1. Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor that has stimulated the globalisation process, by connecting producers, markets and people across the world. 2. Transportation technology: For a long distance transport of goods, improvements in transportation technology such as much faster and larger container ships and improved air transport have made the delivery of goods across long distances cheaper, faster and easier. 3. Information and communication technology: Telecommunication facilities - telegraph, telephone including mobile phones and fax - are used to contact one another around the world, to access information instantly and to communicate from remote areas; this has been facilitated by satellite communication devices. 4. Internet: The internet allows us to obtain and share information on almost anything, to send instant electronic mail (e-mail) and to talk (voice-mail) across the world at negligible costs. 5. Spread of services: Information technology has played a major role in spreading out the production of services across countries - a call centre in India can serve customers in the United States, and services such as data entry, accounting, administrative tasks, engineering and map-making are now done from India for firms abroad. 6. Hence new technology has shrunk distances, cut costs and linked people, markets and production across the globe.