Essays on Destination

Cyber Defense

Background In the recent past, there has been an increasing reliance on technology to undertake numerous aspects of social, political, and economic lives in many countries across the globe. While the reliance on technology has had a positive impact on many aspects of our lives, that reliance also inherently attracts threats such as cyberterrorism. Consequently, cyber defense becomes a crucial element for nations. Cyber defense refers to the deliberate steps taken by governments to protect information that they hold to be sensitive. Cyber threats are not just a danger to the individual countries such as the U.S. that have ...

The Effect of Social Media on the Selection or the Desire of UAE Nationals Living in Abu Dhabi to Choose a Tourism Destination- Research Prospectus

Abstract

The study seeks to find out the impact of social media on the choice of travel destinations by UAE national who live in Abu Dhabi. The problem that the survey aims to address is the role of social media factors in influencing decision-making by consumers of tourism services. The study acknowledges that social media plays an imperative role in influencing consumers’ choice of their travel destination, which makes an important aspect for the study. ...

With the recent increase in global warfare, there has been an influx of refugees throughout the world. The immigrant opts to seek a safe heaven in the European countries, however; the Europeans are angered by the increase of immigrants. It is worth noting that, the issue of refugee was the one of the factors that facilitated Britain to leave the European Union. There are two prevalent schools of thoughts with regards to the increase in the number of refugees. According to the liberalists they uphold the asylum principle and still hold onto the fallacy that a boarderless world can ...

Network Theory

The network theory of migration posits that networks are formed between migrants in the origin country as well as the destination countries through friendship, community or familial connections. The interpersonal ties that the migrants develop help in reducing the costs needed to migrate as well as risks a potential migrant would face in the new country. As migrant networks increase over time, it not only reduces the costs and risks involved, but also increases the chances of employment for the new migrants. Networking and its increase over years not only helps facilitate increased migration over years but also broadens ...

Introduction

Genting Singapore is an international hospitality company that deals with integrated resort development and gaming (Genting 2017). Specifically, the company builds integrated resorts and runs casinos as its core business. It also consults for the hospitality industry businesses and investments in the area of sales and marketing support. Besides, it offers information technology services such as software development, systems integration and maintenance among others. Its markets of operation include Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, the Bahamas, Australia and the UK. The company that began as Genting International was first listed on the Singapore Securities exchange in 2005. It acquired the Stanley ...

In each of the following situations, please select which mode of transportation studied this week would be the most advantageous. Explain your answer. [8A, 8B, 8C]

Sending 350 40-foot containers from Shanghai, China to Los Angeles, California.

Maritime transport is the best for these kinds of shipments because ships can fill a given container or what is known as full container load (FCL) (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 391). Additionally, container ships can accommodate stackable cargo, which will be prepared using a stowage plan (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 393). There is also the possibility of reduced damage in products, which may be caused when using other types of cargoes. ...

The Effect of Social Media on the Selection or the Desire of UAE Nationals Living in Abu Dhabi to Choose a Tourism Destination

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of social media on UAE nationals living in Abu Dhabi in their choice of tourist destinations. The study will identify the challenges the social media users in the city go through as they select the places to visit for leisure as well as offer solutions to these issues. The researcher will collect data from 50 Facebook users in Abu Dhabi using online survey questionnaires. Purposive non-probability ...

The Greek islands have many opportunities for travelers, and it has become one of the most sought-after vacation spots in the world. These islands are historic for their beauty, with many worldwide travelers coming here for centuries for what th”ey believe to be healing properties. Recent visitors may or may not believe in healing waters or sun powers, but they are interested in a chance to be spoiled, get away, and enjoy the island’s vast natural offerings, as well as the luxuries of the sister islands and the ocean. Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island chain, is ...

Defining the Coastal Environments in Tourism Industry

Tourism is one of rapidly developing industries in the global scales. Additional emphasis in this case should be put on the marine and coastal tourism - as two of the most popular options for spending the time and relaxation (Hewawasam, 2002, p. 2). At the same time, even while, taking into account general awareness among the scholars., pertaining to importance of tourism both in environmental and economic contexts, insignificant attention is paid by them to these two contexts of tourism (Sunlu, 2003, p. 263-270) The core need for additional attention to this sector is caused by insignificant understanding of ...

Topology refers to the way in which computer networks are connected. It is the interconnection configuration that is responsible for providing effective communication. It involves connecting devices, arranging nodes and cables (Rouse, 2016). There are different types of network topologies, and each of them has specific tasks. In this paper, the differences between the topologies will be discussed.

Bus Topology

In this kind of topology, all devices are connected to a common shared cable. The name of the cable is a bus. Thus, there is a way in which all devices are directly connected to each other in the network. For ...

