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Hong Kong, Globalization, and Social Work

worlds finest economy" and Hong Kong culture is universally lauded for its values of "hard work, flexibility and rule of law" (Kw...

Violence and Globalization

observed at the Council of the Americas, for example, that: "anti-globalization charlatans and the false...

Modern Economic Globalization and Changing Technology

part of the globalisation process over the last fifty years this is supported by the way the actual output increase has remained c...

Asia and Negative Globalization Impact with the Exception of South Korea

process which institutionalizes structural power through the widespread adoption of cultural values and legitimating ideology". ...

Organizational Systems of the McDonald's Fast Food Chain

The idea of serving food very quickly was fairly new at this time. Other burger joints saw food made to order. The ideas of fast...

IT and the Implications of Outsourcing

results, the National Health Service in the UK has outsourced many services to a high level of criticism as has the London Ambulan...

Analyzing The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman

a time, Friedman states, world societies were shaped largely by tradition and political ideology, which is symbolized by the olive...

Krickett Carpenter Case and Its Implications

lost his or her memory, only to meet up with the same people again? There are unusual stories about coincidences and how people wi...

Discussing Free Trade and Globalization

When it comes to globalization, there are the extremists, and those in the middle. At the one extreme are the critics of globaliza...

The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman

as it is assembled by robots (27). While one part of the world is concentrating on "building a better Lexus," and is dedicated to ...

Global Organization Dynamics

it by other nations. The source of the capital is less important than the results that capital was able to bring, however. Any e...

'New' Terrorism Agenda of American Foreign Policy

is comprised of nation-states reacting to the "pressures of an anarchical world system" in which essential properties do not vary ...

Implications for the Classroom with Regard to Limited English Proficiency Students

with high expectations and are more likely to exert a significant effort in learning the English language, once those individuals ...

Economic Stratification and Globalization

This thesis seems particularly valid when we consider the fact that an estimated two billion people in the world today earn less t...

Manuel Castells' Economic Theories and Globalization

when the "information age" arrived, along with the knowledge economy, we began seeing a shift in the situation. Because of communi...

The Implications of Simulations on Hyper-reality Theory

earlier generations focus on film or television. Koulikov (2005) in his study of hyperreality and simulation in anime, makes...

Coretech Case Study

with the ability to operate. There are also more practical risks. Where operations are taking place in a different country ther...

Petroleum Industry of the United Kingdom and the Effects of Internationalization and Globalization

a shift of power away from the colonial hegemony of Britain towards greater independence for the Middle Eastern counties. This has...

An Analysis of The God That Sucked by Thomas Frank" – Impact Upon Understanding Of Or Concern About The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth

whenever a civilized society is involved. Indeed, the very notion of social justice often leads directly to social injustice, ina...

Industrial Relations and the Effects of Globalization on Germany and Japan

environmental concerns have become popular causes as a result of certain treaties. Although globalization has had a positive effe...

Globalization, Commodity Change, and IMF's Role in Financial Crises of Russia and East Asia

this flows between nations, both wealthy nations and poor nations and in theory, globalization makes all nations an equal player w...

Loss of Culture and Globalization: Fast Food Nation as Compared with the Lexus and the Olive Tree Globalization and the Loss of Culture

fast food industry, in his text, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. According to Thomas L. Friedman, globa...

Shortage of Nurses and Its Global Implications

staff them (Ocala, Fla., Hospitals Tackle Nursing Shortage, 2002). The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...

Comparision Between Campbell's Getting To Know Waiwai An Amazonian Ethnography and Geertz's Peddlers And Princes

development is taking place. As a direct result, the subordinate communities are forced to either sink or swim when it comes to t...

A Financial Perspective of Globalization

to $336 billion (Capital goes global, 1997). That trend slowed some after the advent of the Asian currency crisis in 1997, but it...

Economics Q and A

free trade debate that has been going on since Adam Smith wrote Wealth of Nations. It seems that there is the idea in general that...

Implications of The Stranger Next Door by Stein

polarize and pit neighbor against neighbors that they have known for decades. A culture war, then, is a clash of ideologies, of to...

Labour Patterns and Globalization

of the international trade environment giving employers a greater understanding of potential commercial choices. The question is h...

MIT's Radiation Laboratory and its Geopolitical Implications

dangerous to use, are things like industrial and investment policies. The everyday tool, powerful but enormously more flexible, is...

Implications of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

only woman required to perform these menial tasks apart from and in addition to her responsibilities as a paralegal. None of the ...