Countries Term Papers Samples For Students

A victimless crime refers to those acts of crime, which, although declared illegal, do not directly violate or threaten the rights of other individuals. Some of the examples of victimless crimes include prostitution, gambling, suicide, and illegitimate drug use (Schur, 1965). These acts are considered crimes under the laws of most of the countries around the world. Though homosexuality and sodomy were considered to be crimes, even a few decades back, in all the democratic countries around the world, since the late 20th and 21st centuries, however, these acts are no longer considered as crimes in many countries. The determination ...

Developing countries are vulnerable to a number of economic problems; they have struggled with relatively extreme poverty and are likely to suffer from the effects of the current financial crisis globally. To minimize the cost of poverty developing countries need to develop vibrant strategies to increase living standards of their people. In order to achieve high living standards of their citizens and to increase the level of the economy, the government has to liaise with foreign investors especially from developed countries. It has been proofed that foreign direct investment plays a key role by providing the finance that could not be ...

Introduction

In the course of time, there has been a substantive increase in the number of people using the internet globally. The internet serves as a platform that facilitates the realization of a wide range of objectives. There are countries that appreciate the essence of the internet thus they have included the access to the internet as part of their constitutional rights. Nations that are characterized by a relatively high level of internet penetration record higher levels of growth than countries that are embodied by comparatively low levels of internet penetration. This serves as an indicator of the rate of internet penetration can be a ...

The Middle East has historically been viewed as a region of underdevelopment in almost all areas, particularly in education, recreation and real estate and infrastructure. Further, not only development in Middle East has been viewed as an anomaly in a region long known for conflict and destruction almost exclusively but also forunsustainability of development efforts particularly in areas requiring longer and insightful strategies such as education, recreation andreal estate and infrastructure. This view has recently, however, shifted given unprecedented changes inpublic policies for areas in question. This paper aims, hence, to explore recent developments in education, recreation and real estate and ...

Issue Analysis: Has the China -Saudi Oil Relations Impacted on the Economy of both Countries?

Summary

China has an exceedingly high population, standing at over 1.3 billion people, and this has led to a huge demand of oil for energy production in the country to serve this exceedingly high population. The huge size of the Chinese economy, the second economy in the world in terms of size at the moment, requires billions of barrels of oil to fire it (Al-Tamimi, 2012). The IMF, in 2012 projected that China will become the largest economy in the world by the year 2017, at the earliest opportunity. Saudi Arabia has extensive oil wells harboring billions of barrels of ...

Book Review

Question 1
In defense of his statement, Diamond says that the location in which a particular culture took as a settlement area led to their ability to progress. The key things that defined the growth of a culture were animal domestication and agriculture. Apart from that, the ability of a community to come up with ways to have significant health traits, such as developing immunity vaccines, is significant. In short, the reason America and Europe progressed is due to the lack of some of the key features. It led them to travel far in search of them. Through the travels, they got ...

Did the Rich World Become Rich Using Colonization and Exploitation of the Poor: A Critical Assessment of Theory and Empirical Evidence

Introduction

The rich world tries to forget that the causes of underdevelopment and poverty were slavery, colonization, brutal exploitation and plunder, which for centuries were subjected to different countries. The poverty from which people suffer is associated with the imaginary inability of Africans, Asians, Latin Americans and Caribbean, i.e., blacks, Indians, yellows and mestizos, develop, and even manage their own countries The current economic order, imposed by rich countries, is not only cruel unjust, inhuman, contrary to the inevitable ...

Abstract

Being healthy is the most important part of maintaining a healthier lifestyle. However, it is difficult to maintain good health without efforts and dedication of resources. The US government understands the importance of health and tries to implement a health care system that is beneficial for all. However, the US Health care system is under constant criticism for being uneven and inefficient. The following paper is a discussion of quality of US Health care and a brief evaluation of its short comings in comparison to other health care systems of the world.
Keywords: health, medicine, health care, medical costs, life span

Introduction

Healthy people ...

Apple rebuts complaints of bending iPhones.

