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Globalization and the rise of multinational corporations and branding
Title: Globalization and the rise of multinational corporations and branding
Category: Law & Government
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Globalization and the rise of multinational corporations and branding
Globalization and the rise of multinational corporations and branding
A further, crucial aspect of globalization is the nature and power of multinational corporations. Such companies now account for over 33 per cent of world output, and 66 per cent of world trade (Gray 1999: 62). Significantly, something like a quarter of world trade occurs within multinational corporations (op. cit). This last point is well illustrated by the operations of car manufacturers who typically source their components from plants situated …showed first 75 words of 1475 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1475 total…organizations. They display the loss of authority and erosion of common values that afflicts practically all late modern social institutions. The global market is not spawning corporations which assume the past functions of sovereign states. Rather, it has weakened and hollowed out both institutions. (Gray 1999: 63)
While multinationals have played a very significant role in the growth of globalization, it is important not to overplay the degree of control they have had over the central dynamics.
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