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Globalization and Cross-Cultural Communications, 2004.
An essay looking at the degree to which globalization is an advantage and a disadvantage in developing cross-cultural awareness.
2,293 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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This essay examines the advantages and disadvantages in communication across cultures in light of a globalizing world. Three areas in particular are focused upon: News and internet, film and documentaries and trade and business.
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"Globalization is the quintessential 'buzzword' of the times. Politicians speak at length about it, academic journals are filled with material on it, and it seems as though a new book is published daily dealing with its subject matter. Terms such as the 'global village,' 'global governance' and 'global transformations' have all been coined in the past few decades in an attempt to make sense of and to further explain the phenomenon of globalization. With the proliferation of capitalism since the Cold War, an influx of multi-national corporations and their products into areas never before reached, and technological advancements increasing at a breakneck speed, there is not a single corner of the world that is left untouched or uninfluenced by the 'Western' world."
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Global Crossing, 2005.
A discussion of the collapse of Global Crossing, a company interlinked with Enron.
1,878 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The Global Crossing case is only one of many recent instances of corporations conning investors by pretending to be more financially strong than they are and then cheating those same investors by going bankrupt and leaving the investors out in the cold. This paper discusses how Global Crossing was linked to Enron and provides an analysis of the events leading up to the fold.
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"Within the last few years, a number of ethical lapses have been revealed as various large companies have failed, showing that they have been using creative accounting methods to bolster a weak balance sheet. Global Crossing is one such company, raising questions about accounting practices and the lengths to which some company managers will go to create the illusion of success in the hope of attracting investment and fostering actual success to succeed the illusion. One result is a large number of burned investors, leading to increased demand for new standards and for law enforcement action to prevent the problem from recurring."
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Processes of Globalization and Shared Global Culture, 2005.
A discussion on whether the processes of globalization are producing a shared global culture.
2,028 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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The paper states that it is not complicated to find some globalized places such as airline terminals, international hotels or CNN business news revealing the effects of globalization and its repercussions on our understanding of culture in the modern world. The paper relates that through the growing of global interconnections and the processes of ideas and global goods crossing national borders, cultures fuse across the globe. The paper also discusses the presence of English as an international language, and a homogenization of culture. The paper confirms that, culture is a set of values and practices characterized by its particularity, which nevertheless needs universal criteria as a reference to justify this particularity. It is also crucial to define culture as an "encompassing" concept and to keep in mind that it is difficult to know what is cultural.
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"In addition, a shared global culture is also relevant as a global dissemination of an American or Western culture. Indeed the processes of globalization are providing fuel for a cultural imperialism, that is to say a global culture liable to be a hegemonic culture. Thus the assertion of a shared global culture seems to be linked to what Friedman describes as "the increasing hegemony of particular central cultures, the diffusion of American values, consumers goods and lifestyles" (Friedman, 1994: 195). The diffusion of dominant standard icons and references such as MacDonald's, Coca-Cola leads to think about an obvious Americanization. In a word, cultures are both confronted by a global dominance of the western culture and by the practices of global capitalism. The result is probably a decrease of cultural differences: a process which undeniably worked to the advantage of the USA and others Western nations. A striking example of this tendency of cultural imperialism is the United Nations Educations Scientific and Cultural Organization's call for a "new world information and communication order" and its politics on global culture."
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Globalization and Global Labour Patterns, 2005.
An analysis of the factors leading to globalization and global labour patterns.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, £ 76.95
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This paper discusses globalization and global labour patterns. The paper argues that in a globalized world corporations are determining the labour conditions in both developed and developing countries. It suggests that the corporations are essentially making cheap, unskilled and flexible labourers.
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"Globalization and Global Labour Patterns Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in politics and economics. In "Note on Terminalogy" David McNally defines globalization as, "The mainstream term for the new world Economy of the past twenty years" (McNally 9). How exactly has the world economy changed? While discussing the political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades Teeple explains, A system of highly integrated world trade was an irreversible fact by the end of the 1970s, confirmed and hastened by the new means of transportation and communications, whose increased productivity were transforming the worldwide distribution of products and hence the global conditions for valorization (Teeple 71)."
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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, £ 50.95
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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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The Global South and the Global North, 2007.
An analysis of the impact of globalization on the inequality between the global north and the global south.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper looks at globalization and discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work while permitting other people (predominantly individuals residing in the global north) to become wealthy.
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"To start with, it is commonly known that powerful multinational corporations in the global north habitually take their manufacturing operations from Europe and/or America and deposit those aforementioned manufacturing operations in global south countries where they can avoid the onerous regulatory regimes, high corporate taxes, and high wage costs they associate with the north. At the same time, the movement of jobs and plants to the south has the unhappy effect of not only costing workers jobs in the north but also of reducing the south to the subordinate position of being "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for multinationals that are looking for cheap human resources that can be utilized in a working environment that is more permissive than the highly-regulated work environments of America and/or Europe. A good example of this phenomenon can be found in the IT sector where skilled U.S. workers are losing jobs to individuals overseas (Sosbe, 4) - presumably because the "cost of doing business" vis-a-vis wage expenses is lower in global south nations which do not have a strong tradition of labor activism or of government involvement in employee-employer relations."