Shortly it was launched, the iPhone 6 has received complaints that the product bends when sat on in the pants pocket. Apple has to address the issue to avoid any drop in sales.
Apple has been enjoying brisk sales of iPhone 6 since after its launching. However, a problem arose with regard to iPhone 6’s quality: It bends when people sat on them when it is left inside the pants pockets. Videos of bent phones and demonstrations of people bending phones have circulated and have gone viral. The problem is one in a series of problems confronting the company. ...

Intercultural Communication

Before the arrival of the Portuguese in the year 1500, Amerindian people stayed in Brazil who spoke different languages. There were around six million Indians in Brazil who spoke 1,000 different languages. After arriving the Portuguese settlers encountered the Tupi people, who then controlled most of the Brazilian coast and used to speak a set of closely related languages. The Portuguese were called "Tapuias", by the Tupi people. In the first two centuries of colonization, a language known as ‘Línguageral’ was widely spoken by all, from Amerindians, Portuguese to the African and their descendants, and a vast area from Sao ...

American Public University

Introduction
Economic systems aim at developing a sustainable economy that is expected to satisfy the needs of the citizens in the country. An efficient economic system produces the maximum amount of goods by using the production factors at the possible highest productivity level. Productivity is one aspect in an efficient economic system. The other aspect of an efficient system is to distribute the economic production fairly and efficiently among the citizens. The equality in the distribution influences the productivity level of the country.
Considering that the citizens of the country are the entrepreneurs, the workers, and the consumers ...

On Whistleblowing and Corporate Ethics

The act of disclosing information about misconduct in the workplace which they feel,
violates the law of the land or endangers the welfare of the public or is tantamount to fraud and deception of the stakeholders etc. by either an employee of the organization having access to the information held back is called whistleblowing; the perpetrator being the whistleblower.(Wines, n.d.). The recent controversial revelations made against the federal government controlled NSA’s surveillance on friendly countries and even on the American Public by Edward Snowden is an example of whistleblowing, Snowden being the whistleblower here. A whistleblower ...

Q1.
- The book, King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild is indeed a great expose of the atrocities committed on the people of Africa's Congo under the greedy rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. Notably, there are quite a number of personalities who played a critical role in exposing Leopold’s Congo activities through various methods that in turn worked out well. The personalities included, among others: First and foremost, George Washington Williams way back in 1890. Being a black American missionary from the United States, he was astounded by the revelations he found out in the process. Noteworthy, the book ...

Imogene Thompson

JERSEY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF NURSING
THERESA REBOLI
Abstract
The issue of malaria and its effect on the world is one of grave concern. Many organizations have come together to find ways to eradicate the mosquitoes that cause this deadly disease. Nearly half of the population in the world is at risk of contracting malaria. However, most of the fatal cases of malaria occur in the sub-Saharan Africa, while countries in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East record a smaller number of deaths from malaria. The statistics are alarming, and with the advance in travels, war, and ...

Introduction

Entering its fourth year events coined as the “Arab Spring” still unfold in Middle East particularly in Syria. Conflict in Syria dominated by Sunni failed to topple Assad’s Alawi regime leading to a civil war unlike other Arab countries where regimes have been brought down. Syria’s response to the civil war was not to the interest of the people rather to protect its self resulting to a crisis of confidence. Syria enforced the use of excessive force (weapons of mass destruction) against the rebels leading to genocide on highly populated areas with minimal rebel presence (Bokhari, 2012).
Dispute ...

Abstract

Most Canadian companies operating overseas are constantly ignoring the issue of human rights of the communities in host countries. This is because of the absence of legislation that regulates the activities of subsidiaries of Canadian mining companies in host countries. The companies should include in their financial reports these societal costs to promote transparency.

Human Rights Issues
Corporate social responsibility reporting is key to establishing a good reputation of a company. Most Canadian companies operating overseas are constantly ignoring the issue of human rights of the communities in host countries. The companies infringe on human rights by allowing the following ...

