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The shirt toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy.

Globalization

Refers to the merging of historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace.

Globalization of markets

The sourcing of goods and services from locations around the globe to take advantage of national differences in the cost and quality of factors of production (such as labor, energetic land, and capital)

Globalization of production

Trend by individual firms to disperse parts of their productive processes to different locations around the globe to take advantage of differences in cost and quality of factors of production

Globalization of production

Inputs into the productive process of a firm, including labor, management, land, capital, and technological know-how

Factors of production

Trend away from distinct national economic units and toward one huge global market

Globalization

Moving away from an economic system in which national markets are distinct entities, isolated by trade barriers and barriers of distance, time, and culture, and toward a system in which national markets are merging into one global market

Globalization of markets

As business activities blur national borders, what is needed to police the global marketplace?

Global institutions

Which institution was the predecessor to the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Which institution was created to maintain order in the international monetary system

International Monetary Fund

Which global institution was established on October 24, 1945 and today one of its key purposes is to maintain international peace and security?

United Nations

This represents 90% of the global GDP and is comprised of representatives of the 19 largest economies. It was established to formulate financial crisis policy in developing nations.

G20

The globalization of markets can be defined as

Bringing traditionally separate national markets into one cohesive marketplace

Bringing traditionally separate national markets into one cohesive marketplace

Globalization of markets

Two facets of globalization

Globalization of productionGlobalization of markets

Result of high tariffs on imports of manufactured goods

Countries raised the trade barriers against each other

We have witnessed the globalization of markets and productions for how long

Over the past three decades

This implies that national markets are merging into one huge marketplace. However, it is important not to push this view too far

Globalization of markets

This implies that firms are basing individual productive activities at the optimal world locations for the particular activities. As a consequence, it is increasingly irrelevant to talk about American products, Japanese products, or German products because they are being replaced by "global" products.

Globalization of production

What two factors seek to underlie the trend toward globalization?

Declining trade barriers and changes in communication, information, and transportation technologies

Which term best describes the merging of historically distinct?

Term. Globalization of markets. Definition. Merging of historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace.

What is meant by globalization of markets?

Globalization of markets involves the growing interdependency among. the economies of the world; multinational nature of sourcing, manufacturing, trading, and investment activities; increasing frequency of cross-border.

What is the Globalisation of production?

Production globalization, which is when firms expand their supply chains across national boundaries, creates an opportunity for developing countries to engage in international production networks via trade.

What is driving the move toward greater globalization?

Two macro factors driving the move toward greater globalization: 1.declining trade and investment barriers. 2.technological change. International Trade. occurs when a firm exports goods or services to consumers in another country.