Globalization
One of the best definitions of globalization is “the trend toward greater economic, cultural, political and technological interdependence among national institutions” (International Business). The period goes outside of the parenthesis. It is a good but a highly complex definition. However, it can be greatly simplified and can be defined in one word “flattening.” A man by the name of Thomas Friedman wrote a book called The World is Flat where he talked about the ten flatteners. This book is all about globalization and the changing global environment. The moral of the book is that we may be far apart geographically but the world is slowly, through outsourcing, technological advances, and regional economic integration becoming closer and closer together. The last sentence should be your focus statement for the paper. What will you be explaining or arguing in terms of globalization? That is what the last sentence should be.
It is easy for anyone to see the outsourcing of a manufacturing related job such as an automobile plant being relocated to Mexico, because the Mexican work force works for much less money than Americans do. However, it is much harder to imagine services being exported from the country, but they are. We live in a global environment and there is no way around that. An easy way to see it is to walk down the street and take note to clothes or to shoes most notably on the campus where I live, Oxford. What visitors will see is many Northface jackets, Columbia fleeces, Ugg boots and an array of Abercrombie and Fitch. The point is that while, yes, most of the companies listed here are American companies, NONE of these clothes are made in America. ...