SWOT Analysis of an Online Business

The name of the company is Jordaz and it is located at Jersey Shore Broadwalk. It is a small clothing store, which is planning to go online and engage in e-commerce. The concept of going online can be supported by performing a SWOT analysis and identifying the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats.

Strengths- An e- commerce website is a unique factor for company that differentiates it from competitors.

- It provides a wider range of products and customer support along with better terms and conditions.
- The quicker way of shopping and cheaper products will further increase company’s strengths.
- The operational costs are also lower as compared to physical business.
- 24-7 shopping ...

Question 1

The three forms of democracy representative democracy, republic and constitutional democracy are central to preserving the rights of individual citizens. Representative democracy offers the electorates the opportunity to elect their leaders who represents them in parliament and central government. This is the most common system of governance practiced in many countries. The elected leaders under this form of government have the mandate to serve the electorate over specific period of time before the next elections (Peterson, 2003). The leaders are elected at all levels of government which varies from city level to the federal level. On the other hand ...

Introduction

Capital punishment has been evolving over the centuries all over the world. The reasons for the use capital punishment were many which led to abuse of the system. More countries that were practicing capital punishment have ceased to do so in the modern world. Some of the methods used for the executions became unacceptable leading to the drive to eradicate the practice. This paper will show that the use of death penalty/capital punishment as a crime control method is declining around the world and on the way out, replaced by more civilised methods of punishment.
- Capital punishment in ...

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- Introduction to alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption is taken as a leisure activity among many people across the world. There are many forms of alcohol available depending on the level of alcohol content and the manufacturing process used. Based on the alcohol content, it is classified as wines, spirits and beer while under manufacturing processes it is classified as commercial and traditional brew. Commercial alcohol (manufactured in industries) is a legal drink worldwide while the traditional brew is outlawed in majority of the countries. The question on the effect of alcohol on the behaviour of human ...

The average age of billionaires within a nation is an interesting piece of statistic that is open to the influence of many factors. I believe this phenomenon is especially influenced by the population within a country. Where the number of people within a country has a bearing on the age of billionaires found within the country or of the same nationality as the country. In this paper I will seek to analyze graphically these two phenomena and prove without a doubt that the population of a country affects the average age of billionaires within the country.

The Average Age of Billionaires by Country

Discussion
In most cases, the average age of ...

This research paper will seek to answer the research question “Does the amount of baby deaths get affected by the GDP of the country?” The study thus seeks to determine whether the GDP of a country has an effect on the number of baby deaths that may be experienced in the country.

- The GDP of a country is inversely proportional to the rate of baby deaths in that country.
In order to answer the research question and test the proposed hypothesis of the study data was collected from 30 different countries indicating the number of recorded baby deaths and ...

Introduction

A country’s real wealth is its people. A country’s human development index is a measure of the wealth of a country that looks beyond its GDP. It is a measure focusing on three factors that tries to put together dimensions of human development that is how healthy its people are, their educational attainment and how decent the people live. These are measured by the life expectancy, enrolment and literacy rates and the purchasing power and income of the people, respectively. Although, this index may not be a complete measure of human development, it provides a widened view of how human progress and ...

Introduction

Political economy refers to the relationship between economic, law and politics of a country. It also tries to analyze the relationship between certain economic factors and the political ground of a country. The determinants of a suitable political economy are adverse in terms of the nature and influence to the economy of a country. Among the most common factors that influence the political economy of a country are free trade and environmental regulations. The two elements have unique relationship with each of them having influence to the other. However, all countries do not have same stand on these factors. For the sake of digging ...

Civilization in Cold War

The end of the Second World War left the world with two superpowers – the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) – that nearly controlled every aspect of politics, economics and social life worldwide. The two superpowers, after completion of the Second World War, started fierce rivalry that did not involve direct military engagements in the battlefields. The fight for scientific, political, economic, and military control as a way of civilization led the Americans to support one group or country over the others. The war involved the two superpowers in hideously supporting, financing and implementing their ideologies ...

