In Search of an Equitable, Sustainable Globalization : The Bittersweet Dilemma.

Cover -- In Search of an Equitable, Sustainable Globalization -- Contents -- Preface -- REFERENCES -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Meaning of Globalization -- GLOBALIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY -- THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- THE SHAME OF PROGRESS -- WE ARE NOT ALL EQUAL -- THE GLOBAL DIVIDE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 Antecedents of Globalization -- THE FOUR FLOWS OF GLOBALIZATION -- THE POWER BASES OF THE FOUR FLOWS -- TRADE LIBERALIZATION -- THE CIRCULARITY OF GLOBALIZATION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Why Globalization? -- WHY INDEED? -- THE MIRACLES OF THE PROCESS -- KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION AND CREATIVITY -- MYTHS OR FACTS? -- DOES IT TAKE A GLOBAL VILLAGE? -- LAISSEZ-FAIRE -- INEQUALITY: THE STARTING POINT -- IS THERE A REPORT CARD? -- WHAT IS NEXT IN THIS MOST POWERFUL MOVEMENT? -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 The Pluses of Globalization -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSUMERS WORLDWIDE -- INCREASED COMPETITION -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- THE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- WHICH TECHNOLOGIES? -- CROSS-CULTURAL COOPERATION -- Foreign Direct Investments and Partnerships -- Strategic Alliances -- Joint Ventures -- ABOUT THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Spreading Domestic Digital Divide -- THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AND UNINFORMED PEOPLE -- ACCESS TO INFORMATION IS NOT FREE -- DE FACTO MOVEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY -- PEOPLE ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL -- CLEANING UP THE HOME FRONT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 The Marginalization Process -- MARGINALIZATION -- WHEN THE THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES LOSE -- HOW GLOBALIZATION DOESN'T WORK -- THE RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE -- THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE -- WHY THE FOUR TIGERS? -- THE POWERS OF FREE TRADE -- FREE BUT NOT FAIR -- WHO CAN COMPETE? -- THE ASIAN CRISES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 Miracles Do Not Happen So Easily.

DEMONSTRATION EFFECT THEN AND NOW -- INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT PIRACY -- INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE -- THE FAIRNESS ISSUE -- WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS? -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 The More You Borrow -- QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES OF THE BANK AND THE FUND -- Functional Conditions -- The Structural Conditions -- HIPC INITIATIVE -- CREATIVE SOLUTIONS -- OUTSIDE FUNDING AND INSIDE GROWTH -- BARRIERS TO GROWTH -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Is It Possible to be Demarginalized? -- IS THERE SUCH A THING AS DEMARGINALIZATION? -- TOOLS OF DEMARGINALIZATION -- LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS -- MODERN-DAY COLONIALISM -- THE PHILOSOPHY OF "KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY" -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Needed International Entrepreneurship -- DEFINING ENTREPRENEURS -- HOW SHOULD INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS BEHAVE? -- Business Environment, Resources and Entrepreneurial Behavior -- Entrepreneurial Strategies -- Strategic Leadership -- DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Partnering Is the First Step -- ALLIANCES -- ACQUISITIONS -- PRIORITIES OF COMPANIES FROM EMERGING COUNTRIES -- PRIORITIES OF DEVELOPED MARKET FIRMS -- HOW TO ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP -- LEARNING FROM PARTNERS -- BACK TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- PARTNERING OR ALLIANCE OPPORTUNITIES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Partnerships Expand into Networks -- BEING IN A NETWORK GIVES SECURITY -- NETWORKS ARE DETERRENT PLUS -- SUCCESS FOR NETWORKS -- HOW TO BE SOLICITED INTO A NETWORK -- A MAJOR MACROMARKETING JOB -- ACTIVITIES WITHIN AND BETWEEN BLOCKS -- SUSTAINABLE NETWORKS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 Proactive Defense Mechanism -- PROACTIVE DEFENSE -- THE FOUR TIGERS ONCE MORE -- THE BEST DEFENSE IS AN OFFENSE -- A PROACTIVE GROWTH STRATEGY -- A BETTER JOB IN DISTRIBUTING BENEFITS -- DEVELOPING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BY DEFENSE.

AGAIN, THE BEST DEFENSE IS AN OFFENSE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 Strategic Plan That Works -- THE NEED FOR FAST DEVELOPMENT -- STRATEGIC POSTURING -- GLOBAL OR NATIONAL -- THE BENEFITS OF BEING UP-TO-DATE -- CONCERTED EFFORTS AND CONCERTED WILL -- THE SECOND HALF OF THE OFFENSIVE -- SWOT ANALYSIS APPLIED -- WHERE THERE IS A WILL -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 Future Outlook and a Research Agenda -- CAN THERE BE A GLOBAL CAPITALISM FREE AND FAIR? -- THERE ARE NOT MANY ALTERNATIVES -- GLOBALIZATION WILL GO ON -- GLOBALIZATION CAN REACH FURTHER -- A RESEARCH AGENDA -- PROGRESS, PROGRESS AND MORE PROGRESS -- REFERENCES -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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