Analysis of the Impact of Globalisation on Walmart

Running head: ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION
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Executive Summary
This report is based on the analysis of the effects of globalisation on the various
organizational operations of the global companies. The organization that is taken into
consideration for this analysis is Walmart, which is a large retail store of the American origin.
The impact of globalisation on the operations of Walmart and the ways by which the
company has made use of global customers has been discussed in detail. The challenges that
are faced by Walmart in some areas of its global operations has also been discussed in the
report. The two countries where the company has faced challenges are China and India. The
recommendations are provided based on the ways of mitigating the risks and challenges that
are faced by Walmart.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Impacts of globalisation on business organizations.......................................................4
Strategies adopted by the organization to compete in the global environment..............5
Use of outsourcing by the company...............................................................................7
Challenges faced by the company due to globalisation.................................................9
Ways of overcoming the challenges............................................................................10
Recommendations........................................................................................................11
Conclusion....................................................................................................................11
References....................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The concept of globalisation has been defined by OECD as the geographic dispersion
of service based and industrial activities which include, sourcing of the factor inputs,
distribution, production and cross-border networking process of the organizations.
Globalization has thereby proved to be a process where the economies of various countries
are highly interdependent on each other and are integrated in nature as well. The globalisation
based process is dynamic in nature and changes the organizational processes on a regular
basis. The process of the globalisation is considered to be deeply integrated between the
different countries and the regions of the world (Bende-Nabende 2017). This method further
involves higher amounts of trade across the borders of the various services and goods. The
development of the various global brands is able to serve the markets in the lower-income,
middle-income and the higher-income based countries of the world. The organizations also
start making higher use of the offshoring and outsourcing of the production process. The
migration of labour also increases in the process between the various developed and the
developing countries (Van Hoa and Harvie 2016). The spending of organizations on the
infrastructure of the company and innovation based capabilities have also increased after the
implementation of globalisation. The globalisation process has made the economies of
different countries much more interdependent in nature. Globalisation has thereby proved to
be process which has enabled various countries in the world to increase their shares in the
world trade (Intriligator 2017).
The report will be based on the analysis of the ways by which globalisation has
affected the different organizational processes and the ways by which they operate in the
market. The increase of the outsourcing related activities of the global or multinational