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Challenges of Globalization, 2002.
A paper which discusses policies undertaken by Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Japan to face the challenges of globalization.
2,465 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses the globalization trend in the Southeast Asian region, highlighting policies undertaken by Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. Each country is examined in detail, using recent statistics and research to support the discussion. Also discussed are the obstacles they face in adopting these policies.
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"Globalisation can be defined as the ongoing economic, technological, social, and political integration of the world that began after the Second World War. However, there are also institutional and social changes that are taking place within the geographic borders of nation states, though these are much more difficult to quantify. Institutional changes include modifications in policy, in industrial organisation, and in the administration of laws and regulations that govern the behaviour of economic agents. Globalisation is impacting the institutional framework in both developing and industrial countries; it is changing the way in which governments view their developmental role in society (ADB, 2001, p.161). This essay aims to discuss the globalisation trend in the Southeast Asian region, highlighting policies undertaken by Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. It also discusses the obstacles they face in adopting globalisation."
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Sustainable Development: A Global Challenge, 2004.
Examines the role of multinational corporations (MNC) in globalization and sustainable development.
6,100 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 143.95
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In a globalized environment where the notion of sovereign states is increasingly breaking down, MNCs have emerged as the dominant global power. This paper is based on the hypothesis that individual states' measures are inadequate resources to correctly regulate international business. In addition, it seems that international binding measures are impossible, as there is no central authority with the legal power of enacting such regulations. Finally, this paper shows that MNCs are a key part of globalization and, therefore, should have both the means and the influence to transform sustainable development from a lofty platitude to meaningful implementation. The paper presents a case study of initiatives and measures that seek to develop the contribution of MNCs to international social and environmental issues and to development policies and actions.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Need for Change
State Sovereignty
Sustainable Development
Challenges for Businesses
The Role of MNCs in Sustainable Development
The Global Compact
Initiatives outside the Global Compact
What is International Sustainable Development Law (ISDL)?
International Environmental Law and Its Impact on Australia
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Globalization is a powerful force that can create growth and opportunities (Kilgour, 2001). It has opened markets and connected economies and cultures. In empowering individuals and groups in unprecedented ways, it has also resulted in demands for greater attention to be paid to issues like human rights, environmental protection and labor standards - the issues that form the heart of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda."
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Globalization: Assessing its Early Challenges to the Nation State, 2002.
A paper discussing the effect of globalization on the nation state, and viewing the change through the theoretical perspectives of institutionalism, pluralism and Marxism.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses globalization and uses three theoretical perspectives from which the phenomena can best be described - institutionalism, pluralism and Marxism. It examines each of these theories in depth in order to establish which offers the best explanation for globalization. The paper concludes that no theory is adequate to explain the effect of globalization, but that pluralism offers the best chance to ward off some of the negative affects of globalization.
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"Perhaps the most meaningful explanation of these diverging interpretations of what globalization is and how it should be defined is the result of the varying theoretical stances of academics on how best to conceptualize a nation-state. Specifically, the nature of the challenge that that globalization will have on a state, and the correct prescription for action, depends on what theoretical interpretation of the state to which one subscribes. Institutionalists note the proliferation of private and often oligopolistic networks of trans-governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the issues which they both address, and fail to address. For Marxists, globalization is a process of ?hollowing-out? the state and enhancing the power of trans-national capital. Finally, the closed and intergovernmental model of trans-national relations appears to frustrate attempts at plural influence, removing many issues for the preview of domestic democratic governance. It will be suggested that no theory is sufficient to solve the problems associated with globalization, but that pluralism offers the best prospect for incremental progress."
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"Globalization: Neo-liberal Challenge, Radical Responses", 2006.
This paper examines author Robert Went's book "Globalization: Neo-liberal Challenge, Radical Responses" while focusing on the writer's view that the current trend towards globalizing the economy must be demystified and demythologized.
881 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes the views of the author and Dutch economist Robert Went as detailed in his book "Globalization: Neo-liberal Challenge, Radical Responses." In his book, Went attempts to put the phenomenon of globalization in its proper historical perspective, rather than normalizing it as an inevitable and positive development from capitalism's supposed victory over world socialism. This paper also discusses Went's fears that life-threatening ecological deterioration and a pervasive dictatorship of the market will result from globalization. This paper explains and details Went's views on the nature of globalism, which the author contends has fundamentally changed for the worse due to the significant increase in the number integrated global markets.
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"The first of the harms perpetuated by globalization are social inequality. 1960 the average income of the richest 20 per cent of the world's population was 30 times higher than that of the poorest 20 per cent. In 1995 this disproportion between the incomes of rich and poor had grown to 82:1, according to Went. If globalization is allowed to continue in its current form, Went warns that worldwide social inequality will intensify, that there will be a long lasting leveling of lower income and working class wages, and a general worsening of working conditions for all people, all over the world as an eventual result. Went also fears that life-threatening ecological deterioration and a pervasive dictatorship of the market will result from globalization, if the current pace of globalization is not kept in check and its form is not altered."
