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Mexico and Globalization, 2007.
This paper discuses the impact of globalization upon poverty in Mexico/
2,265 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper argues that, while globalization is by no means uniformly bad for Mexico, it has created an environment in which Mexican workers are subject to events and pressures occurring in other parts of the world, which the Mexican government is relatively powerless to control. The author contemplates whether or not the porous national borders created by a truly global economy have exacerbated poverty in Mexico or whether multinationals flocking to Mexico because of its comparatively lower manufacturing costs have created jobs that allow impoverished Mexicans to climb up the socio-economic rung. The paper concludes that, while globalization may offer theoretical opportunities for the less-fortunate, it has really undermined their efforts to escape poverty by reducing and eliminating much-needed subsidies, tariffs, import-substitution measures, price controls and most other government regulatory efforts, which might bring relief to the millions of Mexicans below the poverty line.
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"Finally, globalization has hurt Mexico's female working poor. Miriam Dinerman argues convincingly that globalization has led to the mass-movement of low-skilled and manufacturing positions out of the United States (and other affluent western nations) and into poorer countries - Mexico, of course, being one of them. In several of the aforementioned low-skill or low-wage industries - the lucrative garment industry being chief among them - women make up the bulk of workers and are often ill-treated for their troubles. For example, Dinerman writes that, in addition to poor wages, they are burdened with long hours and with dangerous working conditions."
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The Globalization of Mexico, 2007.
This paper discusses the effects of globalization on the United Mexican States (Mexico).
2,625 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper explains that intense collaboration between the Mexican companies and government and foreign investors has led to an extension of Mexico's international relationships, a more liberalized free market and a sustained process of globalization. The author stresses that Mexico's highly industrialized regions have enjoyed the attraction of a wide range of foreign investors, which significantly improved the quality of work and life in these regions; however, those regions, which are not industrialized and do not attract investors, have been left behind. The paper stresses that the most severe criticism brought against globalization is that it contributes to a uneven income distribution and the deepening gap between northern and southern Mexico, problems that existed long before NAFTA and globalization.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Economic Background
Globalization in Mexico
Economic Effects
Beneficial Effects
Creation of Jobs
Profit Distribution
Increased Living Standards
Investments
Negative Effects
Conclusion
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"Prior to the elections of 1994, soon to be former Mexico President, Carlos Salinas, implemented economic policies that were meant to drive the Mexican economy towards neo-liberalism and globalization. But a large part of the population disagreed with the new policies and, represented by the ELZN (Zapatista Army of National Liberalization), organized both violent and non-violent rebellions against the government. These rebellions, the already declining Mexican economy, investors' decreased interest and trust in an unstable economic climate, high levels of corruption and financial authorities' refusal to devalue the national currency peso threw the country in an economic crisis."
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The Problems of Globalization in Latin America, 2002.
A study of globalization in Mexico.
4,800 words (approx. 19.2 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 122.95
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The paper shows that the most crucial globalization-related process in Mexico is the proliferation of maquiladoras - instruments for the exploitation of Mexican workers and the Mexican environment by multinational corporations. The paper concludes that globalization may be less to blame that the fact that the Mexican elites have been willing to pay any price to attract investment.
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"Latin America presents a whole range of 'third world' countries which have adopted policies which have made them much more open to global capitalism. In almost every Latin American nation during the course of the 1980s, the economy was decisively altered on the assumption that participation in the global economy was the key to a steady rise to 'first world' status. However, not one Latin American country has made the leap. Mexico, whose efforts began in 1982, deserves attention as the country where such efforts have been consistently tried for twenty years. Mexico has been described, with justice, as 'a country living on a faultline of globalisation' (Loyes)."
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Maquiladoras: NAFTA's Failure at Globalization, 2006.
A discussion on how NAFTA has allowed the maquiladora industry to take advantage of the disenfranchised majority in Mexico.
