The more global the world economy becomes, the greater the pressures on firms to globalize.

Those in service industries (e.g. producer services), have to globalize with their customers in order to serve them better.

Dramatic changes in design methodology and organization on the supply side have also contributed to a greater need to globalize R D work.

It demonstrated the serious commitment of Singaporean firms, particularly the leading TNCs, to globalize their operations and to tap into potential overseas markets and generate revenues from abroad.

Technology has helped thoroughly globalize chess, with the Indian Vishy Anand now the first Asian world champion, and the handsome young Norwegian Magnus Carlsen having reached rock star status.

Such bottom up efforts to globalize national governments have the greatest potential to affect environmental policies, particularly those aimed at mitigating climate change the most intractable global problem of all.

Corporations have dwelled on connectivity to globalize their markets, R D, ownership, tax domiciliation, and leadership, thoroughly transforming their relationship with states, whether in their country of origin or elsewhere.

To globalize is to plan the design and development methods for a product in advance, keeping in mind a multicultural audience, in order to avoid increased costs and quality problems, save time, and smooth the localizing effort for each region or country.