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Logo has been described as setting the agenda for the anti-globalization movement, which helped to shut down the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting.
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consequences of the culture of "global branding
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practice of branding sells a kind of fake spirituality
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has sharply influenced the evolution of world
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generally defined as the growth of systems and activities of economic and commercial production, trade, and services on a global scale
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the process of globalization has progressed
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Globalization is often paradigmatic, with remote villages sometimes receiving cell phones before receiving clean running water
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As wage and living requirements increase in the United States, many multi-national corporations (MNCs
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transferred operations abroad to take advantage of lower safety standards and a cheaper work force
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outsourcing, provides jobs for some of the world's poorest people
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the cheap labor, requiring employees to work in unhealthy conditions for minimal pay
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Outsourcing is the practice of hiring workers not employed by a company to do that company's work
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Outsourcing can happen on a small scale
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in recent years, the term "outsourcing" has usually meant sending work overseas
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Business-process outsourcing (BPO) is one of the fastest-growing areas of outsourcing, particularly in China
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The cost of living in non-Western countries is much less than it is in the United States or most European nations
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Outsourcing does have some disadvantages
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Outsourcing is a constantly evolving field
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moment is for Indian companies to take on high-level jobs that require creativity and language skills such as research and design, while China takes the low-level BPO
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The most controversial aspect of outsourcing is the fact that it seems to threaten the supply of good jobs in the U.S.
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Americans dread outsourcing
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