International students in America take a great percentage of the American student population. In addition to this, statistics indicate that they are over half a million. They have created a peaceful and positive relationship between America and their mother countries and in relation to this positive relationship, the noteworthy issue here is that this has led to the budding reimbursement that is derivative from the presence of international students on American college campuses, it is actually astounding that numerous studies have investigated the factors that add to international students’ constructive contribution to American university life. This is optimally a clear reflection that the ...

The end of the Second World War left the world with two super powers who competed to control every aspect of the world politics, economics and social life. The United State had a doctrine based on western civilization that was imprinted in the Capitalistic theory. The USSR had its own theory of civilization based on the communist form of leadership. The capitalistic mode of development was blamed on placing powers on individual leaving the government with minimal control. The communist theory believed that property should be owned by the society with control by the government on its utilization. The two ...

James Madison, who was born on 16th March 1751 at Belle Grove Plantation in Virginia, was the fourth United States’ president between the year 1809 and 1817. He was among the United States of America’s Founding Fathers. He was a political theorist as well as a statesman of America. At the 1787 Convention on Constitution, he impacted the setting up and consent of the United States’ Constitution and cooperated with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist papers publication. As a new House of Representatives member, he patronized the initial 10 Constitutional amendments, normally referred to as the Bill of ...

Starting early in life, the environment plays a siginifcant role in the learning, growth and development of a child. Scientific evidences show that people are predisposed to learn new things from their surroundings. When people are given the right opportunity and a conducive learning enviroment, they can readily assimilate new things and accommodate old experiences to their mental schema. Most research studies in various disciplines revealed that the learning environment have a direct impact on how people will learn, adopt and create new ideas for their own advantages and that of society (Davidson, 2012; Hannesdóttír, 2012).
Geographical location have an ...

I. Introduction – The Suez Canal became the subject of a major world crisis in 1956 when Egypt made it under their control. Being the only direct way of travel from the Mediterranean en route to the Indian Ocean, it was a vital path to the movement of trade for Europe, US, the Middle East and Asia. Before, it used to be a free passage to all countries engaged in trading, but later, Britain and France decided to control it for their commercial shipping and to colonize the area. However, the Egyptian government reacted to their move by taking the Suez Canal under ...

Introduction

There are several international alliances and organizations that countries may opt to be a member of. One of which is the ASEAN or Association of South East Asian Nations. The objective of this paper is to cover and discuss different key topics about the ASEAN and its member countries.
How does it operate as an international organization recognized by different countries? How do its member countries interact? What ties these countries together? Do the member countries actively participate in the discussions, forums, meetings and different projects and agenda of the organization? These are some of the questions that will ...

Introduction

International migration is used to generally refer to movement of people from their country go live in other countries. There are several reasons associated with this form of migration such as civil war in the country of origin, search for employment, economic hardships in a person’s country, epidemics, and a search for bigger career opportunities. In most cases, international migration involves people moving from developing countries to go and live in developed countries which in turn impacts negatively on the developing countries. This is because such countries end up losing their skilled human resource as most of those people that ...

Economic development and the IMF and the World Bank in the Caribbean

Introduction
Following the international standards, the Caribbean nations are not very rich in natural resources and this has affected their economies very much. A lot can be done so as to improve the economy in the Caribbean. The paper will discuss the history of the Caribbean economies and the experiences they have gone through in the development of their economies. It will also discuss how trade agreements with other countries, the World Bank and the IMF have helped to shape up the Caribbean economies.
Tourism and the sugarcane industry are also major contributions to the Caribbean economies ...

The civil war in Syria continued for the last five years have five different aspects for the Syrian immigrants, and the host countries’ people: social aspect, security aspect, economic aspect, and political aspect. In 2013, 583,000 Syrian immigrants ran away from their countries, and most of the Syrian immigrants preferred the closest destination to save their lives. However, the political situation got deteriorated in Syria, and more and more Syrians had to move away from their countries. In the following years, many of the Syrian immigrants preferred the countries from which they could pass to the developed countries ...

