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Impact of Globalisation II : USA, China & Europe.

Three films look at how people in countries around the world are feeling the bitter effects of globalisation - from Europe and the USA to China. USA: Detroit, the city of Motown music and big cars is turning into an industrial wasteland. When the car industry was booming Detroit was the fifth larges...

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Other Authors: Harris, Nigel (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In Chinese.
In English.
Published: United Kingdom : TV Choice, 2009.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
General Motors Corporation.
Nokia (Firm)
General Motors Corporation
International business enterprises > Management.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Manufacturing industries.
Automobile industry and trade.
Dongguan Shi (China) > Economic conditions.
Germany > Economic conditions.
Europe > Economic conditions.
Romania > Economic conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Entreprises multinationales > Gestion.
Mondialisation.
Industrie manufacturière.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce.
Allemagne > Conditions économiques.
Europe > Conditions économiques.
Automobile industry and trade
Economic history
Globalization > Economic aspects
International business enterprises > Management
Manufacturing industries
China > Dongguan Shi
Europe
Germany
Michigan > Detroit
Romania
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
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Summary:Three films look at how people in countries around the world are feeling the bitter effects of globalisation - from Europe and the USA to China. USA: Detroit, the city of Motown music and big cars is turning into an industrial wasteland. When the car industry was booming Detroit was the fifth largest city in the US. But foreign competition has changed all that. Unemployment is soaring. Residents have fled the city. Troubled General Motors, once the world's biggest car-maker, is gambling its future on more environmentally friendly cars. CHINA: This once booming supplier of cheap goods to the world is now seeing factories close their doors and workers being fired and sent back to rural poverty. A watch factory owner says: "I have been in the watch business for forty years. This is the most difficult time I've ever seen." The Chinese government is trying revive the economy, but smaller enterprises are still going bust. EUROPE: Finnish company Nokia moves its factory from Germany to Romania, putting over 2,000 employees out of work. Germany workers are protesting, but in Romania many welcome the move. A Romanian village has been renamed Nokia Village and its mayor is planning what to do with the new income. But how long before Nokia goes elsewhere in search of cheap labour?
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Physical Description:1 online resource (82 minutes)
Playing Time:01:21:36