TY - CHAP AB - The potential benefits of globalization – seen as progressive worldwide economic integration – have been touted by many economists, government officials and journalists, but the obstacles to its acceptance are seldom assessed against its putative advantages. Some opposing observers, protest groups and a few governments have warned about the inequities and burdens of globalization. However, few have focused on the multiple obstacles to, or on the necessary policies and attitudes for, successful moves to globalization. International Business researchers need to encompass the multiple aspects in the political, social and cultural realms that are affected by, and involved in, the process of globalization and require acceptable treatment. A fundamental reconciliation is required between socio-economic systems based on relationships and those based primarily on market signals in order to reduce conflicts and achieve the necessary community of interests. VL - 14 SN - 978-0-7623-1470-6, 978-1-84950-550-5/1064-4857 DO - 10.1016/S1064-4857(08)00005-3 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1064-4857(08)00005-3 AU - Behrman Jack N. ED - Jean J. Boddewyn PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - Obstacles to globalization: A research agenda T2 - International Business Scholarship: AIB Fellows on the First 50 Years and Beyond T3 - Research in Global Strategic Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 203 EP - 228 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -