Globalization and Development: Economic and Socio-Cultural Perspectives from Emerging Markets

446 Pages·2019·8.676 MB·English

by  Nezameddin Faghih

Contributions to Economics
Nezameddin Faghih E ditor
Globalization
and
Development
Economic and Socio-Cultural
Perspectives from Emerging Markets
Contributions to Economics
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Globalization and
Development
Economic and Socio-Cultural Perspectives
from Emerging Markets
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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PartI AnOverview
GlobalizationDevelopmentWithintheGroupofTwenty(G20)as
IndicatedbyGlobalizationandInnovationIndices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NezameddinFaghihandMahshidSazegar
GlobalizationandtheInformalEconomyinDevelopingCountries. . . . . 49
KameliiaPetrova
DevelopingEconomiesandNewlyGlobalizedTrade:NewRulesto
FleecetheSouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
KunibertRaffer
ZeitgeistAnalysisofGlobalizationSpirit:APhilosophicalApproach. . . 93
AmirForouharfar
InstitutionalQualityandGlobalizationinDevelopingCountries. . . . . . 135
AliHusseinSamadi
ATaxonomyofCountryPerformanceBasedonGDPandInnovation
IndicatorsfortheGroupofTwenty(G20). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
NezameddinFaghihandMahshidSazegar
TheDisruptionandGlobalImplicationsofMassiveOpenOnlineCourses
(MOOCs)forHigherEducation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
NabilSultan
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PartII Africa
ChineseForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)andBarrierstoTechnology
TransferinSub-SaharanAfrica:InnovationCapacityandKnowledge
AbsorptioninSenegal. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 219
VanessaCasadellaandZetingLiu
MoreTrade,MoreWealth?ImpactofTradeontheEconomic
DevelopmentofAfricanDevelopingCountries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
OndřejDvouletý
FosteringEgalitarianismThroughGlobalisationofAfrica’sIndigenous
KnowledgeandTechnology(IK&T)forEnhancedIndustrial
DevelopmentandGlobalCompetitiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
OlawaleR.Olaopa
EconomicGlobalizationandNigeria’sDevelopment:Lettingthe
FactsSpeak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
NaomiOnyejeDoki
PartIII MiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA)
TheIslamicState’sTheoreticalChallengeinaGlobalizedWorld. . . . . . 311
MassimoCampanini
GlobalizationandEvolutionofPublicAdministrativeSysteminthe
MiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
NazakNobari
TheEvolutionofHigherEducationinOmanUndertheGravity
ofGlobalizationandInnovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
FarzanehYarahmadi
PartIV AsiaandLatinAmerica
CulturalGlobalization:ACriticalAnalysisofIdentityCrisesinthe
DevelopingEconomies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
M.RezaulIslam,HarisAbd.Wahab,CristianoFrancoBurmester,
andShofiqurRahmanChowdhury
SocialGlobalizationandConsumerLifeSatisfaction:AnEmpirical
StudyinMalaysia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
EricV.Bindah
AspectsofGlobalization:SpotlightonLatinAmerica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
ShamimSiddiqui,NishatTasnim,MunshiNaserIbneAfzal,
andSusmitaDutta
ASmall-andMedium-SizedEnterprise(SME)Owner-Manager’s
JobTheoreticReviewUnderGlobalization. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 421
LuizPhilippsenJr,MarceloSeidoNagano,andEdmundoEscrivãoFilho