began closing down its operations in North Sulawesi‚ leaving local communities in Buyat Bay and Ratatatok with a dubious legacy. NMR use a submarine tailings disposal (STD) system which a method of waste due to its harmful environmental and health impacts. From 1996 until its closure‚ NMR dumped more than four million tons of mine waste into the bay. Forum the Environment (WALHI) found that NMR’s tailings contained four times the government-allowed level of cyanide and high levels of mercury‚ cadmium
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international company. The mobility of the company’s goods and services have been made easier with modern technology and they have been striving to give the effect of the ’third place’ on an international stage. This for the majority had a positive impact on the Starbucks brand financially‚ allowing the company to become one of the largest coffee companies in the world. The negative side is that during the massive global boom of the noughties‚ Starbucks began to ’water down’ the ’Starbucks experience’
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Globalization makes the world homogeneous Introduction * “Globalization is a process in which worldwide economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and social relations have become increasingly mediate across time and space” (Rantanen‚ 2005:3). Globalization is the process that keep on going and there would be no exactly time when it started. Even globalization has already started along time ago when people did migration to all over the world. However Globalization in the context of media‚ there are only
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There are three driving forces of globalization. Improvements in technology‚ improvements in transportation and investments by transnational corporations (TNCs) Firstly‚ Improvements in technology has made communications among people in different locations faster and more convenient. People across the globe can communicate with tools such as telephone‚ electronic mail‚ fax and video conferencing. Satellite technology has enabled messages to be transmitted from one location and received in another
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Introduction Globalisation has significantly changed trends and patterns in the global film industry‚ at an estimated worth of $60 million annually film industry has become one of the most important in the creative businesses (Rosnan‚ H‚ Ismail‚ N.M.‚ & Daud. N.M.‚ 2010). This research paper will cover the topic of the American film industry‚ globalisation and how globalisation has impacted on the change of the American film industry. I will also continue on to how the American film industry
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NB: when discussing globalisation some sources discuss remote events such as setting up of East India Company. As term ‘developing countries’ is used students should focus on modern post-colonial era – probably shouldn’t go further back than 1960s |Advantages |Disadvantages | |Multinational companies (MNCs) have more opportunities for Foreign |MNCs tend to use cheap labour – many jobs
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Pros and Cons of Globalisation There are many advantages and disadvantages of globalisation. Some of these good and bad points of this worldwide phenomenon are discussed below: Advantages of Globalisation Globalisation has the potential to make this world a better place to live in and solve some deep-seated problems like unemployment and poverty. The pros of globalisation are many and some are as follows: 1. Globalisation promotes global economic growth‚ creates jobs‚ makes companies more competitive
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Case Study: Globalisation for Good or Evil? Qn 2: From these summaries‚ prepare a case for globalisation and prepare a case against globalisation‚ integrating both the ‘Western’ & local perspectives’ Globalisation fundamentally describes the increasing interconnected nature of the world due to massive rise in economical‚ political‚ social and cultural exchanges between different countries around the globe. (Mejía-Vergnaud‚ 2004) One significant advantage of globalisation is rapid economic growth
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Yes Globalisation is necessary‚ for an economy to grow. Globalisation refers to the integration of economic‚ technological‚ socio-political factors with the world. And with globalisation‚ with the mutual co-operation and assistance -particularly with reference to the law of comparative advantage- it is going to be beneficial. Globalisation also helps reducing the poverty level in the country-there are plenty of evidences and record to support it.Developing countries specially require globalization
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a global scale in ways which slice through national boundaries.’ (Dicken ’98). When talking about globalization it is difficult to go straight down one trail of thought due to there being so many views and theories on the origins‚ processes and impacts that are involved. These views can tend to be rather varied also‚ ‘At one end of the spectrum certain observers claim that today’s world is fully globalized; at the opposite pole ultra-sceptics deny any globalization whatsoever has occurred.’ (Scholte
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