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Nowadays, there is much talk and discussion about cultural globalization, i.e.,
a common culture is developing across the globe. To some extent, it is true
despite some resistance from national culture, as both are developing side by
side. Generally, the word culture is used to mean the total way of life to include
economic, political and social norms, values and behavior.
Is seen as the intermixing of people, cultures, economies and technologies.
Modem cultural globalization is a new phenomenon. It started with economic
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recipient countries. This depends on the size and type of investment, the
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Most trade liberalization benefits will be received by the manufacturingproducing countries, while the smallest share will be going to the
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Trade flows lead to shifts in the demand for labor, as more workers are
needed in newly profitable sectors and fewer in unprofitable sectors.
Globalization has affected cultures in two ways: Firstly, it has tried to homogenize
the cultures. We can see this in dress pattern such as pent and shirt and to some
extent in food recipespizza, Chinese noodles, etc. On the other hand,
globalization has helped in the resurgence of local culture. This we can observe in
the revival of traditional cultures and reforming of the identity.
Cultural globalization is also marked with some new trends in human relations.
Recognition of a worldwide ecological crisis, the development of worldwide
concern about health problems such as AIDS and other diseases, extension of the
concept of human rights and the creation of global democratic movements are a
few examples of integration that is taking place between different nations
And from my point of view, manufacturing firms leaders in Egypt should know
that globalization will allow the easy flow of materials, parts and components
between factories and countries. In turn, they have to plan and control their
inventories in order to avoid the risks of any shortage or surplus in the inventory.
Manufacturers in Egypt should pay more attention to the importance of
technology as one of the very fundamental paths for confronting globalization
threats.
The government should study how to enhance the opportunities to make Egypt
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It was mostly Egypt's domestic scene and foreign policy that prevented the
country from achieving its full potential for development and industrialization.
Egypt needs to take advantage of the opportunities that globalization affords, yet
should strive to minimize its harmful consequences. To do so, the country needs
to see its options clearly -- not an easy task when ideologues continue to
suppress any attempt to offer realistic analysis. Essentially, two things are
needed: full comprehension of the objectives, choices, priorities, and policies of
globalization as well as a clear vision of Egypt's interests, goals, and options.
We need a fair assessment of globalization and its course, for only such an
assessment will provide us with a historical and theoretical outlook. Once we have
defined globalization, we may proceed to consider the intricacies of managing and
assessing it. Unlike the case with early colonial conquests, globalization did not
come to this country through military invasion.
The processes and policies associated with globalization have been in evidence
since the early 1990s, and have affected every single aspect of the international
scene. Although globalization is an ongoing process, we can identify at least three
of its main characteristics: the shift from industrial to information society, the
opening up and merger of various economies, and the propensity to standardize
all aspects of human life, economic as well as non-economic.
Globalisation is not a mere continuation of the course taken by the world
economy since the mid-19th century. Back then, the Egyptian economy was made
a subsidiary of industrial economies, with Egypt providing raw materials -- cotton
mostly -- as well as a market for European industry.
Since the 1990s, a quantum leap has been made in the opening up and
integration of the local economy into the global. The domestic market is now
more open to foreign goods, services, and investment. And as a result of the
information revolution, this is happening at a lower cost and higher speed than
ever. The main features of this process are freedom and growth of international
trade, increased foreign direct investment, liberalization of stock and money
markets, and freedom of capital movement in what one may describe as a global
financial village.
The market economy, in short, has eclipsed the command economy in matters of
productivity and modernization. Globalization has provided better jobs and higher
productivity, and made the world a more prosperous place. But the resulting
wealth has not been evenly distributed. Most countries, including Egypt, have
failed to benefit from globalization or affect its course. As a result, uneven
development has continued unabated and only a handful of countries can claim to
be in control of the global economic scene.