Introduction In major corporations the winds of globalisation and the efforts to seek further process efficiencies are accompanied by the frequent and massive deployment of large ICT platforms and business redesigns. ERP packages are one example of this drive to wire into software and hardware new routines, processes and practices in ways that are aligned with the prevailing globalisation and r...

We are living in a world of rapid change with the most drastic transformations taking place in developing countries. With increasing globalisation billions are forced to face a future so different from life when they grew up that few of their skills are able to assist them with new challenges. Change may result in insecurity, and unpredictability that many people may cope with difficulty. The p...

Globalisation of markets is a phenomenon that receives much attention and is extensively debated both at general societal/institutional/cultural levels and at market and business levels. In any globalization process, distribution of goods and services between and within local industrial and consumer markets is obviously of crucial importance. Globalisation of markets and reorganization of distr...

10 Research findings on the evolution of the world economy and its link with transport 2 SUMMARY Globalisation is linked to wage disparities between different economic regions. These disparities are set to remain in place for at least another decade, even if the very process of globalisation will eventually eliminate them. However, the differences between economic regions and areas will continu...

Globalisation could generally be taken to encompass the more liberalised and increased flow of goods, services, capital and finance across national economies. Globalisation is therefore not a new phenomenon. The degree of economic integration in the world has been rising over time. Technological progress has improved transportation and communications, enhanced information awareness and informat...