Gen 005 p2 rev

• Global governance or world governance is a movement towards political cooperation among transnational actors, aimed at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one state or region
• Global Interstate System


  The whole system of human interactions
• sustainable world

  is the outcome of the different development strategies and program implementation that will keep the world in existence over a long time.
• FOOD

  vital source for humans, regardless of race, nationality, religious, affiliation, economic status or educational attainment
• Institutions of Global Governance

  • United Nations
  • World Bank
  • International Criminal Court of Justice
  • World Trade Organization
  • NAFTA
  • International Monetary Fund
  • World Health Organization
  • NATO
• Sustainability

  is living to minimize humans' negative impact on the earth and the animals and plants we share it with. Making sustainable choices
• Interstate system


  • It is anarchic
  • Relations between states take place in a Hobbesian state of nature
  • States' main goal is security
• Purposes of global, interstate system


  • Stimulate economic progress and world trade
  • Providing a platform to compare policy experiences
  • Seeking answers to common problems involving member states
  • Identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members
• Foreign direct investment (FDI)


  A purchase of an interest in a company by a company or an investor located outside its borders
• Foreign direct investments (FDI)


  • They are substantial investments made by a company into a foreign concern
  • The investment may involve acquiring a source of materials, expanding a company's footprint, or developing a global presence
  • As of 2020, the U.S. is second to China in attracting FDI
• How Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) Work


  • Companies considering a foreign direct investment generally look at open economies that offer a skilled workforce and above-average growth prospects for the investor
  • Light government regulation also tends to be prized
  • Foreign direct investment frequently goes beyond capital investment and may include the provision of management, technology, and equipment
• Foreign direct investments


  • They can be made in various ways, including opening a subsidiary or associate company in a foreign country, acquiring a controlling interest in an existing foreign company, or utilizing a merger or joint venture with a foreign company
  • The threshold for a foreign direct investment that establishes a controlling interest is a minimum 10% ownership stake in a foreign-based company
• Types of Foreign Direct Investment

  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Conglomerate
• Foreign portfolio investment (FPI)


  The addition of international assets to a company's portfolio, an institutional investor such as a pension fund, or an individual investor
• Foreign direct investment (FDI)


  Requires a substantial investment in a company based in another country
• Technological Innovation


  The process where an organization (or a group of people working outside a structured organization) embarks on a journey where the importance of technology as a source of Innovation has been identified as a critical success factor for increased market competitiveness
• Technology


  Applying scientific knowledge for practical purposes or the branch of knowledge concerned with applied sciences
• Innovation


  • Evolutionary and is a response to an unsolved problem and unexploited opportunity
  • The effort to create purposeful, focused change in an enterprise's economic or social potential
• Creativity


  • The use of imagination or original ideas to create something
  • The idea phase
• Invention


  Based on a new idea that is turned into some conceptual model that demonstrates the feasibility
• Innovation


  Concerned with developing and implementing new systems, products, or services and is typically based on an invention
• Changes due to Technological Innovation

  • Transportation
  • Communication
  • Education
  • Job Creations
• Transportation has become faster, allowing individuals to move rapidly from one place to the next
• Food Availability

  relates to the supply of food through production, distribution, and exchange.
• Technological changes in the educational industry have created new ways to teach and to learn
• Technology also leads to job creations
• Food access

  refers to the affordability and allocation of food and the preferences of individuals

  and households.
• Communication has changed over the years from speech to the postal services, to telephones, cellphones, computers, and email, which makes the way we humans communicate extremely easy and fast
• Food utilization.

  People must have access to a sufficient quantity and diversity of foods to meet their nutritional

  needs and must also eat and properly metabolize such food.
• New positions created by technology


  • Computing specialists
  • Social media managers
  • Digital marketers
  • Energy engineers
  • Software and app developers
  • Drone operators
  • YouTube content creators
• Vaccines and Immunization to prevent outbreaks is one of the Most Significant Medical Innovations of the Past 20 Years
• Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were used by fewer than 18 percent of medical providers a mere decade ago
• HIV Combined Drug Therapy is one of the Most Significant Medical Innovations of the Past 20 Years
• Minimally Invasive Surgery is one of the Most Significant Medical Innovations of the Past 20 Years
• Food safety:

  affects food utilization and can be affected by the food preparation,

  processing, and cooking in the community and household.
• Technology is often introduced into a social system with the stated intention of making life easier for people
• Incremental Innovation


  Small but important improvements in a product, process or service
• Incremental Innovation


  • Intel Pentium III to Pentium IV
  • LAN to WAN
• Modular Innovation


  Changes in component technology without altering the overall product structure
• Modular Innovation


  • Change in car engine technology