GLOBAL UNIVERSITY • historical roots and antecedents, see the Sidebars "The WTO and the Politics of Global Trade", "Seeds of Globalization", and "Global Impacts of the Industrial Revolution" in the Industrial Revolution article. ... • Political aspects are found in World Government, International Arms Control, the sidebar "Defense Planning after the Cold War" in the Cold War article, and the United Nations. ... Governments and corporations have gained vast amounts of political power through military might and economic influence. ... Cultures also cross national boundaries. ...

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Such factors as political, cultural, and business ethics should be analyzed companies when formulating a global marketing strategy. ... Political The critical concern Political environment has a very important impact on every business operation no matter what its size, its area of operation. Whether the company is domestic, national, international, large or small political factors of the country it is located in will have an impact on it. ... International law recognizes the right of nations to grant or withhold permission to do business within its political boundaries and control its citiz...

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The definition of globalization is explained in a variety of ways from free trade, capital mobility, erasure of national boundaries, less individual government intervention to being the solution to economic, social and political problems. ... One opinion that the impact of free trade within globalization policies would mean is that goods, technology, services and such would be unimpeded by governmental regulations which would cause the nations as a whole to become more unified which would in turn lessen the conflicts between economy, society and politics. ...

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Religion, historical events and globalization have been deemed as the three main antecedent that influence culture Religion has rigid boundaries that cultural values constantly transgress. Infact even at times religion crosses religion boundaries for example the practice of polygamy is allowed in Islam (up till 4 wives) but in our eastern culture the news of a person walking the isle the second time let alone fourth time always raises eyebrows. ... I feel that culture cannot be globalised and that any allegation to the contrary is merely an attempt to legitimise the domination...

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The information and skills revolution has also changed the nature of political authority. ... In addition, the growth of global trade has been associated with the evolution of global financial networks that have made it enormously difficult for governments to regulate and control monetary transactions across national boundaries. ...

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As trade barriers, geographic boundaries and political borders come down the opportunities for many organisations are increasing. ... Factors to consider in a foreign environment (a) Legal-political environment - some nations have a history of unstable government whilst others have slowly changing and stable government. ...

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