A global view of economic growth

This paper integrates in a unified and tractable framework some of the key insights of the field of international trade and economic growth. It examines a sequence of theoretical models that share a common description of technology and preferences but differ on their assumptions about trade frictions. By comparing the predictions of these models against each other, it is possible to identify a variety of channels through which trade affects the evolution of world income and its geographical distribution. By comparing the predictions of these models against the data, it is also possible to construct coherent explanations of income differences and long-run trends in economic growth.

Background, current status and future prospects of transgenic crop plant development

Les plantes transgèniques són una part integral de l’agricultura contemporània. Durant l’any 2006 més de noranta milions d’hectàrees de plantes transgèniques van ser cultivades en vint-i-un països. Des de la comercialització de la primera planta transgènica el 1996 els nivells d’adopció d’aquests cultius han augmentat anualment amb percentatges de dos dígits. El desenvolupament i la comercialització de les plantes transgèniques van lligats estretament al comerç mundial, a la globalització, a la disponibilitat de suficient menjar, a la protecció del medi ambient i del consumidor i a la propietat intel·lectual. En aquest article exposem els avenços més recents i les tendències actuals en el desenvolupament dels cultius transgènics i de la seva utilització. També ens fem ressò d’alguns assumptes no científics que s’han de solucionar abans que aquests cultius arribin al màxim del seu potencial, proporcionant una agricultura més sostenible i ecològica. Finalment, ressaltarem la importància de com les plantes transgèniques poden contribuir en la disponibilitat de menjar i en la millora de la pobresa en els països en vies de desenvolupament.

Global Value Chain Linkages of Manufacturing Export Firms: A Study of The Kannur Home Textile Industry

The literature on the involvement of developing countries in trade has focused on the effects of different aspects of globalization on firms, regions and countries. The study attempts to examine how an export based industry, locallyembedded and originated on the basis of regional strengths has been inserted into the global trade framework. Though the unit of analysis is the manufacturing export firm in the region of Kannur, it represents the entire home textile export industry from the state of Kerala, as close to 90% of fabric exports in home furnishing material, textiles for upholstery and decoration and stitched or fused, and branded made ups are from the region. From a global perspective, how developing countries face newer trade restrictions and overcome non quota barriers by firm and region specific activities within a value chain framework is a major research area, which has already contributions from the Ludhiana woolen cluster (Tewari,1999 ) and the Tirupur cluster in India (Cawthorne, 1995). The study contributes to the value chain literature by examining the governance and upgrading as well as how firms benefit from linkages. India has a number of export oriented agglomerations or regions where firms have been serving export markets for many years. In many cases it is no longer the supply side policy actions that determine how they are able to penetrate new markets or expand existing market share. Based on this study it becomes possible to understand how the global value chain operates in these different industries to examine whether there is a danger of immiserisation of growth or low road growth

Propuesta para el desarrollo de un clúster logístico para un corredor logístico nacional e internacional competitivo en Colombia

Este trabajo es una ‘’Propuesta para el desarrollo de un cluster logístico para un Corredor Logístico Nacional e Internacional competitivo en Colombia’’; en esa medida, comienza por ser un recuento de información, cifras y datos, que desnuda el presente de Colombia, y reconoce las deficiencias existentes en materia de competitividad logística nacional frente al mundo, así como los riesgos que existen para la economía nacional al no tener la suficiente preparación para aprovechar las oportunidades comerciales del presente siglo, ni para enfrentar las amenazas que esto mismo trae consigo. Es por ello que adoptar un modelo de Clúster a la Logística Nacional adaptable a cualquier corredor logístico del país, será un frente de desarrollo potencial en la búsqueda de la competitividad logística colombiana, generando así mismo un beneficio colateral en materia de comercio exterior e internacional.

Efectos en los grandes procesadores lecheros colombianos con la entrada en vigencia del tratado de libre comercio con la unión europea

La economía mundial ha presentado una tendencia hacia la globalización y la integración económica; este comportamiento ha influenciado significativamente la economía Colombiana en los últimos años, promoviendo los lazos comerciales con diferentes economías a nivel mundial; esto con el objetivo de fortalecer la actividad económica tanto interna como externamente, buscando nuevas oportunidades que le permitan un crecimiento económico perdurable, a través de la inversión extranjera directa, la investigación y desarrollo, innovación tecnológica, mano de obra calificada, entre otros. Continuando esta tendencia Colombia inició un proceso de negociación de un Tratado de Libre Comercio con la Unión Europea en el año 2012, el cual culminó con éxito firmándose el 31 de Julio del 2013, mediante el decreto 1636, donde Colombia y la Unión Europea por libre albedrio se comprometieron a cumplir con todos los puntos pactados dentro del tratado. Con el objetivo de generar un diagnóstico del sub-sector lechero, se analizó la situación actual de la economía Colombiana frente a la Unión Europea, vista desde la productividad y la competitividad que se presenta en cada una de estas economías, para determinar las oportunidades o las amenazas que podría representar el tratado de libre comercio con dicho grupo económico pero específicamente concentrándose en la industria procesadora de productos lácteos. Del diagnóstico comparativo se encontró que existen grandes asimetrías entre la industria procesadora de productos lácteos en Colombia frente a la misma de la Unión Europea (UE). Por último se realizó el análisis de los factores internos de las empresas a través de la Matriz de Evaluación de Factores Internos (MEFI), indicador que permite identificar la debilidad o fortaleza dentro de las empresas de acuerdo a la valoración de las características de cada una. Por otro lado, a través de la matriz DOFA se analizaron las debilidades, oportunidades, fortalezas y amenazas de las empresas; de acuerdo a los resultados de ambas matrices se plantearon recomendaciones que podrán ser aplicadas dentro de las empresas objeto de estudio.

