Why It Is Important for Small Businesses to "Go Global

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Essay

Why it is important for small businesses to "go global?"

Understand the theories proposed by modern critics of globalization and neoliberalism.

Understand the perspective of Hardt and Negri on contemporary global capitalism and their proposal for a counter-empire.

Recognize the shift towards immaterial, intellectual, and communicative labor as central in today's world of production, as seen by Hardt and Negri.

Apply Ritzer's concept of McDonaldization to analyze various work environments.

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Definitions:

Sums of Squared Deviations

The total of the squared differences between each observation in a data set and the mean of that data set, used in various statistical methods to measure variability.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a subset (sample) of a population.

ANOVA Table

A table used to summarize the results and findings of an Analysis of Variance, displaying sources of variance, degrees of freedom, and significance levels.

Mean Square

A statistical measure used in variance analysis, representing the average of squared differences from the mean.