University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Abstract
Although the use of these two terms began in the latter half of the twentieth century,
they have a longer lineage. Concept economic globalism of contemporary kind can be
traced back to the liberal thinking of classical economists like Adam Smith and Herbert
Spencer. Terms like globalize were first seen in Reiser and Davies (1944). Webster
International Dictionary included them in 1961, while they appeared in Oxford Dictionary
in 1986. The term globalization was coined in 1962. Most major languages were quick
to develop equivalent taxonomy. In business and economics, marketing legend
Theodore Levitt of Harvard Business School used it first in 1983 in an article entitled
"The Globalization of Markets". His article is regarded as an enduring classic and its
insightful language is still relevant today