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Article: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON STRUCTURING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ADVISING ON SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS
- Article from:
- Georgetown Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Georgetown University Law Center Spring 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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I. INTRODUCTION
Globalization may have its discontents, but it is rapidly reordering the sourcing landscape.1 Over the last decade, globalization and its economic and social impacts have been widely reported on, analyzed, dieorized about, and politicized, particularly with respect to employment and other labor issues.2 For electronics and other traditional goods manufacturing sectors, the expansion of free trade, die development of manufacturing facilities in locations with low labor costs, and the evolution of sophisticated physical delivery networks3 have together enabled multi-national corporations to develop increasingly large and complex global supply chains.4 The free trade ...