Essays on Convergence

While the concept of race is today clearly recognized as fictitious, the term itself has taken an altogether new reality as a cultural denotation. More specifically, the culture of racism is largely influenced by geopolitical imagination and socio-political antagonism. The new political order referred to as “Empire” is a social frame work that posits “the inferiority of an “Other” based not in biology but in cultural differences and their insurmountability” (Semati, 257). Semati argues that ‘Brown’, once signified exoticism, but refers to menacing ‘Other’ today. The Brown in this case (in Semati’s article) refers to the Muslims of ...

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

Now the most advanced integration Union is the European Union, the main forerunner of which European economic community was created in 1957 by the Task that stands today in the EU during the agenda - formation and strengthening of economic, monetary and political Union of member countries. Integration in the EU affects almost all aspects of relations between member States of the European Union - politics, Economics, social and cultural sphere. The relevance of the study due to the importance and special role of tax harmonization in the framework of deepening European economic integration, the development of the unified ...

The new media presents new experiences to the field of authorship and the academia. The new media which is the existence of the digital online content has completely changed the interaction of the authors with their audience and readership. The new media offers a faster and accurate communication so that the marketing of published works has become easier than ever before (Manovich, 2001, p. 12). Despite the emergence of the new media it would not be possible to replace the authors and hence they continue to occupy and enjoy their position only that they emerge at a faster rate ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

Question 1

Geography is unique since it is the most basic and essential science. The creation of the field of geography is through human curiosity concerning the atmosphere and the environment in the world. It becomes unique because it is both a social and natural science. The core unifying factor between human and physical geography is the environmental determinism concept which argues that the natural environment directly influences human beings’ moral, mental and physical habits. Both depend on each other while on the earth’s surface since a majority of human’s activities are through the exploration of physical activities.

Question 2

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CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Video and Computer Games Industry

Organizations rely on environmental scanning to carefully monitor their internal and external environments with the aim of detecting opportunities and threats that may have a bearing on their current and future plans. Changes in technology have contributed to increased dynamics in the video and computer games industry, and companies have been forced to transform and adapt to stay competitive. Enterprises focusing on the retailing of DVD/CD/Computer games have been affected by the advent of competition especially from companies utilizing digital platforms to provide video and computer games to their clients (Grüsser et al., 291). There has been the ...

Introduction

Background of the Study The world economy is currently facing numerous challenges, ones that imped growth and continuous economic development. In reality, there is no such thing as a straight line when it comes to economic development, accounting, and asset management. If history is to serve as a basis, economic development, both on a national and international scale, has been and so can be characterized by a cycle of boom and bust . Based on the metrics that both accountants and economics experts look into when analyzing a for-profit organization, a bank, or a macro economy, the risk of being ...

The Solow Model

For long, the concept of economic change has been interesting economists. The reasons why some of the countries are poor while others are rich or even the understanding of why some nations grow faster than others has constantly disturbed the understanding of most economists. The theory of economic growth has been put upfront in explaining the growth indices of different nations. In its place, the theory of economic growth aims at explaining whether poor countries can grow faster than their rich counterparts, catch up with them and close their income gaps, that is converge. Elaborated by Trevor Swan and ...

Finance is a vast area of discussion that requires one's dedication and interest to understand it better. Under finance, there are major issues like corporate financial policy which has a lot to be studied. The corporate fiscal policy is defined as an innovative corporate finance course that mainly touches on equity and debt management, for example, the descriptions of types of debt and equity, distribution policy and security issuance, for instance, the design of capital structure and securities that controls information problems. The sub-topics in securities and financial policy can be discussed in details as below.

Debt and equity management.

Debt and equity ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

Introduction

Blood behavior conforms to specific scientific principles and therefore, professionals trained to perform bloodstain pattern analysis can analyze the blood evidence in a crime scene and come up with conclusions as to how the blood shedding happened. The stains may appear to have a random distribution in a crime scene, but the analysts can study the spatter patterns, transfers, and other marks. From the physical evidence, the investigators recognize and interpret the patterns to determine how they were created. These marks are then categorized to recreate the sequence of events that occurred following the bloodshed. Blood stain pattern analysis, ...

