The Systemic Dimension of Globalization

Edited by Piotr Pachura, ISBN 978-953-307-384-2, 290 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published August 01, 2011 under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/732
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Today science is moving in the direction of synthesis of the achievements of various academic disciplines. The idea to prepare and present to the international academic milieu, a multidimensional approach to globalization phenomenon is an ambitious undertaking. The book The Systemic Dimension of Globalization consists of 14 chapters divided into three sections: Globalization and Complex Systems; Globalization and Social Systems; Globalization and Natural Systems. The Authors of respective chapters represent a great diversity of disciplines and methodological approaches as well as a variety of academic culture. This is the value of this book and this merit will be appreciated by a global community of scholars.

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• Chapter 1  Sustainability by Interrelating Science, Society and Economy in Embedded Political Economy – an Epistemological Approachby Masudul Alam Choudhury and Lubna Sarwath Mohammad
• Chapter 2  Globalization of Software Development Teamsby M. Rita Thissen, Susan K. Myers, R. Nathan Sikes, Jean P. Robinson and Valentina Grouverman
• Chapter 3  Bilateral Home Bias: New Perspective, New Findingsby Crina Pungulescu
• Chapter 4  Globalization and Global Innovationsby Hassan Danaeefard and Tayebeh Abbasi
• Chapter 5  Demistifying Globalization and the State: Preliminary Comments on Re-Commodification, Institutions and Innovationby Hector Cuadra-Montiel
• Chapter 6  Media Globalization and the Debate on Multiculturalityby Josu Amezaga-Albizu
• Chapter 7  Explaining Global Media: A Discourse Approachby Ulrika Olausson
• Chapter 8  Cultural Globalization and Transnational Flows of Things Americanby Mel van Elteren
• Chapter 9  Recognition of Real-World Activities from Environmental Sound Cues to Create Life-Logby Mostafa Al Masum Shaikh, Keikichi Hirose and Mitsuru Ishizuka
• Chapter 10  Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Commodities in Amazoniaby Peter Mann de Toledo, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Gilberto Câmara, Roberto Araújo, Andrea Coelho and Sergio Gomes
• Chapter 11  Globalization: Ecological Consequences of Global-Scale Connectivity in People, Resources, and Informationby Debra P.C. Peters
• Chapter 12  Brightness and Austerity of the Globalization Theory: The Ideological Foundations of Cognitive Capitalismby Zlatan Delic
• Chapter 13  Tourism: Analysis of a Global Phenomenon from a Perspective of Sustainabilityby Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández and Yaiza López-Sánchez