However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. ... Globalisation is the rapid increase in cross-border economic, social, technological exchange under conditions of capitalism. ... David Held and Anthony McGrew write in their entry for Oxford Companion to Politics that globalisation can be conceived as a process (or set of processes) which embodies a transformation in the spatial organization of social relations and transactions, expressed in transcontinental or interregional flows and ne...

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Introduction Managers of multinational organisations need to be able to manage businesses internationally. One needs to possess knowledge and skills beyond those of usual business expertise to be in a position to manage at the international level. For instance, managers in multinational firms are required to understand the various regulations in the countries in which the organisation operates. They also need to understand the values and customs, as well as the laws in the various societies in different countries. The ability to execute transactions in various nations is also essential. ...

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Introduction There are many successful companies around the world and they did not become successful overnight. Many companies have their own success factors that allowed them to become a global business. Honda and Hyundai, who are two of the largest automotive companies in the world, hold their own...

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Globalization is the topic of 21st century that we cannot forget to mention in political science. Our society has become interdependent with each other in many ways through things like trade, technology, culture, and immigration. In a personal level, globalization has led people to be connected thro...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

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