A flat tire is bound to happen to any driver anytime. In most cases, a driver is focused on the business that he or she intends to perform at the destination might be the important meeting or the shopping and does not consider the process of getting to the destination as much. It is important that one learns how to change a tire because if it happens, one can only have the options of living behind the car or calling for mechanics ad this may take time. Thus, it is important to know how to change a tire just ...

Introduction

A report following a global study of 44,000 people in the tourism sector by TripBarometer Connected Traveller report states that China is among the few top ten nations with connected travellers and categorises 49% of the Asians as connected travellers as most of them use a PC or mobile for booking trips . TravelBurma App targets the Chinese travellers, local business travellers, and other foreign travellers in the age group of 21-50 years. As Myanmar is a business district unit, people often prefer travelling there than any other part of China. During the year 2015, more than 4.68 million ...

Abstract

The decision to invade and occupy Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 by the Americans was a serious mistake. This brought about the development of resentment by the Mexicans of America, as it came on the heels of the loss of Mexican territory to the United States. President Wilson’s decision was clearly an example of the meddling that was to be typical of the United States in order to promote its hegemony around the world. That the United States would go as far as making decisions on who would become the leader of states such as Mexico and other neighboring ...

The trade and investment relationship between Australia and China demolishes the theory of comparative advantage. According to Adam Smith and Ricardo, it makes sense for a country to focus on the production of goods and services it can do efficiently and purchase goods and services it produces less efficiently from other countries. When this theory is applied to the trade relationship between Australia, a rich country and China, a poor country, we arrive at a paradoxical outcome. The introduction of a free trade regime resulting in Australia-China trading relationship implies that Australian consumers will pay lower prices for imported ...

Cause and Effect Essay

Introduction In today’s fast-paced technology based world, smartphones are considered a necessity for people who want to stay in touch with the latest. Smartphones have become an essential part of life for a majority of the populace and many cannot imagine leading their daily life without a smartphone in their hand. One argument made for the popularity and the necessity of smartphone is how it has helped to make life more convenient for its users. The prevalence of smartphone and its popularity is due to the multifarious advantages it provides to the users such as information at the ...

Executive Summary

This report paper provides information about a business idea whose aim is to provide an alternative mean of transport that is convenient in short distances, less costly, and which can take short time to avoid exhausting for ill or old persons. This report talks about a phone application called Travel companion. This application helps one to travel from city to city by car in a more efficient and comfort manner. With this application, one is linked with other persons travelling to common destination ad also splits your expenses and burdens incurred while travelling with other persons. This application helps ...

IT 331 Week 2

IT 331 Week 2 Describe the series of connections that would be made, equipment and protocol changes, if you connected your laptop to a wireless hotspot and opened your email program and sent an email to someone. Think of all the layers and the round trip the information will likely make. The first thing you need to do is to turn on the wireless hotspot and to search for the available Wi-Fi connections. Choose the needed one and enter the required login and password; this information acts as the encryption key that transmits traffic. Then, open the email app; ...

Institutions:

In reference to the case scenario, it is quite apparent that discharge planning is the key variable that should be addressed by the RN (Registered Nurse) in planning the discharge for the patient. Essentially, discharge planning usually involves identifying the patient needs and what he/she requires in order to have a safe as well as smooth transition from the hospital to the next care destination. As such, developing an effective and efficient discharge plan for the patient would enable the healthcare provider to identify the needs of the patient and the support required by the patient and come up ...

Question 1

More importantly, I learnt that the government has a major role to play especially in regard to promoting civil education aimed at sensitizing people on their role in promoting a sustainable environment. This can be done through funding projects that teach environmental conservation and by initiating policies that state penalties for those who negate efforts of other people who struggle to keep environment clean.

Question 2

The concern around sustainability in materials and goods sourced from developing countries poses a dilemma that often occasions serious disagreements between governments and countries (Weber et. al 432). This is owing to the sense that ...

In their study 2001 study entitled, “The Use of Communication Technologies by Older Adult: Exploring the Benefits from the User’s Perspective”, researchers Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Wendy Rogers and Evan Caylor investigated what, if any, influence advanced communications use, such as e-mail and other internet based communication, had on older adults ranging in age from 65-80 years old (Melenhorst et al., 2001). According to the authors, older adults that used of advanced communications tended to have larger and more active social networks. That is to say, use of advanced communications by older adults produced the same results as with younger ...

Define and discuss time and space utility

Products must be transported from the place where they are produced to the place where customers demand it to be delivered. The value-add that the product gains due to its transport is called space utility. The time utility is the length of time before or between the product deliveries, which consists of mostly storage and inventory time. When the organizations are able to deliver the goods at a time they are needed, then their time utility increases.

What is the Total Cost Analysis and how does is affect logistics?

Total cost analysis provides the methodology for integration of logistics, manufacturing, and procuring costs across the network. This is done to achieve ...

