North American Research Papers Samples For Students

International Business & Global Logistics

International Business & Global Logistics
This paper deals with the North American Free Trade Agreement, such notions as state capitalism and guarded globalization, functioning of the multinational corporations and the major cultural dimensions.

The North American Free Trade Agreement, established in 1994, created free trade zones that are the largest in the world. The North American Free Trade Agreement was aimed at economic growth of such countries as Mexico, the United States of America and Canada. After the agreement came into effect, the wealth of families, workers, manufacturers and thus the prosperity of countries has been increased greatly (“North American ...

Issue: Did the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err by granted North American Stainless’ motion for summary judgement based on their argument that Thompson’s claim was not allowed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Rule: An employer is prohibited from discriminating against any of its employees as retaliation for filing a charge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. An employee can file a charge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employer if they believe that the employer’s unlawful agreement practice was ...

I. Introduction
A. Opening Remarks: For centuries, countries have been working on having easy access to foreign markets for a variety of reasons.
B. Thesis Statement: Although the NAFTA presented positive changes to the economies of all signatories, the labor market suffered in some areas of the United States and Mexico due to the changing labor demand in the market and the lack of opportunities for the rural folk.
II. Background of the NAFTA
A. History: Economic integration has long been an issue discussed by North American governments since the 1900s.
B. Aims: Under the NAFTA, each signatory will ...

The late 1950s marked the start of the Chinese immigration to the British North American regions, which are the present-day Canada. No colonies within the east and west of the British North American regions including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and the United Province of Canada had immigration restrictions. It is also important to note from the outset that the Hudson’s Bay Company controlled vast areas of the British North American regions, where the main residents were the First Nations people. The Chinese immigrants faced various challenges before, during, and after immigrating to Canada.
Various ...

What are the main data sources for GIS? Do some research and try to list Canadian sources (with their web addresses) for road data.
Geographical Information System or GIS is a database system that have the capacity of analyzing spatially referenced data (ESRI). Any data with spatial attributes can be a source of GIS. Several processes in GIS are encoding, storage, processing and display of digitized maps (Understanding GIS). Some of the Canadian websites that share free data are the Canadian GIS and Geomatics, ESRI Canada, National Resources Canada, GeoBase, GeoGratis, and some other Canadian websites that offer open ...

Introduction & Background

Founded in 1971, Starbucks is a premium roaster and marketer of speciality coffee and other related beverages/products, with operations in 65 countries across North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Its products include whole bean coffees, handcrafted coffee, tea, and fresh food items sold through its prime stores and licensed national foodservice and grocery accounts. The company, which employs upwards of 191,000 people and is best known for its innovativeness in the industry, has been hugely successful since its inception. In July 2015, its annual revenues (trailing twelve months) stood at $17.7 billion, with a 14.57% profit margin ...

Introduction

Menopause is a condition that women experience when their regular monthly menstrual cycles end. It is a perfectly ordinary condition, occurring in some women earlier than others, and varying in severity. Menopause is characterized by changes in monthly period, hot flashes, and/or loss of vaginal health or bladder control (National Institute on Aging, n.d.). Menopause occurs normally in most women, but there are situations in which menopause does not occur naturally, such as surgical menopause, when either one or both ovaries are removed (Johns Hopkins Medicine, n.d.), as in a hysterectomy, or it can, it is believed, be brought  ...

Introduction

Lenovo is the Chinese company headquarters in Beijing, china and the second head quarter is in North Carolina, United States. The company Lenovo is indulged in the making of the personal computers, tablets, smart phones, and a lot of IT software, workstations, televisions, servers, and smart televisions. The Lenovo is successful in getting the largest unit sales. They develop, design and manufacture all the items mentioned above. They market the think pad for the notebook computers. Similarly, idea pads for the notebook computers. Idea center helps the desktop line, and yoga line helps in marketing the notebook laptops and ...

Vehicles and Auto Parts Exportation to Canada

Vehicles and Auto Parts Exportation to Canada

Introduction

The products to be exported are vehicles and auto parts. They are being exported to Canada. A large percentage of imports in Canada come from the automotive imports originating from the United States. Canada spends an estimated 19 billion dollars on importing automotive from the United States (Transport Canada, 2016). Also, three quarters of the cars being used in Canada are imported from the United States. It means that Canada has a large market for the automotives. A larger percentage of the companies in the automotive industry comprise of assembling firms. The ...

North America

Object 1:
Medium: Wood and abalone
Current location: Provincial Museum of British Columbia
Image sourced from: Historica Canada . (2015, March 4th). Indigenous Art in Canada: Frontlet. Retrieved July 7th, 2016, from Historica Canada : http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-art-in-canada/
A product of the Tsimshan culture, this Frontlet features as one of many examples of North American aboriginal artistry. The frontlet has been suggested as one of the most noted art forms of the Iroquois civilization that occupied large swathes of Canada. The Iroquois created various abstractions of these Frontlets, also known as False Faces, and they were typically created to feature as sacred ...

