STEEL MILL ARCELORMITTAL IN GALATI, ROMANIA -BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND GLOBALIZATIONCOGNITIVE ASPECTS

摘要

THIS RESEARCH IS AN EXPLORATION OF SOME ASPECTS RELATED TO THE EVOLUTION OF STEELMILL IN GALATI AFTER THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME CHANGE AND CENTRALIZED ECONOMICSYSTEM IN ROMANIA. WE EXAMINE HOW THE FORMER BIG STEELWORKS IS NOW ADAPTED TO THENEW POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITIES. CONSIDERING THAT ETHICAL DIMENSION CAN`T BENEGLECTED WE ANALYZE THE PROCESS OF PRIVATIZATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OFARCELORMITTAL AS TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION. OUR EXPLORATION IS CONTEXTUALIZEDWIDER PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION. IN SAME TIME, WE ANALYZE HOW THE PRIVATIZATION OFGALATI STEEL MILL WITH MITTAL GROUP ANDMERGER OF MITTAL STEEL WITH ARCELOR IS ANADVANTAGE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE STEELWORKS IN GALATI. CONCLUSIONS OUR APPROACHPROVES TO BE NUANCED AND PROVOCATIVE, REVEALING A LESS EXPLORED RESEARCH FIELD.