Securitization of the Illicit Trade in 2 Small Arms and Light Weapons in Southeast Asia Introduction The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW) is one of the leading issues in transnational crime and sits comfortably amidst a wide range of non-traditional security threats. As a transnational crime‚ it characteristically operates with complete disregard for national territorial boundaries‚ thus thriving in this era of interconnectedness and globalization. By themselves‚ states are
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caused the transnational capitalist class. Trans national capitalist is like changing in structures in ownership‚ the growth of middle classes and increased social mobility. With the interventions nowadays‚ people come up with the big question about the globalization‚ is it United States project or world project? because based on trans national capitalist class there is accumulation to gather a lot of money whether in national or transnational‚ and global accumulation by the transnational class. and
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EXTENSION OF THE BARTLETT AND GHOSHAL TYPOLOGY OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES This study offers an empirical test and extension of the Bartlett and Ghoshal typology of MNCs. A three-fold typology of multinational companies: global‚ multidomestic and transnational is induced from the literature. This typology is tested using data from 166 subsidiaries of 37 MNCs‚ headquartered in nine different countries. Subsidiaries in the three types of MNCs are shown to differ significantly on aspects of interdependence
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Localization Strategy of Transnational Retailers in China Abstract & Key Words Abstract: As one of the world’s largest consumer markets‚ China is of strategic importance to transnational giant retailers. Yet‚ unique Chinese cultural‚ business‚ and political environments have posed great challenges to transnational retailers operating in the Chinese market. Based on the fact that the localization strategy is critical for the success of retailing operations in China‚ it is necessary to diagnose
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Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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modification and striving for high local responsiveness where there is need for modification to meet local preferences. Unilever has to therefore adopt a global organizational structure that addresses the two scenarios. The organization employs a transnational strategy‚ which is best suited for Unilever’s global operations‚ as it is faced with high pressure for both local responsiveness and global integration (Child‚
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235 Gareth R. Jones Discussion Question 1 and 2 1. How does Levi Strauss take advantage of the global environment? 2. What structure does Levi Strauss use to implement its strategy? This case demonstrates how a company can pursue a transnational strategy and which organizational structure supports this strategy. “Levi Strauss”‚ the company under discussion has located its production facilities around the world‚ where ever it costs them the cheapest to produce and customizes its products
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Topic: Hong Kong cinema has been characterized by a strong transnational and global nature. Chinese identity and its relationship with Hollywood. Introduction: In the 1990s of Hong Kong‚ its movies‚ styles‚ stars and filmmakers were exportable to Western market. In the essay I will focus on how Hong Kong cinema become “transnational” and “borderless” in recent years‚ and relying on Hong Kong actors analyse it’s the relationship with Hollywood. Thus Hong Kong cinema in general is a crucial
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Transnational history studies the links and the flows of people‚ ideas‚ products or culture across various societies and regions. When analyzing studies in transnational history‚ it is imperative to identify the historical players that weave a vast number of places to a single web. In the past few centuries‚ travelers‚ immigrants‚ and colonists helped to spread culture‚ ideology‚ goods‚ and ideology from Europe and North America to almost all corners of the world. However‚ the moving human beings
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global offices to address local business concerns; however‚ with the commoditization of bandwidth information technology is being challenged directly to address transnational information technology (IT) operations. This paper will address transfer of work‚ quality issues‚ and global networking and service levels.” Analyze Transnational IT Operations “Information technology has become synonymous with outsourcing. Increases
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