The vehicle for delivering goods quickly are represented by FEDEX and DHL. The production side is represented by the increasing importance of production and supply chains which farm out the production of various components of a commodity to locations which produce at lowest cost and highest quality. The NIKE brand, for example, has pioneered this kind of operation.
Given the increasing openness and interdependence of the global economy, there is a constant striving for improved efficiency, competitiveness and market share by the formation of larger and larger entities at the firm or enterprise level, at particular locations in countries, and through groupings of countries.