The US Subprime mortgage crisis was a banking and financial emergency situation that led to a recession not only in the US but spread to many parts of the world. The disastrous effects of a crisis in the domestic subprime market on the rest of the world beg questions about the interconnectability and interdependence of the international economy as well as the financial institutions. The international financial crisis also revealed how vulnerable the global financial system was. Not only did the subprime crisis have a direct effect on global markets and countries that held a huge number of US mortgage backed securities and were ...

Introduction

Poverty is a major concern in the world today. It is said that about half of the world’s population is poor. There are many definitions of the world basing on the point of view. Humanitarian organizations and the United Nations define poverty as the condition where an individual cannot afford proper basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Other organizations go as far s quoting an amount, for example, a poor person is one whose total daily expenditure is below one U.S. dollar.

There are several major problems that affect poor societies all over the world. This is especially ...

The purpose of the term paper is to determine the effect of globalization on the organization development and change.

Assumptions and delimitations
It was assumed that government will give the right information on the effect of globalization on their relations with other countries and the effect on the economy. It is also assumed that the impact of globalization on the organizational development is apparent and evident. The delimitations include the effect of globalization on the third world countries after the countries passed the free trade policies. Another one is that the research was conducted in ten African countries and eight other countries spread between Europe, Asia, and America.

Hypothesis: Globalization improves the relationships between countries and also improves the economies of countries

Integration of primary and secondary Data
Both primary and secondary ...

Religion has an enormous influence on any given society. Religion has been widely praised for promoting prosocial behaviors among individuals in society(Moore, 2015). Psychologists as well have acknowledged the benefits religion has to our lives such as reducing the rates of depression. In Sociology as well, religion has been long recognized for its effect of promoting prosocial attitudes and behaviors. It does this by regulating behavior and coming up with norms and values that integrate people into the society.
Emile Durkheim proposed that religion has a prosocial influence of decreasing suicide via establishing values and norms by which ...

Background

The Multifibre Agreement was developed in 1974 and governed the world’s textile sector until 2004 when it was phased-out. The accord inflicted quotas on the amount developing countries could export to the developed world. It was meant to help the developed countries adjust to existing absolute advantage that the developing countries have in the textile industry. The existence of the agreement allowed the Bangladesh textile industry to flourish in the 20th century and early 21st century. It was highly expected that the phase-out of the MFA would greatly affect Bangladesh negatively as the country was highly dependent on ...

1.0 Introduction
Food safety refers to the science of handling, processing, storing and transporting food in such a manner to minimize chemical and pathogen contamination. The essence of this discipline is to protect man from food related health hazards. Food can be a culture for growth of pathogens and can very easily absorb and carry harmful chemicals used in production and processing. Thus, food has the ability to transmit disease causing microorganisms as well as hazardous chemicals. In addition to this continued use of genetically modified foods poses a health risk to the future generation and genetically degrades the environment. Despite ...

Introduction

The exchange rate has become an integral component of modern economics. Its role stems from its far-reaching effects on the economy of a country, investments, the profitability of firms, and personal finances. Countries have become even more interdependent due to the rapid advancement in communication technologies and the expansion of global trade, which have significantly reduced the geographical distance between both individuals and countries. However, since nations use a broad range of domestic currencies with different values, trading partners must, therefore, rely on currency conversion methods to facilitate global transactions. This paper explores the importance of exchange rate and ...

Background

During the World War I, United States and European countries economies had forged an intimate and unique relationship and owing to this, the Great Depression spread to these countries. After the World War I, United States emerged as a major financier and creditor of postwar Europe. The national economies of European countries were greatly weakened by World War I and the war debts (McNeese, 2010). In particular Germany and other countries that were defeated were expected to finance war reparations. The United States Economy slowly slumped after the World War I and the American investment credits flow to the European ...

Introduction

Over the past decade, drug crimes and drug abuse have garnered a lot of attention. It is estimated that every year about $110 billion is cost to the country through drug related accidental injuries and deaths, health care, criminal behaviors, dependency treatment and so on. Both the state and federal laws prohibit the manufacturing, possession, and the sale of certain controlled substances such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and ecstasy. Drug's relation to crimes is through the effects drugs make on the user's behavior by influencing him to commit violence and other illegal action connected to drug trafficking. In 2004, ...

