• What was the total volume of foreign direct investment for 1999? How many people traveled internationally every day for 2000?
• What are the worries of some countries concerning the Internet?
• How much money moves around the world thanks to information technology?
• Why for a while did global integration slow down?
• What factors foster the globalization of small countries?
• What may slow down Singapore’s integration with other countries?
• What are some of the important factors to promote electronic commerce?
• How big a population in the United States has access to the Internet according to the latest estimate?
• Why shouldn’t one be surprised at Scandinavia’s technological takeoff?
• Why don’t the cumbersome regulatory and tax regimes in some European countries hamper globalization while in others they do?
• Why can North America and the Scandinavian countries enjoy better the advantages brought in by the information technology?
• What should developing countries do to fill the digital abyss?
• What factors result in income inequality?
• What is an appropriate method to measure global integration and why?
• Why are there the need for a closer and more refined examination of the forces driving global integration and the need for further refinement of the tools used to measure it?

• 油价格在上个月底达到了创纪录的高位。(all-time)
• 这些资料大大地增加了他们对印度独立后生活的知识。(add to)
• 许多中国观众在世界杯比赛中为法国足球队喝彩。(root for)
• 疾病控制与预防中心是传播有关疾病预防信息的主要机构。 (disseminate)
• 她脸上的青紫使人相信她挨打的说法。 (lend credence to)
• 工会为什么仍然支持这项政策，这真叫人有点难以捉摸。(something of)
• 后来我发现造成MP3播放器出问题的原因是电池。(culprit)
• 每天都刮胡子可能会引发皮肤病。(give rise to)
• 由于昨天的事故，今天机场的安全特别紧。 (in the wake of)
• 意在领先的企业发现对趋势的研究是极其重要的。 (ahead of the curve)
• 中国的人口比任何其他国家的都多。(as compared to)

As Jennifer Derryberry wrote in Sales and Marketing Management, businesses generally operate at one of four basic levels of globalization. The first level is a multi-domestic company. At this level, the business consists of several independent units that operate in different countries, with little communication between them. The second level, an international company, maintains a headquarters in one country and operates branches in other countries. At this level, the company is likely to impose its home country bias on other markets rather than making a true effort to integrate into the global economy.

The third level of globalization, a transnational company, consists of loosely integrated business units in several countries. At this level, the company makes a greater effort to address the local needs of operations in each country. The fourth level of globalization is a truly global company. This type of business views the world as a single market, develops an overall strategy for its various operations around the world, and applies the lessons of each country to ensure its global success. Derryberry noted that this is the ideal level for a globalizing organization, but that it is not easy to achieve.