Globalization

Globalization and You

Disney

Microsoft

Nike

NOKIACONNECTING PEOPLE

Coca-Cola

HSBC The world’s local bank

amazon.com.

McDonald’s

Do you know the brands shown to you just now? Can you give their names?

Have you ever used these products/ services?

Are you happy with these products/services?

Have you heard about the above terms in your daily life?

Do you understand what they refer to?

Do you think these organizations and phenomena exert much influence on your daily life?

What is globalization?

Globalization introduced many changes around us. Young people are already standing at the forefront of globalization in many ways.

Well, like we get onto the Internet every day, use ICQ, e-mail, mobile phone, eat at McDonald’s, drink Coca Cola, wear Nike sneakers, and watch movies and television programmes made in places all over the world.

Globalization kaleidoscopeBoss, as of now, people in the New York Stock Exchange are eating breakfast, those in the Munich market are enjoying their afternoon tea, and those in Tokyo are about to have lunch.

8 p.m. Hong Kong

Globalization kaleidoscope

Starbucks at the Forbidden City

Globalization kaleidoscope

Tarzan: Where have all my trees gone?

Tarzan-2005http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/t/tree_hugger.asp

Globalization kaleidoscope Michael Eisner, Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Officer :

It doesn’t matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone  lines, computer, or satellite. Everyone’s going to have to deal with Disney.

Comics: D-Day

http://www.newint.org/issue308/dday.html

What exactly is ‘globalization’?