商务英语阅读王艳Chapter4精选.ppt

Chapter 4: International Business Cooperation 1. globalisation 全球化 2. FDI ： foreign direct investment（对外直接投资） 3. OECD：The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 经济合作与发展组织，简称经合组织 4. Cross-holding 相互持股 Professional Terms 5. restructuring 企业重组 6. outsource 外包 7. core competency 核心竞争力 8. deregulation 放宽管制 9. private-equity 私募股权投资 10. Specialization To restrict someone’s economic activities to some certain fields 专门化 Professional Terms 1. The term “economic globalization” is now being used with increasing frequency in newspapers, magazines, seminars and international conferences. 2. The basic feature is free flow of commodity, capital, technology, service, and information in the global context for optimized allocation. 3.Economic globalization is giving new impetus and providing opportunities to world economic development and meanwhile making the various economies more and more interdependent and interactive. Economic globalization 4. While many people are acclaiming the benefits brought about by economic globalization, there are also loud voices of opposition, since different countries and peoples do not enjoy balanced benefits. 5. Economic integration also makes them more vulnerable to the adverse events across the globe. 6. Maybe we can say few topics are as controversial as globalization. 7. But like it or not, it has become an objective trend in world economic development. 8. The best policy for us is to follow the trend closely, availing the opportunities it offers to develop ourselves and avoiding its possible impacts. No country is an island Introduction: Japan is reluctantly embracing globalization and is struggling in import penetration and inward FDI. Pre-reading Questions 1. Why is Japan such an outlier? 2. Why does Japan need to embrace globalization? 3. How can Japanese