Globalisation Flashcards
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Definition
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The current economic situation where the exchanges and connections between countries have riched a maximum level
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Factors of globalization
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- The improvement of transport
- The progress of communication
- The role of international organisations
- The expansion of capitalist system
- The role of multinational
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The improvment of transport facts
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Increase the transportation
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The progress of communication facts
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Facilitates companies to communicate and transfer information
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Outsourcing def
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Multinationals locate industries in less developed countries where the labour is cheaper
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The role of international organisations facts
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Promote free trade
EU, WTO
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Positive consequences
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- Global market bigger
- The exchange easier
- Production in a worldwide escale
- Economies of scale
- Multional increase profits
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Economies of scale def
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Comoanies that increase their size and because of that the cost per unit is less
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Negative companies
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- Poor countries
- Loss of jobs
- Small companies difficulties
- Goverments infliences in their political and economic decisions
- Acumulation of wealth by few people
- Poor countries become poorer
- Enviromental problems