Glob+-+Glossary

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 * Key term ||  Definition  ||
 * Globalisation ||  The increasing links between different countries throughout the world and the greater interdependence that results from this  ||
 * Interdependence ||  The relationship between two or more countries, usually in terms of trade
 * Call Centres ||  Offices where groups of people work responding to telephone queries from customers. Employees sit in front of a computer monitor giving them information that they use in their answers to questions  ||
 * TNC ||  A corporation or enterprise that operates in more than one country
 * Multiplier effect ||  Where initial investment and jobs lead to a knock-on effect, creating further jobs and providing money to generate services  ||
 * Leakage ||  Where profits made by a company are taken out of the country to the country of origin and so do not benefit the host country  ||
 * De-industrialisation ||  A process of decline in certain types of manufacturing industry, which continues over a long period of time. It results in fewer people being employed in this sector and falling production  ||
 * Assisted zones/Enterprise zones ||  Areas that qualify for government help. Enterprise zones are on a smaller scale than assisted zones   ||
 * Advanced factories ||  Where buildings for production are built speculatively in the hope that their presence will encourage businesses to buy or rent an existing factory, removing the need to find a site or suitable premises  ||
 * Strikes ||  Periods of time when large numbers of employees refuse to work due to disagreements over pay or other grievances  ||
 * Biofuels ||  The use of living things such as crops like maize to produce ethanol (an alcohol-based fuel) or biogas from animal waste. It is the use of crops that has become particularly important  ||
 * Kyoto Protocol ||  An international agreement to cut carbon dioxide emissions to help reduce global warming  ||
 * Food miles ||  The distance that food items travel from where they are grown to where they are eaten  ||
 * Carbon footprint ||  The amount of carbon generated by things people do, including creating a demand for out-of-season food  ||