Globalization

Ø How is employment in Austria affected by globalisation? Are other areas affected too?
The globalization affects an economic boom in Eastern Europe and this helps Austria.
A problem is that some Austrian companies displace their places of production to other countries for saving money.
Some people say that the globalization reduces the Inflation, but for Austria the textile industry is nearly dead.


Ø Are there any Austrian multinationals? Find some information on the three biggest!
Vienna, April 2003 – More than 1,000 international companies have set up their Central and Eastern European headquarters or business hubs in Austria, underlining the country’s leadership in business outreach to the CEE region. These include prominent multinationals such as Alcatel, Beiersdorf, Bosch, Coca-Cola, Flextronics, Generali, Henkel, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Master Foods, McDonalds, Miele, SIG Combibloc and Siemens.

The most popular multinationals in Austria are, Omicron, Doppelmayr.
* Rauch:
It’s famous for fruit juices also the famous brand “red bull” belongs to them;
They have more than 1000 staff members and export into more than 50 counties.

* Doppelmayr:
It is a world wide company. They produce cable cars and elevators, which products are even copied in Asia.

* Omicron:
It is a big technical company, which produces computer stuff and other technical things for example “Laserdiodensysteme” and “Laserapplikationen”


Ø Are there groups that are against globalisation? Why?
A few groups which are against globalisation exist.
The biggest one is “Anti-Globalisation”.
It’s an organisation, which is not really against globalisation, but they want the diversity of company to survive. Because they want to prevent that some companies grow up to global powers.


Ø How can you as a consumer support Fair Trade?
You could buy products which are produced in Development Countries by people who get fair money for their work. These products are a bit more expensive than local products.


Ø Your opinion on globalization
I think globalization is on the one hand a very important thing and on the other hand it has a bad side.
On my opinion globalization keeps the world together. The whole world gets more mobile with planes and stuff.
The bad side is that the big companies exaggerate it with the transport of their products and so they contribute the greenhouse effect.