Business News Research Assignment BAM107Winter 2016

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Trump Taj Bankruptcy left many contractors angry Summary of Article: The Wall street journal article evaluates the action of the Donald Trump as a business man filing for bankruptcy following the completion of the construction of the Taj casino in Atlanta in 1990. While it is not unlawful to file for bankruptcy in the U.S, Trump took advantage of weaknesses in the bankruptcy law to deny the various contractors that worked on the project the opportunity to earn an income. His action therefore raised ethical concerns. The article seeks to evaluate the role that ethics plays in the ...

Convergence of media refers to the interlinking of information technologies, media content and communication networks that have emerged due to the evolution of the internet. In the 1990s, there were radios, cell phones, computers and television sets. Each of these products carried out a particular task (Dal Yong Jin 51). In essence, the mobile phone was used for receiving and making calls, the internet utilized for searching information on the web, the radio for listening to music, and the television for watching movies. In the present days, convergence of technology has led to the development of various multipurpose gadgets. ...

With the rising technological advancement and the need for efficiency in operation for any company, there is always a need for the development of a solution to meet these needs. In the case of Catacombs Inc., there are various technological solutions that will need to be implemented to make it competitive, deliver great customer satisfaction and increase its efficiency. This study is going to discuss the requirement, solution and the cost-benefit analysis of the proposed solution.

Requirements Analysis

The requirements for the company to implement an efficient solution are discussed as below: There is the robustness requirement in the system. This ...

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Introduction The main idea behind the mind of every investor is to achieve long- term growth of his or her business by serving a wider market to increase profitability. However, the existence of various factors such as competition and government regulations tends to impede the successful accomplishment of most investors’ goal. Besides, the efficiency of the strategies implemented by different investors constitutes fundamental hindrances to the realization of their long-term objectives. Therefore, efficient management is crucial to realize business expansion. Additionally, the consideration of other factors with a significant influence on the business environment is essential when formulating the ...

The ongoing internationalization process persuaded regulators and businesses worldwide to think of a common global accounting language for business affairs. This move led to the development of IFRS. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), sometimes referred to as International Accounting Standards, is a globally recognized accounting framework for businesses worldwide. The major purpose of this accounting standard is to make company accounts understandable and comparable across international boundaries. Currently, over 110 countries are following the IFRS accounting system in order to address complexities relating to international business affairs. However, the United States has not adopted IFRS yet, and the country ...

[Customer's name] [Institutional affiliations]Introduction In the modern society, statistics has become one of the most important national economic management tools. The notion of any management decision requires a preliminary analysis of the current situation, based on a miscalculation of options, comparison of options, assessing the accuracy of the forecasts, the likelihood of errors. Methodological framework for addressing these issues is statistics. Its main task is the calculation and analysis of statistics, allowing the governing bodies receive comprehensive description of the object, whether it is the whole national economy or its individual sectors, enterprises and their divisions. Trends basically ...

Abstract

This paper focuses on discussing the trend analysis and convergence of breakfast industry. The working industry would not be the same as it is observed today only because there is a great change in trends. The world is changing so fast that looking at the past to predict the future is becoming more ambiguous. Trend analysis looks to discuss how the past can be used to predict the future, while convergence speaks more of the integration of two separate entities to make a unique end product. This would be essential in enhancing planning, thus, effective prediction recommendable. Trend analysis ...

Introduction

This essay will provide a plan for any manager anticipating increasing prices, analyze the primary impacts of the government on employment and production, examine the fairness of state policies, address the principal complications related to capital projects and offer a recommendation of how managers and stockholders can agree despite their interest.

Plan for managers

Virtually every food outlet from fast food stores to large cafes and schools’ cafeteria are offering low-calorie foods. A business desires to maintain the price of its commodities as perfect inelastic under all circumstances. Hence, the pricing strategies should not affect how customers view or purchase the specific ...

Human life and survival are connected with the environment. With the changes in the environment, human surroundings appear to undergo an adjustment or modification to continue the life. More probably, some climatic changes tend to interfere with the human life from several corners. These could be lethal or life threatening. For example, climate change might modify the occasional examples and plenitude of irritations and illnesses; in turn, this may influence the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. Reactions will vary in the middle of harvests and between geological areas. There are studies that use of these pesticides within the ...

