Knowledge outcomes

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Knowledge outcomes

• Awareness of the debates surrounding
  globalisation
• Assess the possible impact of trends towards
  globalisation on particular regions, countries,
  business sectors and organisations

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Globalization

• Globalization the process by which the world is
  becoming increasingly integrated has
  transformed economies and societies and created
  vast new opportunities to improve standards of
  living, especially for people in developing
  countries( Norton
• the worldwide spread of industrial production by
  unrestricted mobility of capital and unfettered
  freedom of trade. (Gray,1998)
• the intensification of worldwide social
  relations which link distant realities in such a
  way that local happenings are shaped by events
  occurring many miles away and vice
  versa.(Giddens,1990)

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• Globalization has also produced a powerful wave
  of opposition, most evident in the large and
  sometimes violent protests that have recently
  accompanied routine meetings of trade officials
  and economists around the world.
• Some of the forces that have led to
  globalization, such as advances in communication
  and transportation, are so pervasive that they
  are unlikely to be slowed (much less defeated) by
  globalizations opponents. But the dynamic that
  lies at the heart of globalization the movement
  toward free trade among nations in goods,
  services, and capital is more easily attacked.

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Largest A-List Companies

• 1. BP   
• 2. ExxonMobil  
•  3. Total   
• 4. Allianz   
• 5. ConocoPhillips   
• 6. Carrefour   
• 7. Siemens   
• 8. AIG   
• 9. Nestle
• 10. McKesson

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• References
• Irwin,Douglas (2002) . In Free Trade under Fire
  ,Princeton University Press
• Stiglitz, Joseph (2002) Globalization and Its
  Discontents, W.W. Norton Company
• Norton, Rob (2002) Best Business Books 2002
  Globalization, http//www.strategy-business.com
• Ruigrok,W. and van Taulder,R (1995) The logic
  of international restructuring. LondonRoutledge
• Giddens, A (1990) The consequences of modernity.
  CambridgePolity Press
• Gray, J (1998) False Dawn The delusions of
  global capitalism. LondonRoutledge
• Held,D. et al.(1997) Global transformations.
  CambridgePolity Press
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1995) Global
  Cosmopolitans, www.strategy-business.com
• Victoria Griffith (2002) Welcome to Tesco, Your
  "Glocal" Superstore, www.strategy-business.com
• Rugman, Alan (2003) International Business,pp.4,
  Prentice Hall
• Handouts
• Johnson, Dan (2001) World Trends and Forecasts,
  The Futurist, September October
• The Wall Street Journal,A Plus and a Minus 16 /04
  /04 pp.A7
• The Wall Street Journal,Renault Lures Money to
  Romania With Its Plans for Inexpensive Car, 16
  /04 /04 pp.A7

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• Handouts
• Cretzan, Cristi (2004) Renault lures money to
  romania with its plans for
• inexpensive car, The Wall Street Journal, 16
  April, pp.A7
• Johnson, Dan (2001) World Trends and Forecasts,
  The Futurist, September
• October
• A Plus and a Minus, The Wall Street Journal, 16
  /04 /04 pp.A7