Resolução da Sociedade Limitada em relação a sócios minoritários: regramento no Código Civil de 2002

Pós-graduação em Direito - FCHS

Globalización, integración y comercio inclusivo en América Latina. Textos seleccionados 2010-2014

En el actual contexto de globalización económica, el tema de la inserción internacional de la región cobra una renovada importancia. La presente publicación, la segunda de la colección “Páginas Selectas de la CEPAL”, contiene extractos de documentos publicados desde 2010 y que abordan diversos aspectos de dicha temática. Entre éstos se destacan la participación regional en las cadenas mundiales y regionales de valor, la irrupción de China como un socio comercial crecientemente influyente, los logros y desafíos pendientes del proceso de integración regional en su vertiente económica y comercial, y las posibles implicancias para América Latina y el Caribe de las negociaciones comerciales megarregionales actualmente en curso. Como trasfondo de todos los textos seleccionados se encuentra el vínculo entre la participación regional en el comercio internacional y el logro de un crecimiento inclusivo. Este último se entiende como un crecimiento capaz de contribuir a la reducción de la heterogeneidad estructural mediante un aumento del empleo, la productividad y el ingreso, mejorando el bienestar de la mayoría y reduciendo la desigualdad

Rastreabilidade em pescado: influência do grau de domesticação, origem e sazonalidade na diferenciação de peixes

Pós-graduação em Aquicultura - FCAV

Auto component supply chain: a path to global India

Supply chain management works to bring the supplier, the distributor, and the customer into one cohesive process. The Supply Chain Council defined supply chain as ‘Supply Chain: The flow and transformation of raw materials into products from suppliers through production and distribution facilities to the ultimate consumer., and then Sunil Chopra and Meindl, (2001) have define Supply chain management as ‘Supply Chain Management involves the flows between and among stages in a supply chain to maximize total profitability.’ After 1950, supply chain management got a boost with the production and manufacturing sector getting highest attention. The inventory became the responsibility of the marketing, accounting and production areas. Order processing was part of accounting and sales. Supply chain management became one of the most powerful engines of business transformation. It is the one area where operational efficiency can be gained. It reduces organizations costs and enhances customer service. With the liberalization of world trade, globalization, and emergence of the new markets, many organizations have customers and competitions throughout the world, either directly or indirectly. Business communities are aware that global competitiveness is the key to the success of a business. Competitiveness is ability to produce, distribute and provide products and services for the open market in competition with others. The supply chain, a critical link between supplier, producer and customer is emerged now as an essential business process and a strategic lever, potential value contributor a differentiator for the success of any business. Supply chain management is the management of all internal and external processes or functions to satisfy a customer’s order (from raw materials through conversion and manufacture through logistics delivery.). Goods-either in raw form or processed, whole sale or retailed distribution, business or technology services, in everyday life- in the business or household- directly or indirectly supply chain is ubiquitously associated in expanding socio-economic development. Supply chain growth competitive performance and supporting strong growth impulse at micro as well as micro economic levels. Keeping the India vision at the core of the objective, the role of supply chain is to take up social economic challenges, improve competitive advantages, develop strategies, built capabilities, enhance value propositions, adapt right technology, collaborate with stakeholders and deliver environmentally sustainable outcomes with minimum resources.

The impact of "early" nineteenth-century globalization on foreign trade in the Southern Cone: A study of British trade statistics

This paper deals with the impact of "early" nineteenth-century globalization (c.1815-1860) on foreign trade in the Southern Cone (SC). Most of the evidence is drawn from bilateral trades between Britain and the SC, at a time when Britain was the main commercial partner of the new republics. The main conclusion drawn is that early globalization had a positive impact on foreign trade in the SC, and this was due to: improvements in the SC's terms of trade during this period; the SC's per capita consumption of textiles (the main manufacture traded on world markets at that time) increased substantially during this period, at a time when clothing was one of the main items of SC household budgets; British merchants brought with them capital, shipping, insurance, and also facilitated the formation of vast global networks, which further promoted the SC's exports to a wider range of outlets.

Understanding globalization through football: the new international division of labour, migratory channels and transnational trade circuits

Among all sports, football is the one that saw the largest diffusion during the 20th century. Professional leagues exist on all continents and professional footballers are constantly on the move, trying to reach the wealthiest European clubs. Using the football players' market as an example, this article highlights some key features of economic globalization: the new international division of labour, the ever increasing role played by intermediaries to bind the demand and supply of work on a transnational scale, and the setting up of spatially fragmented trade circuits. These processes form the basis for the creation of a global market of footballers in which clubs and championships play complementary roles and are more than ever functionally integrated beyond national borders.

Globalization and the new international trade environment

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Trade unions in the "South" in the era of globalization

Includes bibliography

Regional integration in Latin America, globalization and South-South trade

Includes bibliography