See also:   Country information   I   FDI   I  Trade and tariff

Books  

Key series

The Globalization of the world economy series Series Editor: Mark Casson, Professor of Economics, University of Reading, UK.  Written for students, researchers and academics in economics and international political economy.  Seventeen publications to date presented by theme.

Review of key texts on globalization and business

Anwar, S. T. (2007). Global business and globalization. Journal of International Management, 13(1), 78-89. 

Guided Keyword searches on Voyager

• Use Voyager, the Library catalogue to find books and journals held in the University of Auckland library system
• Use Guided keyword searches when you aren't sure of the exact structure of a subject heading. Guided keyword searches also look for words in chapters in books (where these are part of the Voyager record). 

Example:  Search for: globalization globalisation  [any of these]  Search in : [keyword anywhere]

Selected titles:

• Bhagwati, J. N. (2004). In defense of globalization. New York, Oxford University Press - available as an e-book and in print
• Stiglitz, J. E. (2006). Making globalization work. London, Allen Lane. 

Subject Heading searches on Voyager

The following are suggested Subject Heading searches on Voyager.  Click on a subject heading to display an index of subject heading terms on Voyager, these lead to books or journals:

• anti-globalization movement
• education and globalization
• globalization
• globalization congresses
• globalization cross cultural studies
• globalization economic aspects 
• globalization health aspects
• globalization social aspects

Annual Reports 
Some of the large NGOs, IGOs and other organisations produce annual overviews. Use these links to view library holdings:

• IMD world competitiveness yearbook. Lausanne, Switzerland : IMD International. From 2002, (selected coverage back to 1994) and website. Analyses and ranks the performance of the most competitive nations in the world. Facets grouped by economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure.
• International Monetary Fund. (2002). Global financial stability report, World economic and financial surveys (pp. v.). Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. From 2002
• International Monetary Fund. (1980). World economic outlook : a survey by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (pp. v.). Washington, D.C.: The Fund.  See also Supporting Studies  and IMF website
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Economic Analysis and Statistics Division., & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Expert Group on Globalisation. (1999). Measuring globalisation : the role of multinationals in OECD economies, OECD statistics (pp. v.). Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  From 1999
• World Bank. (2003). Global economic prospects (pp. v.). Washington, DC: World Bank.   From 2003 Note: the most recent publications are held as electronic resources.  See also World Bank website
• World Bank. World development report (pp. v.). [New York]: Oxford University Press.
• World Economic Forum., & Harvard University. Center for International Development. (2002). The Global information technology report (pp. v.). New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.  See also website links including video interviews.  From 2002

Rankings 

• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine 2007 Globalization Index and fulltext article published in Foreign Policy via Business Source Premier
• The KOF Globalization Index - 2007 data as well as archive materials. 'The index measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, we calculate an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, data on personal contact, data on information flows, and data on cultural proximity. Data are available on a yearly basis for 123 countries.' From the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research.
• CSGR Globalisation Index - data is presented by score or rankings by country and includes subset indices for Economics, Social and Political analysis.  Intended as a complementary index to the Foreign Policy Globalization Index. 
  Cite as: Ben Lockwood, Michela Redoano, (2005), The CSGR Globalisation Index: an Introductory Guide, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation Working Paper 155/04  
• World Economic Forum. (1997). The Global competitiveness report. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum. "Ranking of the world’s larger economies with an analysis of their comparative strengths and weaknesses in the specific factors that determine competitiveness." See also website links including video interviews. From 1997 

Journals  

Key journals:

• Competition & change
• Critical perspectives on international business
• Global networks : a journal of transnational affairs
• Global social policy
• Globalization 'is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the examination of social, political, economic, and technological globalization'
• Globalization and health
• Globalizations
• Perspectives on global development and technology
• See also OECD Observer [online] Innovation, globalisation and the environment by Brendan Gillespie and Xavier Leflaive, Environment Directorate
  June 2007

Use this Voyager subject heading search to view further titles:

