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Paradoxically, we can say that the use of these technologies may turn against
the creators of such corporations. This results from the fact that global IT and
telecommunications networks can be used by terrorist groups, and as a means
to generate illegal income. It should be explained that the asymmetric conflict
occurs when one of the parties, e.g. a small country or privately-owned entity,
has a capacity advantage, and the other party tries to level it down. Asymmetric
threats include such aspects as hostile use of IT leading to infowar or cyberwar,
transnational crime or terrorism 8 . Asymmetric threats coming from privatelyowned
entities 9 fit well in the logic of globalisation processes, as one of the characteristic
features of these processes is an increase in importance and influence
of non-governmental players in international relations. Therefore, these threats
are at the same time the result, manifestation and element of globalisation, determining
both the environment in which they exist and technical/organisational
aspects of corporate functioning and the scale of their impact on the international
situation.
The last of the above-mentioned reasons for the development of logistics is
the phenomenon (discussed later) of the role and significance of urban logistics
in the network of international cities. Today we know that international cities
are important modal points of the global logistics network, and their participation
in this network is determined not only by transport management, telecommunications
network or public services and waste management, but also by the
fulfilment of international functions stimulating international trade.
20.3. Factors stimulating the development
of international logistics in Polish businesses
The reasons for the development of international logistics in relation to the operations
of Polish businesses as links of the international supply chain must be
considered in the context of empirical studies of both individual companies and
regions.
Therefore, the basic question here is: Which of the numerous factors stimulating
the growth of significance of logistic processes in Polish companies should
be now regarded as the most important?
The answer to this question includes at least three such factors, namely:
– systematically growing level of internationalisation of Polish companies;
– better use of outsourcing;
8 M. Madej, Globalizacja zagro¿eñ asymetrycznych. (in:) Globalizacja a stosunki miêdzynarodowe,
BRANTA, Bydgoszcz 2003, p. 224.
9 R. KuŸniar, Globalizacja, geopolityka i polityka zagraniczna. "Sprawy Miêdzynarodowe", 2000, p. 124.
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