Comments on: McDonald’s Dell to the rescue http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2005/04/21/mcdonalds-dell-to-the-rescue/ Because all the other domain names were taken Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2005/04/21/mcdonalds-dell-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Chris Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:18:37 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=640#comment-833 Pretty much, but so what if I am? Trade has rarely been a simple case of country X trading just with country Y, mor often there are more complex relationships with other parties such as W and Z (although these may not always have been nation states). "Integrated supply chain" is just a fancier way of enunicating it (and a misleading one - chains are linear and hard to reshape; trading relationships are more mesh-like and fluid). Pretty much, but so what if I am? Trade has rarely been a simple case of country X trading just with country Y, mor often there are more complex relationships with other parties such as W and Z (although these may not always have been nation states). “Integrated supply chain” is just a fancier way of enunicating it (and a misleading one – chains are linear and hard to reshape; trading relationships are more mesh-like and fluid).

]]> By: AJE http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2005/04/21/mcdonalds-dell-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-832 AJE Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:57:31 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=640#comment-832 Are you using the terms "trading partner" and "integrated supply chain" as interchangeable? Are you using the terms “trading partner” and “integrated supply chain” as interchangeable?

]]> By: tigerbear http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2005/04/21/mcdonalds-dell-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-818 tigerbear Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:48:16 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=640#comment-818 There's a wonderful piece on Thomas Friedman <a href="http://www.nypress.com/18/16/news&columns/taibbi.cfm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/19/gimme-an-air-gimme-a-miles/" rel="nofollow"><b>Crooked Timber</b></a> does great things, too. There’s a wonderful piece on Thomas Friedman here. Crooked Timber does great things, too.

]]> By: Daniel Elton http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2005/04/21/mcdonalds-dell-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Daniel Elton Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:02:37 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=640#comment-813 It's nice to read someone have an intelligent take on globalisation and point out that TRADE IS GOOD as opposed to luddite greens. While I agree with Freedman that globalisation is a good thing, that is speeded up trade between countries, I have caveats. ( your France Germany counter-example doesn't quite work - they may have been each other's biggest trading partners, but this was in an era of such high protectionism that it doesn't say much. And trade IS probably stopping Japan and China going to war). My very crude equation would be Free Trade + protection for developing industries and for the purposes of a welfare state ONLY + international trade union rights. There was a fabian pamphlet with the common sense title international social democracy. I really think this is the sane way forward. It’s nice to read someone have an intelligent take on globalisation and point out that TRADE IS GOOD as opposed to luddite greens.

While I agree with Freedman that globalisation is a good thing, that is speeded up trade between countries, I have caveats. ( your France Germany counter-example doesn’t quite work – they may have been each other’s biggest trading partners, but this was in an era of such high protectionism that it doesn’t say much. And trade IS probably stopping Japan and China going to war).

My very crude equation would be Free Trade + protection for developing industries and for the purposes of a welfare state ONLY + international trade union rights. There was a fabian pamphlet with the common sense title international social democracy. I really think this is the sane way forward.

]]>