He sees corporations as helping underdeveloped countries reach the status of industrial nations. ... Firstly, the industry assumes that they are welcomed in these developing nations, where for the most part they are resented by the majority of the people. ... India for example has had many problems with fast food chains setting up restaurants throughout their country. ... This disrupts the cycle of food among the peasants who are too poor to indulge in fast food. The Indian culture is also in jeopardy, for food in an important part in In! ...

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Information and money flow move faster than ever before. ... A nation is a political concept, and is unquestionably very different from culture (Blij 56). ... It leaves you behind faster and fast, and it catches up to you faster and faster (156). ... First, our centuries of tradition are at risk with numerous nations wanting to become more Western. The United States is considered a Western nation, but that is a stereotype. ...

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Thomas Freidman, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his writings on foreign policy, sums up globalization a little more clearer than I, when he states, "The inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed before-in a way that is enabling individuals, corporations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper and cheaper than ever before the spread of free-market capitalism to virtually every country in the world" (Friedman p. 7-8). ... This idea is exemplified by the spread of fast food industries i.e. ... Countries that have pr...

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He's going to get used to eating new foods, such as hot dogs and hamburgers. He also will enjoy the food of the people through his spices, a new method of wide use. ... Personal issues are concerned with national and international community, and these institutions can be resolved, rather than hinder a level of any language problem, the nation...This is just a preview of the article. ... These improvements make the world a small place for the world as a world of interaction is fast and easy. ... In addition, it refers to a faster and more efficient transport of goods and services in the wo...

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Cultural aspect involves how a culture of a particular nation or institution is dispersed through technological advancement. ... Globalisation increases substantially and creates new opportunities for the technologically advanced and developing nations. ... Cars are now invented to be safer, faster and more fuel economic and, therefore, inexpensive to run, environmentally friendly and cheaper to purchase. ... America has now become a multi-community nation with almost every community in the world represented. ... These cultural factors include aspects of language and sport, to movies and food ...

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The Industrial Revolution accelerated the development of globalization and with the help of new machines or new transport carried the products further and faster. ... For example there are lots of international fast food companies such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut and we did not have to go America any longer to buy a Big Mac or when you go to the United States, you can visit China Town in San Francisco and buy traditional gifts for your friends from there. ... In conclusion, globalization is an important issue that affects many nations and systems in our world. ...

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The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. ... Like the WTO, the IMF believes that world prosperity is enhanced by greater exchange between nations and that this is made possible by everyone agreeing to abide by rules. ... Established at the conclusion of the Second World War, the United Nations has become a promoter of globalisation, arguing that individual states have a dual role with responsibilities to both their own cit...

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Instead of selling products or services directly to customers overseas, some small companies enter foreign markets by licensing businesses in other nations to use their patents, trademarks, copyrights, technology, processes, or products. ... Approximately 70% of the McDonalds stores are franchised, the company have relied on these franchises to get them where they are today; the biggest fast food retail chain in the world. ...

• Word Count: 2198
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