Virtuous Vice

SIAMACK SHOJAI is Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. He has authored many essays and journal articles and is the editor of three volumes on the oil industry, as well as global debt and budget deficits.ROBERT CHRISTOPHERSON is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Department at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh.

• Preface The Meaning and Economic Consequences of Globalization Introduction: The Meaning of Globalization and Internationalization by Siamack Shojai and Robert Christopherson Globalization: A Virtuous Mount or a Contemptible Vice? by Maryann Kathleen Cusimano International Competitiveness of Nations in a Globalized Economy by Dominick Salvatore Globalized Financial Markets by Ann Davis Globalization and Its Impact on Global Income and Wealth Distribution by Della Sue European Integration and Globalization: From European Regionalism to Globalization by Spyros J. Vliamos Political, Social, and Cultural Consequences of Globalization The Changing Role of Nation-states and Their Sovereignty by Maryann Kathleen Cusimano The Role of NGOs and IGOs in the Process of Globalization by Vernon J. Vavrina Globalization, Internationalization, and the Not-for-Profit Sector by Eve Sandberg Women in a Globalized Economy: Is Globalization Gender-blind? by Janet Rovenpor Toward Universalism: Human Rights and Cultural Relativism in the Globalization Process by Shawn Shieh Globalization: The Impact on the Global Environment by Hank Hilton Business Education in a Globalized Economy: The Next Millennium by Peter Lorenzi