| Description |
x, 324 pages ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Why isn't the state withering away? / Gerry Treuren -- 2. Corporate responsibility and human rights: The consequences of globalisation / Natasha Markovic -- 3. A free trade agreement between Australia and the United States of America: Litigation-driven laissez-faire through investor protection? / David Lundberg - 4. Globalisation and corporate governance / Mervyn Lewis -- 5. Globalisation and regional industry cluster development - The cluster development program in South Australia / Richard Blandy -- 6. Globalisation and inequality: Examining how economic global forces impact on South Australian labour markets / Martin Shanahan -- 7. The role of supportive linkages within the Nordic mobile telephone manufacturing industry: Implications for Australia policy and management / John Rice and James Juniper -- 8. Towards the networked firm and the end of geography / Mervyn Lewis -- 9. The globalisation of media and communications in Australia, 1980-2020 / Dennis List -- 10. Impacts of globalisation in rural Australia / Brian Cheers and Renfrey Clarke -- 11. Globalisation and indigenous tourism: Sites of engagement and resistance / Freya Higgins-Desbiolles -- 12. Can the Australian tourism industry handle the cultural implications? / Gayathri Wijesinghe and Mervyn Lewis -- 13. Globalisation and staffing: The challenges of expatriation for human resouce managers / Barbara Anderson |
| Summary |
Globalisation is producing far-reaching changes for communities, regions and nations, and creating new types of social, political, and economic challenges and opportunities. This book explores the practical meaning of globalisation at the local, regional, national and international level |
| Analysis |
Globalisation |
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Economic impact |
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Social impact |
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Case studies |
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Globalisation (Australia) |
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International economics |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
en-aus |
| In |
ACQUIRE [electronic resource] : Central Queensland University Institutional Repository |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Free trade -- Australia.
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Globalization.
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International economic relations.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- Regional disparities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005750 -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Foreign economic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005782
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| Genre/Form |
Book
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Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Shanahan, Martin (Martin P.)
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Treuren, Gerry.
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Wakefield Press.
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| LC no. |
2004463867 |
| ISBN |
1862546371 paperback |
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