries)- a loss on power for the countries on politically as well as economically. * “ Globalization is about growing mobility across frontiers-
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Translated from French by Michael C. Behrent. Chapter 2. Globalization in Question 1. “Pro” vs. “Anti” Globalization: The New Divide For a number of years, the question of economic globalization—i.e., the interdependence of national systems of production and exchange and the ―financialization‖ of the world (revealed by the American subprime crisis in 2007)—has polarized public opinion. The problems stemming from economic globalization dominate the news: the outsourcing production in search of
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The object that I have selected to write about is sugarcane. As we know, the main byproduct of sugarcane is sugar, which most people consume on a daily basis. The world’s growing demand for sugarcane is the primary driver of sugarcane agriculture. In fact, it is the world’s largest crop by production quantity. In my reflection paper, I will be focusing on sugarcane workers in Nicaragua who are being exploited by a handful of wealthy families working with US agribuisiness. The conditions that sugarcane
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