The different regions across the globe exhibit a great level of distinction in factors of production for which there is a huge difference in the costs of production within these regions, hence, the difference in economic growth and development across these regions. The understanding of the economic, spatial change is linked to the overall processes of transformation of capitalist markets and institutions, and productions systems due to the recognition of the contribution of various locations of economic activity. The regional economic performance has been pegged on a number of factors across the economy. First, is the use of knowledge ...

Macroeconomics attempts to understand and solve various issues affecting an entire population or country. Some of the challenges that face people and governments include unemployment, GDP levels, economic growth, inflation, depression, etc. A nation’s ability to mitigate and improve the issues stated above depends on the long-run rate of financial growth. Over a long period, economists have found out that even the slightest difference in the long-run economic growth can have massive effects on the living standards and income of the average individual. This essay explores the impacts of long-run rate of financial growth on the development of ...

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IFRS and GAAP are two most commonly used accounting standards. The differences between them complicate the comparability of financial statements of different companies. The accounting bodies understand the necessity of convergence of the two standards. Thus, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) work on several joint projects to facilitate this process. This paper addresses the differences and similarities between IFRS and GAAP as regards accounting for financial instruments, long-term assets, and liabilities. IFRS 8-1: What are some steps taken by both the FASB and IASB to move to fair value measurement for financial ...

Final Reflective Portfolio

This paper is a reflection of the skills I have gained in this class. It focuses on four texts and analyses them as indicators of my development as a reader and creator of literary and cultural texts. Three of the analyzed texts were created for this class while the fourth was written for a math class.

Part 1: Texts

The Ultimate Book of Martial Arts Fay Goodman's book entitled The Ultimate Book of Martial Arts is already an entertaining read by itself. However, different parts of the book contain paratextual elements that give it a new meaning and make it a more ...

Where Old and New Media Collide

Human culture has often grown through word of mouth, legends, and through interaction with other civilizations and cultures. The convergence of the bygone eras has long since given way to the current modes of media that are used to mainstream information to much larger and more diverse populations. These populations are now able to absorb and process mass amounts of information at an alarming rate that begs for a continual flow of information so as to appease the masses. In order to placate the growing number of viewers and users that seek to access this information the media of ...

Major Developments In Mass Media Over The Last Century

Throughout the twentieth century, there has been considerable development in the mass media. It is important to note from the outset that during the start of the century print media was the major source of information and entertainment. As such, the media, mainly consisted of the newspapers and periodicals. Most people relied heavily on these sources of information to report on various events the world over. Consequently, radio became a dominant form of media during the 1940s, especially during the World War II and thereafter. As more people sought to know about the current events about war situations and ...

Culture in the Study of International Relations and Practice

Culture can be broadly defined as the full range of the learned human behavioral patterns. Cultures often vary across different geographical regions and may be affected by the ethnicity of the practitioners. However, cultures are dynamic and adapt to the changing world and the situations they are presented. Over the last century and even more over the last few decades, globalization and the resulting international relations have led to linkage and interactions of cultures across the world. In turn, the world cultures have played a significant role in determining the nature and major aspect of international relations, especially in ...

The film “Lost in Translation” is really about the difficulties in translation, but not so much in the linguistic sense, as in the human, - translation of others’ feelings ("Lost In Translation (2003)"). The film is not so much the words as the information, the mood and emotions are not concluded just in words. This is perhaps one of the few movies, where the characters’ silence can be comfortable and talk about many things. A slow, as it might seem, dragged action is not the lack of pictures – that's the essence of the whole atmosphere of loneliness – the characters ...

Question 1.

The European Integration has undergone several changes to be what it is now. Several incidents and treaties marked the turning points for the EU in its infancy years to create a more stable and unified European cooperation. The Marshall Plan formed in 1948 consolidated democracy in Europe after the German defeat in the WW2 (Dinan 1122). The United States proposed the plan to speed up economic development in the transatlantic region. The plan saw the creation of the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation) liberalize trade and the Coal and Steel Community to oversee the extraction of coal in ...

Communication is the process of exchanging information. When evaluating communication, it is important to consider the words used, body language, accent, and the subject. However, it is imperative to note that communication does not necessarily involve spoken words; silence or other nonverbal expressions such as smiling or frowning qualify as communication. Communication may only be labelled as effective when the recipient of the information comprehends the sense of the message and can relay it back to the sender. In other words, the receiver needs to understand the meaning and respond accordingly. On the contrary, if the recipient does not ...

