Global Shift: Transforming the World EconomySAGE Publications, 1998 M03 30 - 512 pages Preoccupation with the `global' is an emblematic feature of our time. While much of the literature is stronger on hype than on reality, the totally revised and updated Third Edition of Global Shift takes a more balanced view of globalization. It identifies both the massive changes that continue to transform the world economy and affect local communities across the globe, and the complex processes involved. It focuses on the interrelated actions of transnational corporations and states within a volatile technological environment. Richly illustrated with more than 200 specially designed figures and tables, this bestselling cross-disciplinary book provides a unique approach to one of the key issues of the new millennium. |
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition | 1 |
Introduction A brief historical perspective | 19 |
Chapter 2 | 38 |
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Asian Asian NIEs assembly automobile industry banks capital cars cent centres Chapter China clothing industries companies competition complex components consumer electronics created demand developing countries domestic dominant east and southeast economic activity effects employment especially Europe European example exports factors Figure financial services firm's flexible Fordism foreign direct investment geographical Germany global economy growth highly Hong Kong host country host economy important increased increasingly industrialized countries innovations integrated internationalization involved Japan Japanese Japanese firms keiretsu labour force major Malaysia manufacturing ment Mexico networks North America operations organization organizational particular plants production chain production process regional relationships relatively role scale sector semiconductor industry significant Singapore sogo shosha Source South Korea southeast Asia specific strategy structure subcontracting suppliers Table Taiwan tariff technological change tend textiles textiles and clothing tion TNCs transnational corporations UNCTAD United Kingdom workers