• Globalization Periodicals

Databases for journal articles  

• ABI/Inform and Academic Research Library. Search separately or combined via Proquest
• Business Source Premier and Academic Search Premier. Search separately or combined via EBSCOhost
• CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online
• EconLit
• Emerald 
• ERIC for articles on globalisation and education
• Expanded Academic (InfoTrac OneFile)
• Factiva
• Index New Zealand (INNZ) indexes New Zealand content journals from popular through to "academic". Search results will give bibliographic references and the abstracts to articles.
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
• International political science abstracts
• JSTOR 
• Newztext Plus New Zealand focused  articles from newspapers and magazines. Search also Factiva as some Herald articles are not in the Newztext database.
• PAIS A bibliographic index with abstracts covering the full range of political, social, and public policy issues, with emphasis on those that are or might become the subjects of legislation. 
• Sage fulltext collections focuses on political and sociological aspects of globalisation
• Science Direct | Help sheet  
• Scopus
• Sociological Collection 
• Web of Science  I  Help sheet Used mainly to find who has cited a particular article but it can also be used to search for articles. Records mostly include the title of the article, author, journal source, plus an abstract and a list of cited references. There are some links to full text articles.

Theses 

Note that theses need to be booked, or if there is a second copy in Off Campus Storage these can be ordered using the Intercampus document delivery service.  Selected University of Auckland theses on globalisation include: 

• Li, Lucinda Kit Ching. (2005). Examining ’globalisation’ and ’convergence’: a comparative study of university systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, 1946-1996. Thesis (EdD)
• van Rij-Heyligers, Josta. (2005). Globalisation and pluri-scalar orchestrations in higher education : locating the University of Auckland’s Student Learning Centre historically and globally. Thesis (EdD)
• Jiang, Xiaoping (2005). Globalisation, internationalisation and the knowledge economy in higher education : a case study of China and New Zealand. Thesis (PhD--Education)
• Nilsson, Amie Mary. (2004). Cognitive style and the rate of internationalisation. Thesis (MCom--International Business)
• Tsui, Wai Chi. (2004). Cultural usability in the globalisation of e-business. Thesis (MCom--Management Science & Information Systems)
• Ho, George. (2004). Globalisation and translation : towards a paradigm shift in translation studies. Thesis (PhD--Translation Studies)
• Holland, Chris. (2004). Soft cops for globalisation?: the legitimation of a limited literacy in the knowledge economy. Thesis (EdD)
• Speedy, Karin Elizabeth. (2003). Cross-cultural communication in a postmodern business environment : the role of French language and culture in New Zealand-French business relations. Thesis (PhD--French)
• Murr, Johnson Liu. (2003). An empirical study of globalisation and income inequality. Thesis (MCom--International Business)
• Horsley, Stephen Carlo Francesco. (2003). Networks of resistance : Aotearoa Indymedia as governmentality. Thesis (MA--Geography)
• Gunawan, Janti. (2003). The role of organic and structured networks in the firm’s internationalisation. Thesis (MCom--International Business)
• Orr, Renee. (2002). Dress for success : globalisation, national identity and New Zealand fashion design in 1999. Thesis (MA--Women’s Studies)
• Stewart-Harawira, Makere. (2002. Te torino whakahaere, whakamuri. Globalisation and the return to empire : an indigenous response. Thesis (PhD--Education)
• Yip, Chingman. (2002). Honouring the Treaty of Waitangi : the impacts of neo-liberalism on Maori rangatiratanga. Thesis (MA--Sociology)
• Sheerin, Alana. (2001). Codes of conduct as effective regulatory mechanisms for multinational enterprises. Thesis (MCom--International Business)
• Stringer, Christina A. (1999). New Zealand’s relations with Northeast Asia : links and interactions under globalisation. Thesis (PhD--Geography).
• Mogridge, Fiona. (1998). The globalisation of broadcasting : a study of the future of local television content in New Zealand. Project (MIB)
• Parker, Richard. (1995). Globalization and the nation-state : the effects on national sovereignty and autonomy. Research essay (MPhil--Management and Employment Relations)
• Burmester, Brent. (1991). Business acquisition policy and the globalisation of competition : a critique of antitrust concepts and practice concentrating on the implications for the international competitiveness of New Zealand firms. Thesis (MCom--Marketing and International Business)

For further searching see Theses and Dissertations

Working papers 

• New Zealand Treasury Working Papers
  • 07/05 Stevens, Wayne. (2007, July).  The risks and opportunities from globalisation
• NBER working papers
• EconPapers  
• See also links to working papers on the Economics subject page

Statistics