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1、-GlobalbusinesstodayChapter1:Globalization1.Describetheshiftsintheworldeconomyoverthelast30years.WhataretheimplicationsoftheseshiftsforinternationalbusinessesbasedinGreatBritain?NorthAmerica?HongKong?Answer:Theworldeconomyhasshifteddramaticallyoverthepast30years.Aslateasthe1960s,fourstylizedfactsde

2、scribedthedemographicsoftheglobaleconomy.ThefirstwasU.S.dominanceintheworldeconomyandworldtrade.ThesecondwasU.S.dominanceintheworldforeigndirectinvestmentpicture.Relatedtothis,thethirdfactwasthedominanceoflarge,multinationalU.S.firmsintheinternationalbusinessscene.Thefourthwasthatroughlyhalfofthegl

3、obe-thecentrallyplannedeconomiesoftheCommunistworld-wasoff-limitstoWesterninternationalbusinesses.Allofthesedemographicfactshavechanged.AlthoughtheU.S.remainstheworld'sdominanteconomicpower,itsshareofworldoutputandworldexportshavedeclinedsignificantlysincethe1960s.Thistrenddoesnotreflecttroubleinth

4、eU.S.economy,butratherreflectsthegrowingindustrializationofdevelopingcountriessuchasChina,India,Indonesia,andSouthKorea.Thistrendisalsoreflectedintheworldforeigndirectinvestmentpicture.AsdepictedinFigure1.2inthetextbook,theshareofworldoutput(orthestockofforeigndirectinvestment)generatedbydeveloping

5、countrieshasbeenonasteadyincreasesincethe1960s,whiletheshareofworldoutputgeneratedbyrichindustrialcountrieshasbeenonasteadydecline.--Shiftsintheworldeconomycanalsobeseenthroughtheshiftingpowerofmultinationalenterprises.Sincethe1960s,therehavebeentwonotabletrendsinthedemographicsofthemultinationalen

6、terprise.Thefirsthasbeentheriseofnon-U.S.multinationals,particularlyJapanesemultinationals.Thesecondhasbeentheemergenceofagrowingnumberofsmallandmedium-sizedmultinationals,calledmini-multinationals.ThefallofCommunisminEasternEuropeandtherepublicsoftheformerSovietUnionhavebroughtaboutthefinalshiftin

7、theworldeconomy.ManyoftheformerCommunistnationsofEuropeandAsiaseemtoshareacommitmenttodemocraticpoliticsandfreemarketeconomies.SimilardevelopmentsarebeingobservedinLatinAmerica.Ifthesetrendscontinue,theoppo