The procedure followed by the Samsung Electronics is exceptional in the cautions that it takes for capital planning. According to the statement made by the President and CEO of the Company, there were record speculations of around 1.3 billion in the company for conveying development in the long haul and had a focus on crosswise force arrangement. This is spread through three stages of development and plans so that a total of 1.7 billion can be allocated in different areas to focus on extension of edging and development.

Strategy for the supplement of conventional routines

A number of strategies are available for the supplement of conventional ...

Toyota Multinational Corporation was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda to create the automobiles. It is a multinational Corporation, and its headquarters is located in Japan. The corporation has employed about 320,000 people worldwide, and it is among the largest carmakers by sale.
Toyota Multinational Corporation is a leading automobile firm, and it operates in more than 170 nations in the world. The company operates in many parts of the world, and its major markets include Japan, North America, Asia, and Europe.
Its main objective and aim are to provide high quality and good customer service to its ...

Introduction

A haiku is a form of poetry that first gained popularity in Japan. The traditional haiku adopted in the English language has borrowed to a great extent the traditional Japanese Haiku. The basic dictionary definition refers to it as a very short poem that involves a three line description of a passing moment in nature. According to scholastic.com, the greatest challenge in coming up with a Haiku is being limited to 17 syllables.
Japanese values the poems for their simplicity, depth, openness and lightness. The structural rules for a traditional Haiku is the use of exactly 17 syllables that ...

COCACOLA COMPANY

Coca-Cola Company
Introduction
Basing on the report of the EDGAR and United States Security and Exchange Commission, Coca-Cola Company is one of the best non-alcoholic companies leading in various global operation sectors like marketing, manufacturing and distributing its products at global level. The company’s main products include different beverage products that are distributed around the world, and it also distributes concentrates and syrups globally. The company has several objectives. Some of them are serving customers adequately, valuing their interest, protecting company's assets, minimizing business risks and maintaining a sustainable environment that is often friendly to customers.

Segments of the general external environment that affects the company

Coca-Cola Company ...

1.0 Introduction
Cyber wars or cyber-attacks have been deemed to be the kinds of wars that will happen between nations in the future (Ophardt, 2010). In a cyber-war, the targets of attacks include the computer networks and other similar infrastructure of war enemies. According to Theoharry and Rollins (2015), cyber-attack is a new term to refer to a range of activities that are conducted through the use of information and communications technology (ICT). A number of nations have recognized this reality in the new warfare and have taken decisive steps to strategically position for the eventuality, but more importantly ...

Buddhism has its origin in South Asia, but it crossed cultural and geographical boundaries to make its presence felt in Western nations. Buddhism marched towards North America in around 1860s with the arrival of Chinese immigrants. The spread of Buddhism in America is also attributed to Americans and Europeans who visited Asia in the late1800s. Undoubtedly, Buddhism has blossomed fast in American culture since then.
Nonetheless, the gulf between Buddhist converts and immigrants is one of the prominent features specific to North America. This gulf is riven by deep social, cultural and linguistic variations. It is the point where ...

Strategy that led to the merger

Walt Disney entered into a merger with American Broadcasting Company with an aim of enhancing growth. Disney had a purpose of ensuring that its business grew to greater heights by acquiring the broadcasting company. Disney had a strong belief that merging with ABC Company will help in enhancing its growth thus enjoying the economies of scale. Besides, the merger also focused on expanding the service of the acquiring company to international levels where its presence is minimal.
The merger also aimed at increasing the portfolio of the services offered by the company. The takeover would allow the company to ...

INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Q1. Main data sources for GIS
The primary data sources for GIS include; first, web pages. The internet is a platform for accessing GIS data. This GIS data from the internet is in digital format. Again, it is necessary first to evaluate the quality of data found in Metadata before purchasing or downloading it as per the GIS project’s quality standard. Secondly are map sheets. The printed or hard copy maps documents are also sources of GIS data. They vary as per format, content, age, usage, media, scale and complexity but should be legible for providing direct measurements ...

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Political — Pablo Picasso “Guernica” (1937). Twentieth Century. Spain.
Pablo Picasso was an artist best known for Cubism. He evokes powerful narratives in his work despite the fact that his paintings and murals are often non-realist in style. Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” is a good example of political art. The work is a mural and it was created in the twentieth century in Spain. The mural tells a story. It is an example of narrative art. The mural depicts the suffering people experienced during the Spanish Civil War. The Fascists had bombed the small town of Guernica. The ...

Siemens AG is an engineering and manufacturing multinational conglomerate headquartered in Munich, Germany. Siemens classify their core activity areas into electrification, automation and digitalization with the reportable sectors (till 2014 end) being Energy, Healthcare, Industry and Infrastructure & Cities . From 2015 onwards, the major business divisions of the company has been classified into Power and Gas, Wind Power and Renewables, Power Generation Services, Energy Management, Building Technologies, Mobility, Digital Factory, Process Industries and Drives, Financial Services and Healthcare. Other than these core areas, Siemens is also involved in Equity investments and Real Estate. Siemens AG was founded in the year ...