Research Paper on:
Global Trade and the Effects of Technology

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century, but innovations that have impacted on trade and increased internationalisation may be seen as impacting for much longer than this. In general terms globalisation has been facilitated by three  aspects of technology, increased levels of communication, the ability to transport goods more speedily and also the increase spread of information. Each of these has had a major impact on  trade. In looking back over the past one hundred and fifty years, global trade may have increased dramatically. The actual levels of proportion have increased relatively steadily, but the  level of trade that takes place globally has increased disproportionately with more goods moving between countries (Nellis and Parker, 1996). For trade to take place there has to communication. Therefore,  the first major influence in intentional trade may b see as the telex that then lead to the development of the telephone. For the first time people could talk to  each other across continents. This facilitated trade in a way impossible when trade relied on the written word. The ability of the parties wanting to undertake trade being able to  speak directly increased the are. However, this also increased information flow. With the ability of information to flow between countries there was an increased public awareness of the situations in  different countries. The communication aided news to move more rapidly, this was both political as well as commercial new. This facilitated international investment, with an awareness of the conditions of  other countries, such as the ability to gain a competive advantage or source new goods, and also stimulated demand. The actual business strategies were no different than before, the search  for new or better ways of creating profit. The proliferation of newspapers increased demand for goods and also facilitated mass advertising. It is not coincide that the beginning of the