There is a considerable and sizeable population of small business in the US economy. Statistically speaking there are over 28 million small business that occurs with small business specifically indicating businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Over 22, million individuals are self-employed without any additional payrolls or having employed other persons. Of the working population, a considerable percentage of over 50% that translates to 120 million individuals work in the small business (US statistics and data, 2016). Small business on average have modest turnovers that attract income taxes on the cash generated. Business entities are relevant in the generation ...

Back in the days, before the late 2000s, most people relied on their television when it came to broadcast programming, and the web served to provide people with digital content. That simplicity is long gone due to the rapid advancement in technology which has brought with it sophisticated devices together with content workflow which allows for cross-consumption of both digital and traditional content in almost all available device endpoints. This convergence of traditional and digital methods of content viewing have resulted into individual viewers watching their favorite shows on tablets, phones and televisions anywhere and at any time. This ...

Video and Computer Games Industry

Organizations rely on environmental scanning to carefully monitor their internal and external environments with the aim of detecting opportunities and threats that may have a bearing on their current and future plans. Changes in technology have contributed to increased dynamics in the video and computer games industry, and companies have been forced to transform and adapt so as to stay competitive. Enterprises focusing on the retailing of DVD/CD/Computer games have been affected by the advent of competition especially from companies utilizing digital platforms to provide video and computer games to their clients (Grüsser et al., 291). There has ...

Globalization has been a primary driving force in today’s post capitalist world. Yet globalization is not at all easy to define (Al-Rodhan, 3). It is not simply a matter of increasing cultural sharing among people from different parts of the country. Rather, globalization is seen to be a “technological, economic, and political innovation that has dramatically reduced barriers to economic, political, and cultural exchange” (Drezner, 53). More than the micro-processes, globalization has fundamental effects to social, political, and economic process (Al-Rodhan, 3). The effects of globalization are manifold. In one hand, critics see globalization as the cause of ...

Introduction

The very title of this article may seem to some readers fantastic. Is there any evidence that alien beings exist? Can we prove that there is no clear scientific argument in favor of their life and activity? Such questions immediately arise among readers, of course, they are quite natural. And yet, I will try to show that the statement of the problem in our time of exclusively rapid scientific and technical progress is quite logic. Moreover, most recently the first steps towards the solution of this great problem facing mankind were taken. Basically, from the scientific point of view ...

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 ...

Introduction:

Crime has been an important study that has existed for a long duration of time. Yet it remains controversial with theoretical, historical and accounts of male and female involvement often inconclusive. The perpetrators of crime have for long being presumed to be men. Whether by design or by nature men have been the major actors in criminal activities is a matter of contention. This paper adds to the existing literature on gender differences in crime involvement by comparing different researches on crime with special emphasis on gender involvement. There have been several studies that have been carried out focusing ...

Introduction

In the world of business, accounting is the spoken language that is used in different parts of the world. As such, there are two different spoken languages in financial accounting. The two sets of language dictate the financial reporting standards that are used. The major economies of the world use either the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or the United States Generally Accepted Principles (US GAAP) (Erchinger & Melcher, 2007). The two standards are regulated by two bodies that are (1) the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB) responsible for the GAAP and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for the ...

Change Management in Bettington Trading and Sons

As a family company, Bettington trading and sons has experienced a commendable growth in business over some years. Transfer of management from one family member to the other with the help a professional board of directors has seen the company remain sustainable due to commitment and relationship building. However, a move to implement change in the organization by a family member tasked with managing the company has met frustrations from the board of directors who do not seem to agree with how this should be done so fast. The management is not in agreement on whether the company should ...

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According to Jacques Derrida, “language is a way and so always had a certain connection with habitability and with architecture” (Derrida 320). Therefore, it can be assumed, based on the quote above, that architecture can be seen as a form of language. In fact, some scholars argue that architecture can be considered as a type of written language. Furthermore, some academics note that Derrida’s philosophy questions the “one-to-one relationship between signifiers and signified” (Eisenman 111). Hence, it is the duty of the observer to recognize the meanings of symbols that are present within a ...

