GLOBALISATION
Aaron chung
08HI3A
1)Definition:
Globalisation is a word that came about in 1980s. People believe that it’s just a phenomenon but globalisation has been happening for a millennium. An example of it would bee when the roman empire used globalisation to spread governing systems and economics for a significant amount of history. Another example is the silk road and how merchants and tradesmen came to sell which is also globalisation. So, when then can safely say that globalisation is a process in which ideas and goods are spread to share governing, economics and cultures.
2) Examples of globalisation:
There are many examples of globalisation, such as food companies opening around the globe or ideas becoming reality and then
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That’s globalisation…... I have already pointed out 2 of the very few globalisations that has happened around the world. The silk road were merchants and traders come to trade and share ideas and cultures to spread across the globe. McDonalds, burger king (hungry jacks), subways are all globalized as well as they have been spread all over the world including Asia, Europe and the UK. Even though simple things so called “needs” in this century for example the computer was made by Charles baggage an English man, and how do u think it’s in Australia, Europe or Asia, from globalisation. How do we receive the computer? Well this is also globalisation as they are selling the computers around the world to share the idea that has come to life by the people that made it or designed it. Christianity was spread using globalisation as well otherwise how are there about one-third of the population of china is now Christian if it didn’t originate there. What did originate there was Buddhism, but why don’t they believe in Buddhism if it originates from there, well thanks to globalisation it was shared to china and though …show more content…
Industry consolidation: Major trend as companies have cash/industry is fragmented/new strategies needed to tap growth areas in emerging markets. The rise of China: China emerging both as a producer and consumer; Supply chaining: Companies in more mature industrial countries are increasingly forced to look to assets (and growth) by setting up production operations (steel factories) in key developing economies that places then close to natural resource supplies (both in terms of inputs and energy). The global steel industry is highly cyclical, very competitive and still fragmented in terms of market share. Currently the industry is at the height of the business cycle and is going through a consolidation phase, which might result in the smaller players being acquired by the larger ones. The total output from the industry exceeds 1.4 billion tons in 2005, most of it augmented by the increase in output from China. This is expected to increase further, making steel output from China among the largest in the world. The steel industry demonstrates a high degree of variability, both in terms of earnings and production. The factors attributable for driving this variability are global economic conditions with a particular sensitivity to the performance of the automotive, construction, capital goods and other industrial products
Even though the Columbian Exchange did accelerate the trade of slaves, it introduced an important aspect in life during the 1600’s all the way up to today. It provided foods that would be otherwise inaccessible, and contributed to culture in the Americas. The Columbian Exchange was the best event in history due to its influence in globalization and Old World advancement. The first example of globalization is found during the Columbian Exchange. It made trade easier throughout the known world.
Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant, industrialist, and philanthropist, amassed one of the largest fortunes in history, and revolutionized the American steel industry. Carnegie incorporated the Bessemer Process to manufacture steel while, utilizing vertical integration, and monopolization to establish his position in the global steel market. However, to create his steel empire Carnegie mistreated his workers, by providing them low salaries and long hours. Some say that Carnegie’s maltreatment of workers diminished his accomplishments, but his achievements in the steel industry and his philanthropism place him as one of the most successful Americans in history. Andrew Carnegie, was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, son of
One of the reason for the growth of steel industries, is for the growth of steel railroads. People began to realize that steel was stronger than iron. Steel was durable and longer lasting. Iron would rust, and wear down and trains had the chance of going off track and crashing. Soon steel was popping up everywhere, everyone started to use steel for building house.
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. The most common example of globalization might be Ebay or Amazon. Nowadays flows of goods and services are not only cheap and fast, but reliable and secure.
This chapter has been divided into 5 segments by Cavanaugh and consists out of “The Triumph of the Universal”, “The Particularization of the Universal”, “The Theological Significance of Globalization”, “The Concrete Universal” and “Conclusion”. Globalization is the central topic of discussion here and is presented as a view of the world that tends to ignore the interests and concerns of the local whether it is people or products. Globalization includes the worldwide integration of economics, politics, and culture. Cavanaugh presents to us that cultures and human relationships become abstracted for the sake of efficient and profitable economic relationships and through this poverty can also creep in. Cavanaugh argues that from a Christian prospective, the economy can be strengthened through concrete, local economic, thus consumers have to sow into their local communities instead of spending money on international or non-local products.
