(精选)商务英语阅读Unit 9 Economic globalization and课件.ppt

Unit 9 Economic globalization and Multinational Corporation Teaching aims Text A Text B Supplementary reading Teaching aims: After studying this unit, you will be able to: Have a general knowledge of Economic Globalization and Multinational Corporation; Have a general knowledge of the important role multinational corporations play; Come to realize the importance of the multinational companies; be able to utilize useful words and expressions Do you think economic globalization will have a big impact on multinational corporations? Why? What’s your understanding of a polycentric world? Do you think it is a good trend? What challenges will multinational corporations face in the coming decades? Notes: The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD): is an international economic organization of 33 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It defines itself as a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a setting to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identifying good practices, and coordinating domestic and international policies of its members. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): is a measure of a country's overall economic output. It is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a country in a year. It is often positively correlated with the standard of living, alternative measures to GDP for that purpose. Facebook: is a social network service and website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school, or college, or other characteristics. The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic yea