It has sometimes been argued that "globalization" benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater concentration in international trade and investment...

Services and development: context and perspectives -- Contextualizing services in the world economy / Low and Hassani -- Services and development: priorities for reform / Findlay -- Gainfully linking into global value chains: a middle-income country's perspective / Abrenica -- Who governs global...

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the cultural obstacles or what discourages the setting‐up of businesses among Singaporeans. Design/methodology/approach – Focus group method. Findings – Four obstacles: being over‐compliant, too left‐brained, over‐pampered, and afraid of...