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A Cultural Profile of Russian Culture, 2004.
Presents related information regarding the culture of Russia.
1,889 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper provides a cultural report and analysis of the prominent characteristics of Russian culture. The paper is intended to help travelers or visitors to Russia better understand its culture. Included in the discussion is a description of interesting or important cultural characteristics, ideas that would help the reader adapt to the cultural differences one might experience in Russia, ideas to serve as guidelines for people wanting to succeed as communicators in the Russian environment, and the author's own reactions and impressions to various Russian cultural characteristics and practices.
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"Culture is defined as the combination of various patterns, which are practiced by individuals of a country. Culture is the identification of the people of a particular country. Culture includes actions, behavior and practices along with food, clothes and traditions, which are followed by the people of a particular country. Cultural characteristics are not formed in one day, but these characteristics and practices are defined gradually and thus it is the duty of a citizen to adopt these cultural practices and characteristics so that other people who belong to other countries can identify the people as to which culture they belong to. Behavior patterns, norms, language and skills are the essential characteristics, which combinely form CULTURE."
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Global Marketing Plan for Cross-cultural Films, 2008.
A marketing plan proposed by CPAI Group, a company that produces movies and markets them internationally.
3,360 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 68.95
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This paper is a marketing plan that describes the objectives, target customers, and marketing strategy of CPAI Group, a company located on the West Coast of the United States, which focuses on making movies that are both educational and entertaining, with a wholesome, cross-cultural appeal. The paper adds that CPAI Group has been putting out movies that are rich in plot and character, but without much of the gratuitous violence and sex that has come to characterize movies made in America and other Western nations. The company also sees a certain sense of global convergence in consumption. The paper proposes that movies can be packaged in such a way that will appeal to people from vastly different backgrounds, including people from developing countries and cultures other than that of the United States. The main target country examined is Malaysia. Finally, the paper outlines the company's proposed marketing strategy, including issues such as pricing, seeking investors, promotion, and distribution.
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Company Character
Environmental Analysis
Marketing Strategy
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"CPAI is an ambitious company but it does not have the deep pockets of such Hollywood staples as MGM or Columbia Pictures. This explains why the company relies to some extent on simple settings. The company is getting more and more backers from companies and individuals who recognize the value in what the company is achieving. Thus, even though at the moment the company operates with a budget that is continually under strain, this is likely to change in the near future, thus allowing the company to express itself even more and to tackle a wider range of subjects and also to deal with storylines that are truly global in nature."
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Two Articles on Globalization, 2005.
This paper discusses and contrasts two articles regarding globalization, that is "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, £ 31.95
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In this essay, the writer considers two separate articles regarding globalization. The two articles discussed are "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer. The writer looks at each of the author's individual arguments and views regarding the subject of globalization.
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"The two articles that we are here concerned with analyzing are "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer. Taylor puts forward an intelligent and well-documented argument in favor of globalization, seeing it as a way for all people and nations to grow richer through augmentation of trade opportunities and the exchange of ideas and skills, specifically the growth of technical capacity which has been shown to be a key factor in industrializing and hence growing wealthy."
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Globalization, 2007.
An analysis of the major drivers of globalization and the effects of globalization on the community and the Performance Food Group Company (PFG).
866 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper presents a definition of globalization along with traditional international trade theories that support the concept of globalization. It presents a synopsis of some of the major drivers of globalization along with four effects of globalization that affect the community and the Performance Food Group Company (PFG). The paper details the major regional trading blocs as wells as two specific trading blocs in PFG's region of interest.
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Globalization
International Trade
Globalization Drivers
Effects of Globalization
Trading Blocs
Conclusion
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"As countries have increasingly engaged in the importing and exporting of goods and services, international trade has become more prominent. International trade has been the catalysis for globalization. Globalization is the convergence of distinct national economic systems to one huge global market (Hill, 2005). Several theories exist that explain the benefits of international trade and subsequently globalization. Adam's Smith's theory of absolute advantage, the theory of comparative advantage and the Heckscher-Ohlin theory all support the concept of globalization."
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Globalization in Comparison, 2008.
Reviews three articles on globalization: Simone Borghese and Alessandro Vercelli's "Sustainable Globalization", Nicholas A. Ashford's "Globalization and the Environment" and David Suzuki's "Economics and Politics.
1,324 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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In this paper the writer compares and contrasts three articles - "Sustainable Globalization" by Simone Borghese and Alessandro Vercelli, "Globalization and the Environment" by Nicholas A. Ashford and David Suzuki's "Economics and Politics". The writer argues that each article raises intelligent points but that each one is also given to emotional or infelicitous language as well as to conclusions that are not infallible. The writer maintains that the main idea, fundamentally, of all of the articles is that globalization has exacerbated global inequalities and that international and domestic efforts must be undertaken to rectify the situation.
