NAME: Ivy Mae L.

Daigdigan DATE SUBMITTED: September 24, 2019

ASSIGNMENT: Selection of Research Topic on Globalization 2

In Partial Fulfilment of the Culminating Output of SOCECON 10:

Prepare a research proposal that addresses or examines a global issue/ problem (standard qualifier) that is
related to their respective discipline.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please follow the instructions provided in each column. Print your output and submit
on 13 September (Friday).

Content/ What are the issues/events in this topic that is related to Research Question
Topics your discipline?
1. Establishing the  14th century Italian banks like the Medici bank were  What is the effect of
Nation/ Birth of instrumental in the early years of nationhood because established trading routes to
Nations they facilitated trading between nations, especially in the current trade system?
the silk routes.
2. The Global  Integration of banking across localities reduces the  How do international banks
Interstate degree of local monopoly power of financial reduce the monopoly of
System intermediaries. financial intermediaries?
 The foreign economy experiences a long-run increase
in GDP and consumption
3. Contemporary  Developing nations are often excluded from science  What is the effect of the
Global and policy-making debates, resulting in questions of different corporate culture of
Governance credibility, legitimacy, and relevance. the host country to the
business operations of MNEs?
4. The Global  The tensions on the trade front, fiscal and financial risk,  Has globalization increased co-
Economy and the ongoing struggle to attain inclusive growth — dependence and systemic
the total debt level for the world came in at a record risks?
$164 trillion in 2016 which is “higher than the levels”
seen.
5. Market  The transitional societies in Africa provides a challenge  Has the integration concept of
Integration on how to articulate and aggregate innovative the European Union become a
partnerships that offer a prototype for a new kind of component of globalization or
integration, globalization and governance.
rather transnational
regionalization?
6. The Global  A second problem is the notion of hybridity, which  What is the effect of the high
South represents an incomplete or contested global project. rate of child labor in the
It is reflected in three areas that the Philippines is Philippines to the Total Human
facing: labor conditions, human security for migrant
Development Index (HDI) of the
workers, and disability issues.
country?
7. ASEAN  South-east Asia has incredible diversity in terms of  How does the shortening of
Regionalization religion, language, ethnicity and culture. time frame of AFTA affect the
 Only 30 percent of commitments made among the present ‘Fast’ and ‘Normal’
ASEAN member states are ever implemented. Track?
8. Global Media  Greater exposure online has the potential to attract  What is the relationship
Cultures risks. Risks can include negative feedback, information between the advertising costs
leaks or hacking. of MNEs and the attitude of the
 The limited access to information of the developing host country towards the
countries make it difficult for companies to expand
utilization of Internet?
their market share.
9. Globalization of  Islam and Christianity, contradict and are mostly  How do the different religious
Religion incompatible with each other, such religions cannot beliefs and practices of host
become hybridized or homogenized, though they country affects the conduct of
always come in contact.
global business?
10. Global Mobility  The cultural and the linguistic differences of people can  How do the language
be a hinder in the mobility of establishing foreign differences and barriers affect
operations. the return rate of expatriates?
 The cost of extensive marketing campaign to introduce
and penetrate foreign market involves high risk.
11. Global  In India, millions of children are forced into child  What is the effect of “brain
Demography labor due to poverty, high illiteracy rates due to lack of drain” to the country affected
education, unemployment, and overpopulation. by migration?
 Immigrants may also cause pressure on job issues as
the locals often lose jobs to incoming workers.
12. The Global  Haphazard growth will see the reduction of green  How do MNEs respond to the
Cities spaces within cities, negatively affecting liveability. As struggle of sourcing raw
fresh water becomes scarce and fertile lands diminish, materials to a growing urban
food prices may escalate, hitting the poorest hardest.
population?
 Animal populations are inhibited by toxic substances,
vehicles, and the loss of habitat and food sources.
13. Sustainable  Multinational Enterprises tend to exploit the natural  How does government
Development resources of the host country which sacrifices the intervention affect the
health, environmental quality and social fabric of that implementation of CSR of
particular country.
MNEs?
 Lack of CSR of MNEs.
14. Global Food  Climate change represents more of a “compounding  How does the lack of
Security effect” on other threats rather than a stand-alone infrastructures affect the
threat, such as reducing the food supply caused by international trade?
drought.
15. Global  Legacy of the current education system.  What is the relationship
Citizenship  Outmoded curricula and learning materials can affect between the proportion of
the character of the students which is an important adults with low literacy
component in job application not only in domestic but proficiency and the overall
also in foreign companies.
long-term GDP growth rate?