International Policy

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International Policy
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Dimensions of Globalization

• Building the global economy 
• Formation of world opinion 
• Democratization, or the creation of a global
  community
• The emergence of global political institution

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Key Objectives for International Policies in
Global Supply Chain

• Strengthen Innovation
• Upgrade the human resource base of the economy
• To foster entrepreneurship and new areas of
  economic activity
• To form industry-wide cluster

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Environmental Policy in Global Supply Chain

• Global supply chain decarbonization initiative
• Clean vehicle technologies
• Enabling low-carbon sourcing
• De-speeding the supply chain
• Packaging design initiatives
• Optimized networks
• Government policy
• Reflect cost of carbon in energy tariffs
• Support carbon measurement and labelling
  standards
• Build open carbon trading systems
• Invest in infrastructure and flow management
• Facilitate recycling along the supply chain
• Encourage environmental refitting of buildings

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Trade Policy in Global Supply Chain

• Trade policy is outdated and disconnected from
  21st-century business and consumer realities
• Trade policy should be more bottom-up, based on
  unilateral measures and better connected to
  domestic economic policy
• Free Trade
• NAFTA
• RTAs/CEPAs
• PTAs
• World trade organization

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Economy Policy in Global Supply Chain

• Impact of global supply chain and product economy
  on recover of current economic downturn
• Monetary policy in emerging market help to
  improve infrastructure
• Improve global supply chain to raise GDP
• Prevent the disruption of global supply chain to
  reduce the global economic risk

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Intellectual Property Policy in Global Supply
Chain

• Top global supply chain risk is IP infringement
• Enforce Need to Know Information Sharing and
  Access
• Be Quick with Patent and Trademark Registration
• Keep Up with Emerging Knowledge and Best
  Practices
• Put a Top Executive in Charge of IP Security, and
  Think Globally
• IP Risk Management Audits wherever coverage is
  available

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Human Right Policy in Global Supply Chain

• Consideration of Human Rights Impacts Across the
  Supply Chain
• To ensure respect for human rights policy across
  the supply chain
• To prevent discrimination at workplace
• To protect freedom of association  
• To prohibit child labor and prevent forced labor
  from workplace
• Issues of Migration and National Security

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Infrastructure Policy in Global Supply Chain

• Integrated economic development
• Create integrated transport systems
• Effective transportation
• inter-operability
• inter-connectivity
• inter-modality
• Investment
• Government Agencies
• The World Bank

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Impact of Policy on Global Supply Chain

• Remove the trade barriers
• Promote free trade between developed countries
  and developing countries
• Increase foreign direct investment
• Improve infrastructure in developing countries
• Protect Intellectual Properties
• Improve human rights record

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Case Study Socio-economic Impact of Mobile
Phones in India

• The team of researcher found clear evidence to
  suggest that mobile penetration facilitates
  economic growth
• The research also showed that information via
  mobile, such as weather reports and market
  prices, has begun to have an impact on
  productivity for the agricultural sector.

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India Mobile Infrastructures Challenges

• Poor roads and a lack of refrigerated transport,
  need to be addressed in parallel in order for
  farmers to realize the full potential of access
  to information via mobile
• Lag far behind in terms of internet access than
  many other emerging economies

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Proposed Solution

• Certain policy changes could stimulate greater
  investment in Indian telecommunications
• Development of effective regulation to attract
  investment
• Sustain a world-class telecommunications service

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Discuss the following questions

• What problems do ICRIER research address? How
  does ICRIER help to investigate these problems?
• What issues and challenges do mobile phones in
  India present? What can be done to address these
  issues?
• What are the business issues that should be
  addressed when India government improve their
  mobile phone infrastructure?