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'Global Health Issues and Challenges', 2006.
A review of Nancy Dickenson Hazard 2004 article about conditions that affect nursing, "Global Health Issues and Challenges".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses and reviews Nancy Dickenson Hazard 2004 article, "Global Health Issues and Challenges" which presents an overview of a number of Arista conferences held in various world regions. Participants identified global issues and conditions which affect nursing. They also focused on strategic actions for the nursing profession and on recommendations for actions aimed at creating healthy communities. The paper explains that Hazard's article was presented as an executive summary and synthesis of the reports made from the various Arista conferences.
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Globalization and Global Survival, 2005.
This paper discusses the effects and dangers of globalization.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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This article examines the cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects of globalization. The writer then looks at the related challenges and dangers. The writer discusses how the existence of international monopolies together with the third world sweat shops and additional factors endanger global survival. The writer further discusses that globalization's exportation of environmentally and perhaps socially unsustainable Western materialism to populous developing nations such as India and China is also worrying for the future of the planet.
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"Evidence of increasing hegemony by an ever shrinking number of multinational conglomerates is fuelling increasing concern regarding global cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects from such inequitable distribution of power. The creation of international industrial monopolies and massive fortunes of unprecedented size, accompanied as it is by equally massive down-sizing, unemployment, environmental degradation and the exponential increase of Third World sweat shops and child labor, seems to be leading to disaster on a global scale."
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Globalization and Leadership, 2002.
An analysis on the globalization and leadership challenges to the learning organization.
1,110 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses concepts applied to the particular challenges of globalization and leadership to the development of a sustainable learning organization. The paper explains how globalization requires that organizations increase their ability to learn and collaborate as well as to manage diversity, complexity, and ambiguity in order to compete in today's fast-moving global economy.
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"The face of business has changed during the last decade. Globalization is the main force driving corporate change today. It affects organizational structure and technology, communications and product development, service delivery and training. It became the buzzword of the ?90?s and the new millennium. Globalization is a term used to refer to a number of trends leading towards a more interconnected world. Some of these trends include an increase in international trade at a faster rate than the growth in the world economy, an increase in the share of the world economy controlled by multinational corporations, greater international cultural influences, and greater international travel. More importantly is the greater sharing of information."
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Organizational Behavior of Globalization, 2002.
A look at organizational behavior challenges in businesses operating across multinational or global boundaries.
5,088 words (approx. 20.4 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 127.95
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This paper reviews many of the distinctive organizational challenges related to globalization. First, a background is established by identifying some forces driving globalization. An important aspect of this paper is to understand that a foreign subsidiary of a company is not an independent entity and therefore the company must understand that it is essential to adjust the corporate organizational behavior practices to meet the needs of employees in every country. The following organizational challenges are covered: adjusting organizational behavior to fit corporate culture; managing a global company; teamwork in a global atmosphere; the rights of the oppressed; and electronic communication and globalization. By putting these challenges in context, a U.S. multinational corporation could effectively develop the organizational behavior practices that can be successfully implemented by subsidiaries in other countries.
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"There are many globalization challenges for businesses, especially those operating across national boundaries as a multinational or global enterprise. Organizational behavior in a global company is especially challenging because organizational practices vary from country to country. With technology changing at every blink of the eye, the world in general is starting to look smaller and global dominance more attainable. As a result, more and more companies are venturing outside the constraints and realms of geographical and cultural boundaries. Thus, these companies are eagerly embarking upon the idea and concept of globalization. This prompts the need to manage human resources effectively to gain competitive advantage in the global market place."
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Globalization and Higher Education, 2003.
This paper explores globalization and the challenges it presents to colleges and universities.
2,627 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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The paper discusses how information technology, globalization, multinational economies and the educational needs of developed nations present universities with a number of challenges and opportunities. The paper looks at the US system of higher education and reveals that it is among the most innovative and responsive in the world. The paper shows how it is ideally suited to form international partnerships with other educational systems. The paper illustrates how the US system can impact the need for access to education in a global context. The paper also points out that this will likely not happen, however, because of the the lack enthusiasm of the US university faculty for international collaboration.
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Introduction
The Challenge to Higher Education
Impact on Education
Knowledge as Product
Access
Potential
Critical Issues
Conclusion
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"The world is dynamic and changing. The impact of information technology, from the fourteenth century printing press to twentieth century instant messaging, has changed, and is changing, patterns of communication, relationships and life. The ultimate effects that the scope and speed of societal change in the twenty-first century will have on higher education in the coming decades is yet unknown. Hans van Ginkel (2002), president of the International Association of Universities (IAU), believes globalization is not a new process. Van Ginkel says that the stimuli of distant cultures have always played an influential role in society. However, it is the scale and rapidity with which these influences impact the culture that set the contemporary stage, with the phenomena of information technology setting the direction for the prevailing wind of globalization."
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Global Biotechnology Market Analysis, 2004.
An analysis of the challenges facing the global biotechnology industry from the perspective of a fictitious U.S.-based company.
