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| November 01, 2006 | Kasper, Wolfgang | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

EVEN THE REMOTEST LANDS are now touched by modernity and virtually everyone is now in contact with far-distant places thanks to modern transport and communications technology, as well as the great global mobility of people, capital, enterprises, information and products.

Some regard this as a threat to their comfortable, traditional way of life. Established traditions and power structures are indeed challenged. Globalisation also punishes the lazy, the hide-bound and the competition-shy. However, many others are discovering that globalisation empowers and rewards the small, not-yet-established producers and those living in remote locations, as long as they are ...

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