TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beer,Lawrence A.
TI  - Tracing the roots of globalization and business principles
T2  - International business collection,
SN  - 9781631572319
AV  - HF1365 
PY  - 2015///.]
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Globalization
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - ancient commodities
KW  - business principles
KW  - competition
KW  - cost
KW  - economics
KW  - globalization
KW  - government
KW  - international business
KW  - market
KW  - mediums of exchange
KW  - proprietary rights
KW  - religion
KW  - secular laws
KW  - technology
KW  - world trade
KW  - [genre]
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index; Part I. Exchange: the natural social imperative --; 1. Globalization takes root --; 2. Tracing the roots of globalization --; Part II. Trade: a historical perspective --; 3. The beginning of recorded trade --; 4. The age of exploration --; Part III. Building blocks of globalization --; 5. The first global products --; 6. Ancient societal infrastructures originating in and supporting commercialism --; 7. Mediums of exchange and financial instruments --; Part IV. Collateral influences on global commercialization --; 8. Religion and the exchange process --; 9. The influence of government on global trade and ancient secular, commercial, and legal regulations --; Notes --; References --; Index; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; 2; b; Also available in printing
N2  - The term globalization is too often defined by the results it produces, both positive and negative, as opposed to being defined as a socially engineered device naturally occurring as civilization progressed. It is a mechanism to manage the affairs of human beings as they provided for their mutual, but not always equal, attainment of satisfaction. It is therefore a universal instrument that emerged out of the ordered exchange process and is to be found in all cultures. Its growth and maturity were fueled by common denominators of value that are shared across and between social groups around the world and act as a trade agent, bridging and bonding alien territories. As such it began in ancient times and continues into the present, where its prevalence has resulted in a more borderless world with increasing interdependence of nations. The historic commercial activities used in the past form the platform of principles still evident in its modern- day structure
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