| Presently many individuals believe that the world is | | | | corporations just have the upper hand when it |
| figuratively shrinking rather quickly on a global scale. | | | | comes to expanding their consumer base and |
| The progression of technology towards a greater | | | | essentially making themselves more marketable. |
| degree of interconnectedness is, in essence, bringing | | | | Unfortunately for smaller businesses the ability of |
| the world closer together. Large businesses can | | | | these transnational companies to use technology to |
| basically operate much more efficiently and can reach | | | | their favor and capitalize on the degree of |
| a more extensive market via the present trend | | | | interconnectedness that is attainable at the present |
| towards globalization. This time-space divergence | | | | puts them at an inconvenience and makes it rather |
| does have a remarkable upside yet it is not without | | | | difficult for them to succeed. |
| its share of problems. Many argue that the process | | | | Many places in the world simply do not have the |
| of globalization brought about by the progression of | | | | financial stability with which to implement technological |
| technology is not truly a "global" process and one can | | | | systems to allow for globalization. These developing |
| easily observe the inherent disparity. | | | | countries, in many cases, have enough trouble just |
| Small businesses, which lack the capital and | | | | trying to feed their population and as such |
| consequently the ability to expand rapidly, often | | | | experiencing the level of interconnectedness shared |
| suffer and meet their demise at the hands of larger | | | | amongst developed nations is out of the question. |
| monopolizing companies. While there are businesses in | | | | This unfortunate situation increases the gap between |
| place at the present attempting to alleviate some of | | | | these richer and poorer nations and essentially |
| the stress placed of these small businesses via loans | | | | creates this disparity, hence why many argue that |
| and the like, it is sometimes not enough. The larger | | | | globalization really is not a universal concept. |