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- This product had a total of 13 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 23 2019.
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The book argues that the effects of globalization are exaggerated and that local trumps global
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Even foreign manufactured products have to be marketed and distributed locally
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thus service industries will offset the loss of manufacturing jobs in the us
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This book was clear to read but i can understand why some people will have fears regarding outsourcing but i believe chinese and western workers share the same fears
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It is a quick read and the authors dont intend to provide substantial depth but it is refreshing as one of the few texts willing to argue that globalization is not only not new but not worth all the angst it has generated
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Or as they title one of their chapters countries control their fates
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They reject the projections by economist alan blinder and others that offshoring may threaten tens of millions of us jobs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They correctly note that business formulas often do not translate from one culture to another remember walmarts failures abroad and that an irony of globalization is that markets generally become even more competitive as they become global reducing profits to firms stuck in commodity businesses
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