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are two set of accounting rules that regulate financial reporting. The IFRS is adopted in more than 120 countries around the world (IFRS, n.d.). GAAP is developed and used in United States. The two sets of principles have many common features. In fact, there is more commonality than differences between IFRS and GAAP. IASB and FASB, two standard-setting bodies for IFRS and GAAP respectively have started a convergence process with the aim to develop a universal set of rules. However, some important difference between IFRS and GAAP. ...

Introduction

Education is a central aspect of every government in Britain. It forms a fundamental aspect of the political promises of all parties. In the period of 1995 to 2006, the UK governments spent 5.2% to 5.9% of the gross domestic product on education. This often involves funding of project and the introduction of new projects to improve education in the UK. Child education is deemed important because it defines the fundamental structures of the future of the country. It is therefore an important part of educational policy since it involves funding for young Britons who are often catered for ...

Convergence of Transportation Congestion and Security at U.S. seaports

Introduction

The convergence of transport congestion and security at U.S sea ports is quite alarming. Prevalent transport congestion tends to restrain operations at the marine depots. The shipping companies are forced to interrupt the regular loading and offloading of cargo vessels for either night or weekend shifts. Occasional traffic congestion block the berths and the inbound ships find themselves stacked up leading to a delay of transportation of cargo loads. U.S sea ports security has been viewed as an important subject by the U.S homeland security. The Bureau of Customs and ...

Catalyst Investors, mid-tier hedge fund located at 711 Fifth Avenue Suite 600 New York, is the firm whose employee evaluation form is used to carry out the study. Catalyst Investors use Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS). Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) are descriptive in nature, such that the evaluator is required to rank the continuum of descriptive statements relating to behaviors ranging from the least effective to the most effective behavior relating to a given task which the employee possess (Aiken and Lewis 173). Through the ranking, the evaluator will identify which scale best describes an employee.

The Scale Used

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The book chosen for review is considered to be one of the most important for understanding the complicated system of derivatives and general reasons of economic crisis. When genius failed: the rise and fall of long-term capital management is the book written by financial journalist Roger Lowenstein who has written articles for the "Wall Street Journal" for more than two years. He has published three books and also initiated various publications for "Smart Money" and "The New York Times". The work When genius failed: the rise and fall of long-term capital management provides readers with fundamental basis for deep ...

Over the past four decades, China has witnessed a drastic rise in its economy and structural changes. Economically, China has overtaken many economies in the country, especially after the launching of the economic reforms in the 1970s (Li-zhu, 2010). Radical changes in China have been attributed to different factors, such as shifting of its development strategy. Many cities in the world have undertaken different reforms in a bid to restructure and create capacity concerning economic capability. Particularly, the Chinese cities have been on the front line in undertaking resurgence as well as reconstruction reforms. Resurgence is defined as an ...

Trigonometric computations are used in nearly all fields of geometry, physics and engineering. The triangulation technique has the great importance, which allows measuring the distance in astronomy and geography, monitoring the satellite navigation system. Also trigonometry is used in such areas as music theory, acoustics, optics, analysis of financial markets, electronics, probability theory, statistics, biology, medicine and so on. Daniel Bernoulli, Fourier and Cauchy made a huge contribution to the involvement of trigonometry and developed the idea of trigonometric series. In the middle of the XVIII century, appeared the most important in its consequences "argument of a string". Euler ...

Question One

Jenkins’ discussion of global convergence and pop cosmopolitanism, focuses on the idea of the world’s youth seeking to be a part of a wider, global community. He first discusses the concept of internet phenomena by introducing the ‘Bert Is Evil’ franchise, created by a Filipino high school student: “[he] created a Photoshop collage of Sesame Street’s Bert interacting with terrorist leader, Osama Bin Laden.” (Jenkins 114) As a result of posting this image and various other similar ones to his homepage, the student found his work being utilised by terrorist, anti-American forces. Undoubtedly, the student did not intend to assist the terrorist ...

Introduction

Categorization of disasters and their respective management and handling are numerous and unique in a certain ways. The rational and realistic management of different kinds of disasters calls for a pure understanding about various factors. Comprehension of basic causes of various disasters is vital. It follows that the application of various measures on handling and also inhibiting re-occurrence is fully dependent on the knowledge base on the subject matter. Understanding the appropriate technology is also a vital ingredient towards useful emergency management. Of greater importance is the ability of consultation and integration of proper, useful and effective planning approaches available in emergency ...