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1.2.GlobalisationprocessesandtheirimpactonInternationalBusiness
andinterests.Forvariousreasons,thelate1970sbroughtadeclineofdeposits,
followedbyasteepriseofrealinterestrates.Atthesametime,pricesforgoods
exportedbydevelopingcountriesdroppedbyahugemargin,makingithardfor
thoseeconomiestokeepupwiththeirrepaymentobligations.BoththeIMFand
theWBofferedamplesupportundercreditduress,butinexchangefordrastic
structuralreforms,openingupfinancialmarketsandtheadoptionofthetrade
liberalisationmeasuresrequiredundertheGATTagreement.
Inthelate1980s,asaresultofthebreak-upoftheSovietUnion,
macroeconomicreformsandsystemicinternationalisationwerealsointroduced
throughouttheformer[people’sdemocracies’,includingPoland.Theirsystemic
transformationinvolvedsuchprocessesasprivatisation,deregulation,therules
ofthefreemarketandthelimitationofbarrierstogoodsandcapitalflows.
ThebankingsectorsofthosecountriesweredominatedbyWesternfinancial
institutions,whichhadapositiveeffectontheiroperationbutatthecostoftheir
increaseddependenceonexternallyformulatedpriorities.
Thegroupofcountriesthatchosetoembarkonthejourneytotrade/
investmentliberalisationandfullintegrationwiththeglobaleconomicsystemin
the1980sand90sincludessuchlargeeconomiesasChina,India,Brazil,Russia,
SouthAfrica(theso-calledBRICScountries),alongwithMexicoandArgentina.
TheseandsomeofthesmalleronessuchasChile,Columbia,Turkey,Malaysia,
Slovenia,theUnitedArabEmiratesandthecountriesofCentralEurope,were
soonclassifiedasemergingmarkets.Thetermitselfreferstothecountrieswhich
aresuccessfulintheirtransformationintofreemarketeconomiessupportedby
globalintegration,andwiththebesteffectasmeasuredbytheleveloftheir
economicdevelopmentinrelationtothatofmorematureeconomies.Obviously,
therateandtheextentoftheglobalisationprocessesvariesbetweenthose
countries,asdoestheirmeasurableshareintheglobaleconomicflow.
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1.2.3.Innovationasaprimemoveringlobalisationdevelopment
Technologicalrevolution
Whilethefirststageofglobalisationwaspredominantlystimulatedbysuch
forcesasliberalisation,deregulationandtheopeningoffinancialmarkets,the
secondphaseparticularlyinthe1990swasshapedbythetechnological
andscientificprogressandtheassociatedfinancialinnovations.Atthattime
themostnotableimpactcamefromtheuseofmoderninformationand
communicationtechnologiesstronglyrootedinmicro-electronicinnovationssuch
asmicroprocessorsandintegratedcircuits(microchips),asthebuildingblocks
inthedevelopmentofnewtechniquesandtechnologiesindataprocessing,
broadcastingandmediaproduction,informationandcommunications,andother
areas[Rymarczyk(ed.)2010,p.215ff.].Theensuingintegrationofsound,