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"By comparison, the second article, "Globalization and the Environment," an article penned by Nicholas A. Ashford, does not devote its opening pages to outlining the structure of the argument being set forward. Rather, Ashford begins right away by criticizing how the laws governing public health policy in the United States have been dominated and shaped by rational choice theory and by other free market economic fetishes. Ashford's first page is committed wholly to outlining the characteristics of the "American Disease" in health policy - a "disease" he attributes, in part, to government non-interventionism (the government, in other words, sees itself as a mediator and not as a trustee for public health and for the environment) and to the curious conviction that the industries which are creating problems in various aspects of public living are nonetheless the industries which will find a way to resolve the problem."
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The Influence of Globalization, 2003.
Argues that globalization is the set of processes that first connect and then integrate societies, fragmenting and transcending the traditional social structures they confront.
10,227 words (approx. 40.9 pages), 64 sources, APA, £ 146.95
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Globalization is centuries old and has proceeded throughout history at an irregular pace and with uneven intensity. Economic and cultural globalization have accelerated again late in this century, after almost 50 years of regression. More and more, national economies are now integrated into a single global marketplace through trade, finance, production, and a dense web of international treaties and institutions. Cultural products with widely recognized icons are shared globally. The speed and intensity of global connection and integration in the last two decades have provoked serious debate about their cultural and social consequences and, in this context, deep concern about the continuing capacity of the state to provide social justice. The paper focuses not on economic globalization, usually the principal subject of analysis, but rather on the cultural and social dimensions of global connection and integration. This paper describes this idea and its origins so as to understand in depth the true rationale of globalization. It then examines the political and the economical proportions which power the environment of the debate in this area. This study is based on historical and descriptive analysis which is considered to be among the most popular methods in international and comparative studies. These methods help to trace the roots of the research problem and its effect on the present debate about globalization. At the same time, the descriptive technique helps explore the relationship between the different elements that are associated with the contemporary developments of globalization.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Globalization and Technology
Chapter 3: Globalization in Technology Influence Culture and Language
Chapter 4: Globalization Influence in Education
Educational Institutions
Students
Curriculum
International and Global Studies
Chapter 5: The Global Citizen in a Global Culture
Chapter 6: Recommendation
Conclusion
Reference
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"Such a radical undermining of people's existing values and cultures has a corrosive impact on their sense of who they are, what they want and what they respect. It attacks spiritual values and faith traditions. The cumulative effect in countries is a crisis of cultural confidence, combined with the increased economic uncertainty and crime which global integration often brings. This creates real problems for social solidarity, whether it is at the level of nation, community or family. While it offers shiny new goods as compared to old faded ones, the market offers no replacement for such community solidarity."
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Globalization Then and Now, 2007.
This paper looks at the beginnings of globalization and discusses globalization in current times.
1,238 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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In this article, the writer explains that modern globalization is generally understood to be the expansion of businesses and corporate interests to foreign markets either to increase their consumer base or to utilize a cheap workforce. The writer then notes that the history of globalization really dates back to colonial and even ancient time periods; when strategic and monetary aims were first being seen from an intercontinental perspective and were usually achieved to increase the power and wealth of the state. The writer concludes that outside of the political factors that helped to create our economy, technological advances in travel and communications have aided globalization, and at the same time been fostered by it.
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"Within the Roman Empire, for example, numerous Germanic clans - most notably the Goths - desperately sought to incorporate themselves into the powerful Roman state because it offered them economic opportunities as well as safety from invading tribes, like the Huns. Additionally, through most of Roman history, incorporating these people into the Empire was beneficial; conquered lands meant more slaves, more citizens meant more soldiers, more lands meant a more food, and all of these meant a more opulent lifestyle was possible for the ruling culture or class. Although ancient globalization centered on military operations, the ultimate goal was quite analogous to present day globalization: increasing the wealth of the expansionists. Modern expansionists, however, achieve their aims with far less bloodshed and no longer need the people they draw their wealth from to be subjugated by their homeland. Accordingly, the primary difference between the form of globalization evident in ancient times and the form prevalent in modern times is the current absence of military enforcement and the limited role of the state."
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Globalization of World Markets, 1996.
Links globalization of world markets to globalization of finance. Looks at types of transactions, capital flows, & cross-border barriers.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, £ 56.95
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"The globalization of world markets has been much noted with reference to attempts at the regional integration of trade, but it has been given somewhat less attention in terms of the globalization of financial markets. Yet, the two efforts are related, and more and more the different trading and financial structures of the world are becoming inter-related. Financial globalization involves all types of cross-border portfolio-type transactions, such as borrowing and lending, trading of currencies, and other financial claims, as well as the capital flows associated with foreign direct investment. Financial globalization also includes the broad integration of national markets associated with deregulation and manifested by increasing movements of capital across national borders."
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