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How Global Is Globalization? [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
We examine a balanced panel of globalization indices for 129 countries over the years 1991-2010. We report evidence of cross-country sigma convergence in the overall globalization index. Sigma convergence also holds for each of the economic, political, and social globalization indices, as well as each sub-index within these indices.
Jac C. Heckelman, Andrew T. Young
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Globalization and Global Health

International Journal of Health Services, 1999
Along with the positive or negative consequences of the globalization of health, we can consider global health as a goal, responding to human rights and to common interests. History tells us that after the “microbial unification” of the world, which began in 1492, over three centuries elapsed before the recognition of common risks and attempts to cope ...
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Global/globalizing cities

Progress in Human Geography, 1999
Along with the rise in research on globalization the concept of globalization has become a subject to a more critical scrutiny. While majority agree that it represents a serious challenge to the state-centrist assumptions of most previous social science doubts about its newness inevitability and epoch-making qualities are also being raised.
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Globalization and Globality

2017
Globalization has opened up new avenues of investigation in many disciplines. Among these are political science and political sociology, where scholars have engaged in heated debates over issues such as the ways in which state sovereignty is changing, the role of new nonstate actors in shaping international social and political dynamics, and how ...
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Global sport governance: globalizing the globalized

Sport in Society, 2017
The aim of this paper is to discuss the changing global sport governance environment in a globalized society.
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Global Visions for Global Health

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1997
INthe pastseveral weeks, we have received 2 important reminders of the growing significance of international health initiatives by academic health centers (AHCs) and our colleagues. A letter, dated May 29, 1997, from the Association of Academic Health Centers reported the results of a survey regarding the efforts of AHCs in international health.
M. E. Johns, R. W. Woodruff
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Global Business, Global Responsibilities

Business & Society, 2011
This study examines the effects of culture, gender, and function on orientation toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) among 416 employees of an international financial service organization. The main objective of the study is to investigate the variation of corporate social responsibility orientation (CSRO) across national cultures.
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Globalization: global markets and global supplies

2007
This chapter provides an overview of the impact of globalizing markets and globalizing production centres throughout the world. In this context, it is essential to understanding the competitive landscape for this important international industry before examining some of the key themes and contemporary issues that consume time and effort of policy ...
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Globalization and Global Health

Advances in Nursing Science, 2006
Considerable evidence suggests that neocolonialism, in the form of economic globalization as it has evolved since the 1980s, contributes significantly to the poverty and immense global burden of disease experienced by peoples of the developing world, as well as to escalating environmental degradation of alarming proportions.
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