Globalisation, Where?

The globalisation of cancer.

Globalisation and the macroeconomy

Although the topic of globalisation has received considerable attention in many circles, it remains a phenomenon that we are still striving to understand. Not only can globalisation not be captured in a single measure or index, but its economic impacts are also difficult to isolate given the complexities in disentangling globalisation from other important structural changes that have occurred i...

Manipulation of Globalisation

Globalisation is a big but controversial issue: What are the major forces for globalisation? Will globalisation bring about more opportunities or more risks? Is globalisation an economic, technological, cultural, social or political issue? Different understanding of and different attitudes towards globalisation affect the process of globalisation differently. Meanwhile, the theories on globalis...

Globalisation , Productivity and Technology

Recent empirical evidences show negative relationship between outsourcing and profitability. This paper provides a theoretical explanation for this phenomenon. In an oligopoly model, we show that firms earn lower profits in the outsourcing equilibrium compared to the situation where neither firm does outsourcing, and it holds irrespective of the intensity of competition. So, outsourcing creates...

Globalisation and Alcohol