What International Challenges Impact a Specific Food Industry?

Discuss two of the factors that contributed to the growth of globalization in recent decades that may impact a specific industry of your choice. Most analysts cite the following seven factors:

1. Increase in and application of technology;

2. Liberalization of cross-border trade and resource movements;

3. Development of services that support international business;

4. Growth of consumer pressures;

5. Increase in global competition;

6. Changes in political situations and government policies; and

7. Expansion of cross-national cooperation.

To select an industry: A good place to start is: http://globaledge.msu.edu/global-insights and click on “Insights by industry.” Select an industry, read the information on the industry. Poor's (S&P) Net Advantage database, available From http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://www.netadvantage.standardandpoors.com/