... all regimes having undertaken Socialist planning somehow relegated only to the past, or to misguided attempts at social equalization that were destined to fail. Globalization has produced a sharpening of some common problems in Third World societies, a bloc involving billions of the world's least advantaged peoples. The revolution in communications that enables a new Global economic system may not be such a departure from ... within a short period of time is apt to relate in some way or other to the powers of mass culture and persuasion. Smelser's work on generalized beliefs and values,...

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... private car ownership with the reduction in the average costs of running a car. However today there are very few further economics of scale available in the motor industry, which is common for many mature industries, as an increase in the number of cars on the road does not guaranty a benefit for society and has both positive and negative effects on the ... policies. The excess use of road transport imposes external costs that lie hidden from the consumer in the sense of actual use of road transport but are paid for in other indirect forms. It is apparent that the dependency upon road t...

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... private car ownership with the reduction in the average costs of running a car. However today there are very few further economics of scale available in the motor industry, which is common for many mature industries, as an increase in the number of cars on the road does not guaranty a benefit for society and has both positive and negative effects on the ... policies. The excess use of road transport imposes external costs that lie hidden from the consumer in the sense of actual use of road transport but are paid for in other indirect forms. It is apparent that the dependency upon road t...

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... small countries. Vast empirical evidence shows that trade openness is positively associated with growth. Even if some recent research casts doubts on the robustness of this relationship, there is a general sense that trade has a positive effect on growth, especially for countries with small domestic markets. Thus exports can be thought of as a substitute for domestic demand in determining the size of ... in our measure of market size, we give credit to export-driven economies and geographic areas (such as the European Union) that are divided into many countries but have a single common ...

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... products of western civilization without having to initiate the difficult and long-term process of constructing the productive base of their societies. It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. Unfortunately, the virtual non-existence of an indigenous manufacturing industry renders Africa dependent on and ... their own use in local markets, and did not conceive of production for trade in global markets. Due to imported ideas of trade, the development of the use of a standardized common currency has lim...

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... products of western civilization without having to initiate the difficult and long-term process of constructing the productive base of their societies. It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. Unfortunately, the virtual non-existence of an indigenous manufacturing industry renders Africa dependent on and ... their own use in local markets, and did not conceive of production for trade in global markets. Due to imported ideas of trade, the development of the use of a standardized common currency has lim...

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... new knowledge and markets. Networks, alliances and collaborations are vital for increasing performances. A global enterprise is envisioned as being managed through process based discipline, network structures, managed with alliance partners, common IT platforms for low cost management, operating units constructed around unique core competencies. To meet this vision steps like commercializing technology, skill development, for entrepreneurs and managers in new product ... of continous improvement is closely allied with both innovation and quality management. It is a management process wh...

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