Power, Places and Networks

4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Globalization indices showing how countries participate in global interactions

AT Kearney Index

• Foreign Direct Investment FDI confidence posed by them

• global management consulting firm

• tracks impact of political and economic regulatory changes on the FDI of Global 1000 companies

KOF Index

• compares social, economic and political dimensions of globalisations

• combines de facto and dejure (policies that enable flows) indicies

Global superpowers and their economic, geopolitical and cultural influence

Detailed example of a potential global superpower 1

Detailed example of a potential global superpower 2

G7/8, G20 and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) groups

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) influence over energy policies 

global lending institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

global lending institutions, including the New Development Bank (NDB)

global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services 

an overview of international aid, loans and debt relief 

international remittances from economic migrants

illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outsourcing by transnational corporations (TNCs), and ways in which this networks places and markets

detailed example of a TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains 1

detailed example of a TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains 2

multi-governmental organisations (MGOs) and free trade zones

economic migration controls and rules

Our “shrinking world” and the forces driving technological innovation: changing global data flow patterns and trends 

Our “shrinking world” and the forces driving technological innovation: transport developments over time 

Our “shrinking world” and the forces driving technological innovation: patterns and trends in communication infrastructure and use 

The influence of the physical environment on global interactions: natural resource availability 

The influence of the physical environment on global interactions: the potentially limiting effect of geographic isolation, at varying scales