Engineering Sciences Society inside Globalization

Globalization , Networking , and Engineering Technologies

In our rapidly shrinking world, countries and affairs that once seemed far away have ever stronger and more profound impact on our lives. This globalization process is undoubtedly technogenic. The first vehicle for this phenomenon is the rise of rapid communications, highlighted by the degree to which the internet and wireless communications permeate our environment, providing email, web, IP te...

Globalization, Society, Policy Making a Global Perspective

Nowadays the world is gradually shrinking, followed by intimate multilateral relationships. This we assume that might be indebted to progress in technology and telecommunications. But to be outspoken and honest, technology, economy and trade are not the sole causal agents. Therefore, we must seek for the origin of such issues in the exchange of ideas and doctrines which are bearing such a speed...

Communication Sciences and Engineering

Communication Sciences and Engineering

Globalization and the Provision of Incentives inside the Firm

This paper studies the effect of changes in foreign competition on the incentives faced by U.S. managers through wage structures, promotion profiles and job turnover. We use a panel of executives and measure foreign competition as import penetration. Using tariffs and exchange rates as instrumental variables, we estimate the causal effect of globalization on the labor market outcomes of these w...