This course addresses the phenomenon of globalization
in in connection with a variety of issues that have
direct and/ or indirect relevance for business and
managerial practices. Topics to be covered include:
The globalization debate in terms of conceptualization,
causal dynamics, socio-economic consequences, and
implications for macroeconomic stability, state
power and governance. Within this context, particular
attention will be to paid to the following:
Transnational Corporations and their integrated world
strategies on a global scale in the areas of production
and investment; the issue of globalization versus
localization in the context of emerging consumption
patterns across the world; information technologies, global
financial deepening and the emerging money and capital
markets; political and economic consequences of
globalization for growth and development in the less
developed regions; political and economic accords such
as European Union, GATT, and NAFTA.
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