4,054 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 109.95
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This paper examines how the biotechnology sector is one of the most research and development-intensive and capital-focused industries in the world. It confronts the problems facing the industry, proposes solutions, and provides viable alternatives. A specific comparison is made between the United States and the European Union, including ethical considerations and consumer perceptions.
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Executive Summary
Biotechnology Market Analysis
Assumption
Key Biotech Sectors
History of the Biotech Industry - An EU Perspective
Current Industry Context - Global Basis
Key Markets
Outlook
Alternatives
Recommendation
Appendices
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"Agricultural biotechnology applications, primarily Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), have been widely accepted in the US. Conversely, in the EU, conflict rages on regarding the genetic engineering or hormonal growth and enhancement in food sources. Recently, several French farmers were charged with the of destruction of private property for destroying test fields from neighboring farmers for fear of the modified seeds spreading and tainting their own crops.23 Biotech applications including pharmaceutical, bio-warfare prevention, genetic malfunction and detection of abnormal activity and correction through re-engineering of cellular level laboratory creations and manipulated organisms is still in alignment with some of the US sentiment and most EU denizens as long as it does not include stem-cell research."
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Project Management and Globally Distributed Work Teams, 2000.
A discussion about the importance of global teamwork, what it is, the challenges global teams face, and what is required for effective teamwork.
1,664 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 54.95
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"The globalization of the world?s economy has increased the need for project managers and project management professionals, and methods and tools that can be used in more than one country or geographic location. Multi-lingual Project Management (PM) professionals are in increasing demand. Multi-cultural issues exist on more and more projects that include organizations and participants from multiple countries. Global corporations need project managers and project team members who have international experience and often a global perspective. As more companies attempt to broaden their horizons internationally, companies are aligning themselves not only across business units but also across geographies and cultures. Global teams are playing a pivotal role in guaranteeing the success of these enterprise-wide initiatives. Members of these formed global teams are required to possess the multinational sensitivity, the cultural diversity and shared vision to motivate local buy-in to the project ? whether infrastructure technology or new business processes to drive down operating cost or increase revenue."
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Regionalism and Globalization, 2002.
A discussion on whether globalization is a challenge to regional theory in relation to the development of the European Union.
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This paper looks at the concepts of regionalism and globalization and their relation to the development of the European Union. It is argued that, while regionalism has been the guiding force behind the establishment and growth of the EU, it is ultimately a process, a stepping stone if you will, towards broader globalisation.
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Globalization, State Security and Human Security in Asia, 2006.
An analysis of globalization and how it relates to state security.
3,997 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 54 sources, APA, $ 108.95
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This paper explores the relationship between globalization and security using the state and the individual as units of analysis. It argues that globalization has varying consequences on different actors. The paper challenges the assumption that globalization has a direct impact on state security. It shows that global processes challenge state security in an indirect manner but have direct effects on human security.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Globalization And State Security In Asia
Asian Security in a Globalized Context
Responses to State Insecurity
Globalization And Human Security In Asia
From Development Economics to Human Development: A Focus on Peoples' Livelihoods
Poverty Reduction and Inequality in Comparative Perspectives
Water Crisis as a source of Human Insecurity
Conclusions
Appendix
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"Globalization can be seen both as a historical project and as a process that affects social relations of peoples, groups and states.(Bello, 1998) It is conceived as a historical conjuncture of the modernist project (McMichael 1996) that promotes the ideological framework of neoliberalism (Kinvall 2002: 5-6). The principles of free market economics constitute the policy package called the Washington Consensus - trade liberalization, financial deregulation, privatization, and inflation and currency exchange stability policies - which became the cornerstone of structural adjustment policies (SAPs) implemented in many economies. While Latin America and Africa have severely suffered from neoliberal globalization, Asia stands as an exceptional case of successful integration in the global economy (Dittmer 2002). Asia Pacific projected itself to the world as the most dynamic region characterized by growth with equity: rapid and sustained economic growth, equitable distribution of incomes, and dramatic improvements in human welfare (Rigg 2003: Table 1.3: 10; World Bank 1993)."
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Globalization and the Development State, 2002.
Examining new challenges which face the government, businesses and individuals in an ever-globalizing world.
3,100 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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An exploration of the phenomenon of globalization - focusing on the new and constantly evolving set of arrangements and compromises between a state, society and industry. The paper looks at social gateways which have been opened due to globalization and how these present cultural challenges to the populations of both countries exposed. It also deals with the guidelines which governments and states have to follow when opening up trade and cultural borders. The paper focuses on these challenges, but stresses the advantages of globalization.
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"Many Developmental States come under intense pressure as a result of the talent, technology, capital, and institutions brought into a regional or small market by large-scale multi-national enterprises from developed nations. Trade between nations that are not at the same level of expertise can introduce an imbalance in the economic field of the less developed nations. Unbalanced trade relations can create a disparity of wealth and recourses between countries and introduce the culture of haves and have-nots between nations. An unbalanced trade relationship can also impose on a nation the burden of lower trade surpluses and stability of the economy in the country. (Cohen and Stephen, 1991.)"
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