1,016 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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Maquiladoras are essentially offshore assembly plants that emerged along the United States-Mexican border in the 1960s. This paper examines how maquiladoras offer cheap labor to produce/assemble goods and how, since NAFTA, have expanded beyond border towns and have moved south into the heart of Mexico. It looks at how although maquiladoras do provide thousands of jobs throughout Mexico, upon closer inspection, they are often operated by tyrannical bosses under sweatshop conditions and are a nesting ground for cheap labor. It argues that for Mexicans, NAFTA is not an agreement based upon free trade but rather an exploitative tool used to extract cheap labor for foreign products.
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"While the profits of the maquiladora sector exploded after the passage of NAFTA, the wages and labor conditions of those working in the assembly plants have gotten worse. According to Mexican labor laws, the maximum hours a person can work a week is forty eight hours, the first nine hours of overtime is to be paid at double-time rates with anything exceeding nine hours overtime to be paid at three times the pay rate. (3). In spite of this, maquiladora workers report that "they were often not paid anything extra for overtime even if they worked from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. In some maquiladoras, workers do veladas- all-nighters- once or twice a week. "
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"Mexican Lives": Exploring the Process of Globalization., 2002.
This paper is a book report for the work "Mexican Lives" by author Judith Adler Hellman.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that "Mexican Lives" is a wholly remarkable book, where it deals with the impact of the economic relationship between the United States and Mexico, as well as the independent affairs of Mexico, through a series of interviews with people who are directly connected to the issues at hand. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Globalization of Wal-Mart, 2008.
This paper discusses the large scale expansion of Wal-Mart into various foreign markets.
1,061 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses Wal-Mart's failures in Germany, South Korea and Indonesia and their successes in Mexico, Brazil and China. The paper looks at a potential entry into the Indian market but predicts that this expansion may duplicate the company's unsuccessful experience in Indonesia.
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"One of the company's more stunning failures was its effort to enter the market in Germany. Various reasons have been given for why the company in 2006 elected to close its 85 German stores after failing to become profitable after eight years, including some in which their annual losses had run over $100 million (Landler). Some cite cultural differences. Wal-Mart staffed its German stores with American managers, leading to small but costly mistakes. Germans reportedly prefer brusque efficiency to exuberant American friendliness. Wal-Mart reportedly offended Germans by having grocery store personnel bag customers' groceries for them, and by having employees constantly smile at customers (Nussbaum; Landler)."
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Mexico City: 2012 Olympics, 2002.
Overview of Mexico City's and Mexico's economic condition and how the economic conditions make Mexico City a viable choice for the 2012 Olympic Games.
1,438 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes a report, prepared by Mexico City's Olympic Economics Committee, that was written with the intention of showing that Mexico City should indeed be a candidate to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The paper presents evidence of Mexico City's robust and growing economy by looking at such economic factors as GDP, jobs and industries, economic outlook, and the Olympic budget.
Economic Overview
GDP
What are primary jobs and industries?
How developed is Mexico City?
What about available workers, total population, etc.?
Currency
Economic Outlook
Infrastructure
Olympic Budget
Benefits for Mexico City
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"Mexico City has come a long way from its colonial economy that was based mostly on mining, particularly silver. Today it boasts an economy that is diverse. The economy today includes strong agriculture, petroleum and industry sectors. With this diversification, Mexico City is not only the largest city in the world, with approximately 20 million inhabitants, but the city is considered the second strongest economy in all of Latin America (Mexico: Mexico City)."
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Taco Cabana Comes to Mexico!, 2007.
An in-depth examination of Carrols Corporation's global strategic plan to establish Taco Cabana restaurants in Mexico.
8,694 words (approx. 34.8 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 182.95
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The paper presents a detailed analysis of Carrols Corporation's global strategic plan to introduce the Taco Cabana Restaurant into the border towns of Mexico. The paper explores their mission statement, regional analysis, country analysis and business risk analysis. This also includes an entry strategy, organization and HR issues, a research and development (R&D) strategy, timeline for implementation, budget and cash flows and finally an exit strategy. The paper relates that after considering the various relevant factors, the global team believes that Taco Cabana will prosper in the country of Mexico, because the restaurant will diversify the restaurant menu to meet the expectations of the people of the different regions of the country.
