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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Economic Globalization"”.
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Empirical essays on economic globalization with heterogeneous producers
… empirical essays that investigate the impacts of economic globalization through trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the survival and growth of firms, aggregate productivity, and economic development. Inspired by recent advances in international trade emphasizing the role of firm …
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Mass Media and the Domestic Politics of Economic Globalization
… the variety of national political responses to economic globalization around the world since the 1960s. More specifically, quantitative as well as qualitative methods across three article-length studies demonstrate how mass media have played a variety of anti-democratic roles in the domestic …
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A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
… the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization. Chapter 2 begins with an analysis of the theories of religious violence in general. This chapter presents the theories which emphasize the rationality of religious violence: the rational choice theory provided by Rodney …
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Economic globalization and expressions of nationalism : a quantitative analysis of the present-day Chinese identity
Economic globalization and growing interdependence have greatly facilitated the flows of trade, investment, and ideas among formerly hostile countries. However, political antagonism driven by nationalistic sentiments continues to break out in countries with increased inflows of foreign investments, …
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The great divide: Exploring the attitudes of sociology and economics faculty toward certain aspects of economic globalization
<p>The socioeconomic ramifications analysts attribute to modern economic globalization are highly varied and represent a subject of great controversy. With regard to the nature of this controversy, many analysts allege a divide exists between sociologists’ and economists’ perspectives. Using survey …
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National sovereignty and economic globalization: An analysis of the role of the Imf in the changing world
… comprehensive overview of contending theories of globalization ion and definitional confusion associated with the concept. We conceptualize globalization in general and economic globalization in particular; Chapter 4 takes the International Monetary Fund as a case study and as one of the …
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Global Wreckage and Consumer Illusions: Responses to the Human Effects of Economic Globalization in Sub-Saharan African Francophone Novels and Films, 1973-2006
… I analyze consumerism as a major feature of globalization, and discuss the linkage of globalization and the consumer society by looking at various theoretical models, in particular that which Jean Baudrillard conceptualized as a stand-in for democracy. I also consider the connection between …
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Critical dimensions of strategy : industry scope shift and reserve strategy trace
… in the progress of information technology and economic globalization raised the importance of these dimensions. Rapid progress in information technology requires firms to respond to the changes of scope including market and product. The execution speed is increasingly becoming critical to keep …
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The Incipient denationalization of political membership and the disaggregation of the Canadian state’s monopoly on mobility
… of ‘skills discourse’ and the exigencies of economic globalization, this thesis interprets the effect of globalization on the state and state-based membership as a process referred to by Saskia Sassen as ‘incipient denationalization’.
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Cross - border partnerships and the issue of qualification conflicts: A German perspective
The ongoing process of economic globalization entails integration of national economies into the international economy and requires internationalization of national business structures. The progressing internationalization and globalization processes do however no longer only prompt the big …
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Alternative Responses to the Orange County Bankruptcy: An Inquiry into the Images Underlying Theory
… separate analytical frames: the dynamics of economic globalization; citizen engagement through the channel of civil society; and the theory of risk--both its nature generally and its financial aspect specifically. The conclusion reached is that globalization has made con-tingency and …
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Enlightened self-interest : how the national economy, ideology, and anti-Americanism influence public opinion on foreign investment
Despite the benefits of economic globalization, popular opposition to foreign investment continues to influence policy debates. What explains opposition to foreign investment? Standard political economy theories suggest that support for international trade, immigration, and investment all depend on …
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Os enfermeiros nos países do Mercosul: estudo comparado da (i)mobilidade profissional no mercado de trabalho em saúde
"Mercosul" in the context of economic globalization constitutes the latin-american proposition of integration on "Cone-Sul" which assumes from 2006 on, free traffic of the labour force among their country-members: Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Actually, the migration of qualified …
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Creating ladders out of chains : China's technological development in a world of global production
With the advent of economic globalization, the terms of debate over the political and social conditions necessary to foster development in the Global South have shifted. Examining technological development, one important aspect of economic development, in China, I explore the prospects for and …
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GOVERNING LITERACY: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADES OF LITERACY, 1990-2000 AND 2003-2012
… 1996), which focuses on the societalization of economic globalization. In the "interdiscursive" (Fairclough, 2003) relationship between these two shifts, the discourse of new capitalism circumscribes features of the emerging "ideological" constructs of literacy, steering the policy's agenda …
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"U.S. – CHINA COMPETITION IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: THE AIIB AND THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER?
… the AIIB. The paper focuses on China’s Silk Road Economic Belt framework and on how China’s efforts to increase its economic integration in Asia Pacific Region. The “One Belt and One Road” program is China’s major strategic measure in response to the emerging trends in economic globalization, with …
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An early conceptual design and feasibility analysis of a nuclear-powered cargo vessel
Economic globalization has resulted in the tremendous growth of worldwide trade. Much of this trade is carried out via the various waterways of the world. The bulk of these trade goods are transported by merchant ships that burn diesel fuel to propel them through the water. With the cost of crude …
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A Research Design for Assessing the Possibilities of Localized Food Production
… to mitigate some of the negative effects of economic globalization. Although not meant to be a panacea for the ills of the neoliberal order, local food production is advocated as a sustainable solution to a portion of the environmental degradation caused by global capitalism, and as a …
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Analysis and application of business process integration models /
Economic globalization has put pressure on companies to strive for cost reductions, increases in quality and shorter production cycles. Similar economic and technological trends have stimulated and determined the emergence of new management paradigms. Business process integration (BPI) is …
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The value of human rights on the open market: Liberal economic policies and the achievement of personal integrity rights.
… institutions based on its own liberal economic philosophy. Since then, the world has witnessed an increasing interconnectedness among states, with economic relationships continually blurring the distinction between domestic and international, as well as between state and societal …
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