people-to-people contacts through travel and communications, technological interchanges, government relationships, and acceptance and adaptation of attribute from foreign cultures such as words from other languages.s Despite these ranking differ- ences, the studies' results have several commonalities: to be more globalized than larger ones, mainly countries-smaller countries tend because their smaller land masses and populations permit a lower variety of production. Income of the countries' populations Countries with higher income populations tend t more globalized than those with lower-income populations because their citizens can bet ter afford foreign products, travel, and communications with people they have met abroad Variance among globalization aspects Although a country may rank as highly globalized n another, such as the United States being high on on one dimension, it may be iow technological scales but low on economic ones FACTORS IN INCREASED GLOBALIZATION What factors have contributed to the growth of globalization in recent decades? Most analysts cite the following seven factors: 1. Increase in and application of technology 2. Liberalization of cross-border trade and resource movements 3. Development of services that support international business 4. Growth of consumer pressures 5. Increase in global competition 6. Changes in political situations and government policies m 7. Expansion of cross-national cooperation 18 mi Of course, these factors are interrelated, and each deserves a closer look. ncrease in and Application of Technology Many of the proverbial "modern marvels and efficient means of production have come about from fairly recent technical advances These include new products, such as hand-held mobile technology devices, as well as new