Cultural globalization is often understood as the spatial diffusion of global products. At a deeper level, cultural globalization may be seen as the contested process of internationalization of values, attitudes and beliefs. The spread of cultural practices and symbols makes the world more the same, but at the same time triggers resistance. Hence, cultural globalization while uniting the world is also seen to strengthen local cultures and is a major force behind the creation of identities. Such homogenization or differentiation can be noticed in the change of cultural practices and consumption patterns over time and space.
3. Globalization Throughout the last decades, globalization became a real phenomenon, but history tells us that it is actually not a new social, historical phenomena, but has, under different names and manifestations, been with us for a long time. It is actually not only the continuation of the liberalization of international trade, which began in the mid-19th century with the launch of cross-border trade over long distances and later with intensive large-scale mobility of labor and capital. During capitalism, globalization has amplified due to the lust for profit, which is driven by capitalists across the globe. Indeed, globalization has significantly strengthened ever since.
I. INTRODUCTION a. BACKGROUND: Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different countries, a procedure compelled by international trade and investment, and supported by information technology. Furthermore, this process has an effect on various other systems such as on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and prosperity and lastly, on human physical well-being in societies around the world. “Since 1950, for example, the volume of world trade has increased by 20 times, and from just 1997 to 1999 flows of foreign investment nearly doubled, from $468 billion to $827 billion” (York, 2016). Technology has been another primary driver of globalization,
“How does 21st century globalization differ from 20th century globalization?” Globalization heavily implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods, and services across national frontiers. It also occasionally discusses the less common dimensions of globalization, such as environmental globalization or military globalization . Those dimensions, however, receive much less attention the three described above, as academic literature commonly subdivides globalization into three major areas which are economic globalization, cultural globalization and political globalization. The evolution of globalization is still open for debate according to some scholar’s dates back to Ice Age when people used to travel in search of food, trade and security.
Introduction Nowadays people can communicate easily. They can share their ideas, their cultures even with people who are not in their countries. They can trade, transporting products around the world in just a few days. This is a big economy where everything related to each other. This is globalization.
Globalization and Nation States Globalization has integrated and intertwined the economies of the world. In the world today, every nation has become independent on every other nation, be it through trade or through finance. Developing countries today are attracting large rounds of foreign investment, and this foreign investment is coming from the developed countries. Thus, the money of the developed countries is today invested in the developing countries.
Looking at the impact of external environment on select companies, we’ll look at both Ford Motor and General Motor companies. The Ford Motors company approximately had 14 percent market share in the U.S. automobile industry (David, 2011). The company had recovered a lot after the impact of recession in the year 2008. The company has been investing in developing vehicles which use alternate energy sources, and is having global presence and brand reputation for its automobiles. The company has received government support during the recession period, and had to cut down thousands of jobs and adopted latest machinery for enhancing the productivity of the company.
(a) Background information on the companies. (Describe your companies’ profile and core business activities.) In this assignment, the 2 companies selected in a same industry are Hup Seng Industries BHD. and Apollo Food Holdings BHD.
Globalisation could be defined from a descriptive and prescriptive sphere of the economy. Descriptive, globalisation is views as the fastest growth processes of the world-wide connectivity
Then I will state the links between globalization and some of the other lectures that we have covered this year, I chose this lecture because it’s one of the most important parts of any business environment worldwide, globalization has also introduced many developments such as internationalization, liberalization etc. Topic Discussion: Globalization has opened the doors between all businesses and countries worldwide, it has created connections without boundaries and a global exchange of information, cultures etc. It has widely increased the flow of money exchange and foreign investments in countries, and created an involvement between different people in many political, social and economical activities. Changing world politics, technological