Outline:
Introduction
Mission Statement
Regional Analysis
Country Analysis
Business Risk Analysis
Taxation and Double Taxation Risks
Ethical Concerns
Mode of Market Entry
SWOT Analysis
Marketing Mix
Organization and Human Resources
Research and Development
Budget and Cash Flows
Supply Chain Management
Information Technology
Viability Control Plan
Exit Strategy
Conclusion
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"Carrol's Corporation has decided to take one of its franchise restaurants, Taco Cabana Restaurant, into the border towns of Mexico. Fast food restaurants run the risk of failure in the United States, as well as outside of the U. S. Currently there are many fast food restaurants already operating in the country of Mexico. Carrol's Corporation must determine how it is being done. In order for a U.S. privately held owned business to be successful in another country, the company must design a strategic plan in order to begin doing business in the target country. The foreign investment venture in Mexico will require a keen eye to detail and a lot of research."
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"Mexico Profundo", 2004.
An examination of Bonfil Batalla's "Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization" in relation to issues of gender and power in Mexico.
3,058 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how Bonfil Batalla writes passionately about the abuses of power within Mexico in his "Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization". It looks at how beginning with the colonization by Spain and enduring until the present, the disempowerment of the group that came to be identified as Indian has lead to an internal struggle between the imaginary Mexico and the Mexico Profundo. It explores how the misuse of power physically and psychologically has been utilized to subjugate the Mexico Profundo and to attempt to destroy what is uniquely theirs. It also shows how Batalla writes that now at the time of the collapse of the civilization project envisioned by the imaginary Mexico, an opening exists for readjusting the power balances and forging ahead with the tremendous resources available within Mexico.
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"Within the Mayan community of the Chamulas explored by Rosenbaum (1993), they have decided to have the elders of the community elect officials for their own council from those who have had positions on religious cargos and although the state?s council has final authority the Chamula?s council is able to make decisions in alignment with their value system. The Chamulas have developed a very strong cargo system and have found a way to empower themselves regarding civic politics and, thereby, have been able to feel the penetration of imaginary Mexico less than other Indian communities. Their cargo system is well structured, so although most of the people cannot afford a cargo, they can participate as assistants expanding those participating to about a thousand and, thereby, confirming the communal activity that reaffirms the Mesoamerican culture."
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"Exports and Local Development: Mexico?s New Maquiladoras", 2006.
This paper discusses Patricia Wilson's "Exports and Local Development: Mexico's New Maquiladoras", which studies the intensely debated assembly industry in Mexico, called the maquiladoras.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that Patricia Wilson in her book "Exports and Local Development: Mexico's New Maquiladoras", which she based on extensive field study of more than seventy maquiladora plants, compares Mexican industry with the more successful Asian industry to evaluate how policy initiatives could help Mexico utilize local linkages to draw on the local and foreign-owned assembly plants. The author stresses that Mexico needs to attract investors in the high-tech, high value-added industries equivalent with the "new" maquiladoras just as the governments in South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are actively discouraging investments in labor-intensive industries in order to promote the industrial upgrading of their economies. The paper stress that subcontracting is an untapped source of great promise as demonstrated by the East Asian export processing zones, which create overflow effects in the domestic economy, increasing the level of integration between the industrial activity of the enclave economy and foreign companies.
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"Wilson states that this obligates malleable production regularity and the promotion of programmable technology. It would permit a diversity of products to be constructed without costly retooling or exorbitant downtime. The work structure needs to be altered, as well as the connections between firms. A pliable work organization entails circulating the workers and attempting a diversity of chores. Commonly a group at a work station would be more efficient, instead of single people on an assembly line and implies that labor in descriptive rings focused on forecast issues and answers. Wilson adds that it is very important to establish and sustain an immediate connection with the suppliers and fusing computer guidance for the material flows and lower inventories."
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Women of Mexico and Texas, 2008.
An examination of the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the women of Mexico and Texas.
2,547 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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The paper discusses the fact that women have faced various difficulties along the years and the centuries of struggle have yet to reveal a perfect equality between genders. The paper states that, while most constitutions promote gender equality, the practical application of this feature is far from perfect as women are discriminated against in most parts of the globe. The paper also states that the world is only slightly focused on women's sufferings as its only purpose is to grow, expand, and trade - all organized under the umbrella term of globalization. The paper concludes that globalization has had some positive economic effects as it has also managed to globalize the pain and struggle of women.
