This type of technical support has been very common in the services industry. It is also known as Time and Materials (T&M) IT support. The customer pays for the materials (hard drive, memory, computer, digital devices, etc.) and also pays the technician based on the pre-negotiated rate when a problem occurs.
What is Globalization? A set of processes that are:-increasing interactions-deepening relationships-heightening interdependence without regard to country borders. A set of outcomes that are:-unevenly distributed-varying across scales-differently manifested throughout the world. Globalization Geographer Andrew Kirby explains that with globalization, we are living ânot so much in a world without boundaries, or in a world without geography â but more literally, in a world, as opposed to a neighborhood or a region.â
Globalization broadly refers to the expansion of global linkages, the organization of social life on a global scale, and the growth of a global consciousness, hence to the consolidation of world society. Such an ecumenical definition captures much of what the term commonly means, but its meaning is disputed. It encompasses several large processes; definitions differ in what they emphasize. Globalization is historically complex; definitions vary in the particular driving force they identify.