Introduction

Propaganda is a form of communication whose major aim is to influence the attitudes of a group of people or community to support the beliefs or values of another person. The information is provided with the key aim of influencing the person who is receiving the information. It does this though selective presentation of facts and loaded messages aimed at pursuing a particular political agenda. During the Second World War it was used by both Axis and Allied forces to pursue their political agendas.

The Axis Powers:

The Nazis used propaganda to influence the public opinion on the Jews and the war (Kallis, 2005). Public ...

One of the most imminent threats of the 21st century is the growth and expansion of extremist organizations. Extremist organizations threaten the peace, security and economy of the entire world because of the sophisticated manner in which they carry out attacks anywhere in the world. One of the impacts of the continued growth of extremism has been the Syrian refugee crisis that bugs the Middle East and the European regions.
The continued attacks on European cities by terrorists have however thrown the refugee problem into a whole new dimension. Attacks such as those experienced in Brussels and Paris heavily ...

Kohl’s International Expansion

Before any company or organization proceed with plans to expand internationally, the management needs to assess the viability of doing so. Part of assessment is determining the advantages and potential contributions of international expansion to the organization (Hines & Bruce, 2007). The organization may also assess and plan expansion simultaneously. In this way, the management can determine where the organization will invest for foreign expansion and how the organization would do it. Practices in planning and assessment will be applied in this discussion in relation to Kohl’s. Kohl’s is a retail chain store based in the United States and ...

Globalization refers to the increased integration and global interconnectedness of markets, trade, culture and products. Globalization is enhanced by technological advancements and transnational investments. People around the world are getting more closely connected than before. Goods and services produced are becoming available in all parts of the world irrespective of where they were manufactured. Money and information is also flowing rapidly while international communication and travel are commonplace. This paper discusses the pros and cons of globalization.

Pros of Globalization

There are several benefits that are a direct consequence of globalization. Firstly, companies have a wider market for the goods and services they produce ...

Abstract

Culture and personality are two ideologies that compliment and supplement each other. So several times, society has never failed to use culture in the process of convincing and influencing people to believe in the same beliefs as it have. This paper sought to justify the effect of each towards one another and to establish that several of these effects can be geared towards the positive or the negative side.
Keywords:Culture, personality, globalization

Consumer: Culprit to the Disintegration of Culture

The image the public have about a particular gender is dictated by the society. In other words, in a male-dominated culture male will always have the upper-hand and ...

Abstract

A vast contraction in world trade and the global economic environment leads to the financial crisis experienced today as countries fight for market share in the international trade. Most governments face pressure from their neighbors to create wealth and jobs creating a complex system governing commerce between states. The above situation creates desperate times that lead into desperate protectionist measures (Wyk 1). China fears protectionism having experienced the biggest ever financial crisis in 2009, and struggled over years to build its economy to its current position. China recorded 8% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2009, a situation attributed to falling ...

Introduction

A consumer brand is a product that best suits customer needs and wants as per their expectation. The relationship that is in existence between people, and the brand of product they like most is not different that exists when they relate to other individuals in the society. Understanding the relationship between customers and the product throughout the value chain is critical to marketers. It helps managers to strategize on how to deal with the clients in the best way possible. Marketers who know their customers and their needs are the in a position that they can retain and even ...

Executive Summary

Technology is one of the best scientific developments that have brought about economic, social, and political change in most of the world’s economies. Nevertheless, there are varied reactions on the effect of technology on the environment, the economy, religion, culture, and politics among a host of many social, economic, and political phenomena. Conversely, these factors also affect technology in different ways as will be discussed in this paper. Nevertheless, selecting technology for a specific situation depends on a list factors that either support or oppose such incentives.

Introduction

Science and technology are the current century’s most influential challenges since it affects ...