Outline:
Introduction
Background: Pre-NAFTA Conditions
Effects of NAFTA
Reform Measures to Benefit Women of the Region
Conclusion
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"The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed in 1994 with a deadline in 2008 for the complete elimination of tax barriers between Canada, Mexico and the United States. The act has been received and perceived with both content and displease. Aimed to help the development of all communities involved, the agreement between Mexico and the U.S. was only able to bring together the most civilized country of the globe and one of the least developed. "NAFTA set guidelines to eliminate most trade and investment barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico. What was actually created was a meeting of the first and third worlds. Never before in history has an agreement combined such disparate economies" (Durio, 2002-2006). Both women in Texas and Mexico were affected by the changes, but the largest effects were felt by Mexicans. Texan women had to struggle with a loss of jobs as a result of companies' moving their operations to the borderline."
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The Global Assembly Line, 2002.
An analysis of the movie "Global Assembly Line" by Lorraine Gray.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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This movie explores the effects of globalization on the lives of both U.S. workers and the newly formed workforces in third world countries such as Mexico and the Philippines. It is compared to other movies which deal with unfair labor conditions - William Adler?s ?Mollie?s Job" and ?The Work of Nations?.
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"The film illustrates the issues faced through stories of the destruction of a local community by a Barbie Doll factory in the Philippines; secret meetings of Filipino women trying to form a union; and a hunger strike by Mexican workers. The film pulls no punches and exposes the abuse of human and labor rights by showing military and police intervention used in situations where workers, in many different parts around the world, are organizing to fight the multinationals by attempting to unionize."
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Conducting Business in Mexico, 2002.
An overview of the customs, social etiquette, and traditions in Mexico to facilitate a foreigner doing business in that country.
1,122 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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Every country has its own particular way of doing things and its own social and cultural etiquette, and Mexico is no exception. This paper examines certain aspects of the Mexican business world. For example, in Mexico, relationships are extremely important. Therefore, a successful businessperson must understand the importance of forging a warm working relationship. Little things, such as shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries, can make a huge difference when conducting business in this culture. In addition, foreigners must understand that the government has a large influence in private business, as a permit is required for most business transactions. Due to this control, many business practices in Mexico are corrupt. Many people who attempt to do business in Mexico find themselves vulnerable to shady deals if they do not take the time to learn about proper business etiquette and standards beforehand. This paper focuses on Mexico?s culture, business etiquette, manners, habits, customs, forms, norms, and religion, in an attempt to provide a clear and concise report on doing business in Mexico.
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"When making an appointment to do business in Mexico, one may often need to schedule extra time, as Mexicans often schedule business appointments during siesta time (between 2 and 5 pm), when they will be off-duty (Abagados, 2001). In addition, they tend to schedule several appointments simultaneously, as they expect some cancellations. If everyone shows up, there will be a delay. In Mexico, it is a sign of power to make others wait."
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Mexico and the WTO, 2008.
An analysis of the influence that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had on Mexico relative to its economic and structural development.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines Mexico as subject to international forces within the global economy through both its World Trade Organization (WTO) membership as well as its membership in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association). The paper specifically looks at the influence that the WTO has had on Mexico relative to its economic and structural development. The paper includes a discussion on which of the sources that were used were the most important.
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"Mexico, despite its reputation as a poor country to some degree, maintains a thriving economy and has a population of approximately 107m individuals dispersed across a land mass of nearly three times the size of the state of Texas in the US ("Mexico"). While Mexico has experienced difficulties at times regarding its economic management vis-a-vis the Mexican Peso, it holds much promise as a developing nation because of its population and resources relative to labor efficiencies if it can manage to work some of its advantages as a developing market within the WTO structure (Conway). Unless it can reap certain protections or advantages through the WTO, its very membership in the WTO may essentially be responsible for a severe contraction in its economy because its economy is still dependent on its earlier advantages in cheap labor."
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