International business is the multi-lateral trade between different countries across the globe. International trade has various positive and negative effects to the participating countries. For example, in the recent past, the world has been rocked by various financial crises originating from different parts of the world. One of the major financial crises that greatly affected the world of commerce is the Greece debt crisis. In addition, there are other two financial crises that have caused negative impacts in both Europe and America. These crises are Spain and Portugal debt crisis (Duthel, 2011). It is evident that management of debt ...

Abstract

Since 2007, the European markets continued to experience a decline as several European nations had felt the consequences of applying the unstable Euro into their countries that had influenced the nation’s economic instability as seen in the case of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In recent news, the European debt crisis continues to prevail as the Eurozone reaches its all-time low for the past5 years as both strong and weak European markets now enter a state of recession that affects the entire world market. With the current European Debt Crisis continuing to influence the European markets, the United States may ...

Ethical behaviors of Syngenta

This report aims at revealing the unethical business practices of Syngenta, the world largest agrochemical corporation. It provides a detailed background of the ethical violation by the company, the ethical concepts that were violated in the agrochemical industry, and gives recommendations on what the company could have done to remedy the situation.

Section 1: Background of the ethics violation

Syngenta is the world’s largest producer of pesticides. The Swizz based company is also the third largest producer of seed in the world. It generates more than 75% of its revenue from pesticides. Some of its common agrochemical products that are sold in various countries across the ...

Introduction

Perhaps the largest among all economies of the world is the US’. There are other countries whose economy could be compared with the US’ but still, in terms of track record and relative stability; there is nothing that could beat the US Welfare Economy. This has been proven by the high standard of living in almost every city within the US. It is almost unquestionable how the US economy progressed in the past years and even in the years to come.
Despite the strength and stability that the US economy possesses, it is still undeniable that there are ...

INTRODUCTION

World exploration and explorers are always hailed in history books and classes as significant events and people because they have opened doors to new eras of trade, knowledge and information, technology and cultural consolidation. The names Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are some of the greatest names in exploration. Countries that have often been associated with historical explorations are Spain, Portugal, Great Britain – in other words, Western countries. A closer scrutiny, however, of historical explorations showed that ancient China conducted explorations and voyages even before these Western countries did in the 15th century. The voyages occurred ...

Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola Company is the world's leading beverage maker with operations in more than 200 countries worldwide. The parent company is situated in Atlanta, Georgia where it serves as the headquarters of the whole operation. The company is well known for the production and sale of its premier seller, Coca-Cola. The beverage is the world's most popular carbonated soft drink and is unrivaled regarding sales figures and worldwide distribution. The enterprise operates on a franchise basis in which it produces the syrup concentrate and hands this to the hundreds of bottlers around the world(Green, 2016).
The company's flagship drink, ...

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As we know, globalization is characterized as a powerful force, which can transform the world. This force is responsible for the evolution of societies and changes of the whole world. Nowadays the world is characterized by gradual adaptation of states and societies in the unstable interdependent world with its inevitable social and political changes. Globalization is associated with the new stratification of the world where some countries gradually enter into the center of global development, while other countries are hopelessly marginalized. Increased globalization processes are the basis for the expansion of international organizations and their influence zone.
Globalization can ...

Marketing Petrochemicals

Abstract

Petrochemicals are a word used to mean all the chemical compounds or products that are obtained from petroleum and natural gas. Petroleum and natural gas are used in making petrochemicals since they are cheap and available. Their processing procedure to obtain the petrochemicals is also easy. Examples of primary petrochemicals are aromatics, methanol and olefins. From the primary petrochemicals, intermediate and derivative products can be obtained through chemical conversions.
The chemical conversion usually varies depending on the desired end product. Petrochemicals, just like any other manufactured or processed commodity has to be marketed well in order to make ...

This paper will cover oil price dynamics for the period starting from 2005 until the present moment of time. Exact price dynamics will be considered as well as a variety of factors influencing the oil price through the above mentioned period of time. The chart showing the dynamics of crude oil barrel price since 2001 is presented in fig. 1.
Figure 1. Dynamics of crude oil price per barrel for the period between January 1, 2001 and April 19, 2016 (Trading Economics, 2016).
Before the period, which is the subject of this paper, the oil price had been nearly ...