Culture shock is described as the feeling of abandonment experienced by an individual, who has been exposed abruptly to a new or unfamiliar way of life. However, due to the rapid increase in immigrants in various countries, the concept of culture shock has been replaced by the concept cultural unrest. Cultural unrest is described as a situation where two cultures live together, but their togetherness is triggered by acceptance that has occurred due to shared concern, resentment, and indifference (Moufakkir 324). Four stages are involved in the cultural unrest. The first one is the stage of high expectations while ...

McCarran International Airport- Las Vegas, Nevada

Abstract The McCarran International Airport is deemed to be the ninth busiest in the US and tops in Nevada County. It accounts for sixty percent of the passengers arriving at the Nevada County. The airport was built in 1942 by George Cockett an American Aviator. The airport has undergone major changes and restructuring which has turned it into a modern international airport. The economic, political and social role of the airport cannot be undermined. The airport contributes to the income of the county and thus provides employment to some locals of the bigger population of the Nevada State. Socially, ...

Introduction

In the modern day, competition has led organizations to re-evaluate their strategies and identify new approaches to enhance their competitiveness. The need to improve the competitiveness of businesses has to the identification of efficiency improvement measures to enhance efficiency that leads to increased productivity and profitability of the organization. Junction Hotel is strategically located and it has operated for a long period. However, with the changing trends in the business environment, there is an increasing need to enhance their efficiency strategies to enhance their competitiveness in the business environment. Organizations adopt strategic approaches through effective management of human resource ...

Marketing Audit and Plan of QANTAS Airline

Organizational view The airline industry is a fastest growing services industry in the world that is providing air transport services to the traveling passengers and freight. I am very inspired by the industry business, and it provided valuable service to me. I have gathered some information and aware about a leading Australian Airline company, Qantas. The marketing audit is and empirical study of the company that Qantas to understand the global market’s demand and examine the competitors’ market. It also helps the management to investigate the current marketing aspects and set future strategies. I am familiar with the ...

Intrusion Detection Systems

Different techniques abound for monitoring computer networks especially within the context of providing security for the network. Intrusion detection is one of such techniques used for security management of computers by analyzing and gathering information from the different areas of a computer network with the aim of identifying possible breaches in the security of the network (Allen et al., 2000). A system put in place to implement any of these techniques is referred to as an intrusion detection system. For the computer network of an organization, the source of breaches to the network can be from within the organization ...

Answer # 1

The main purpose of Saturn Corporation is to become profitable in the market, however, it is essential for the underlying company to manage its cost effectively in order to become profitable. It is central for any organization to reform its functions in general in order to cater the provisions of the business effectively. In this context, Saturn Corporation is expected to employ measures that could make it unique from its competitors. Particularly addressing the case scenario, there are several factors and issues that the vehicle transportation team of the underlying company must consider in the process of selection. Some ...

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Introduction

In international business, the organizations also need to consider cultural and social values at individual levels in the present competitive business environment (Mandják et al., 2016; Weinzimmer & Esken, 2016). In this context, China is evidently one of the topmost cradles of civilizations in the world to take into account for a case study. The history of this East Asian nation is really astounding. The People’s Republic of China has developed to become one of the top world powers today, named among the G5 + ...

The growing world of business and trade has resulted in the opening up of innumerable opportunities for exploration. Multinational companies have been born from all over the world therefore creating unprecedented economic growth and expansion. Many employment avenues have been created as a result including those that major in the import and export niche. In this essay, I focus on my experience as an export coordinator. I will discuss my objectives as entered into the field and the resultant skills that I got from the experience. As an export coordinator, my duties involve the sourcing for markets and customers ...

The Need for A Vacation

According to Gump & Matthews (2000) and Hartig et al. (2013), the growing demands that people endure from their daily jobs to other responsibilities, there is very little time for them to fully recover. As such, workers tend to suffer from accidents, distress, illness and other issues. The costs associated with restoration that is insufficient is rather on the high side in both the short term as far as well as in the long term. Employers are continually seeking ways to improve the lives of their employees by mitigating the problems related to overwork and the like. These provisions that ...

There is a lot of material about what it means to be a leader, what qualities leaders should have, and the different leadership styles that exist. I was always interested in leadership because since I was in my childhood, I found myself in leadership positions quite often. I began to play hockey when I was seven years old, and I was the team captain for all my primary and high school years. At school, I was also a 'prefect' student and a House-Captain. I developed many of my leadership skills I believe through sports. In my recent years, I ...

Characteristics of the transportation project

Transportation project is concerned with the problem of transporting different amounts of a homogenous product that are initially stored at different origins to various destinations. It is a logistics issue in which the product is transported in a way that minimizes the total transportation cost. A transportation project has various characteristics. One of the features of this project is that every destination demands a fixed unit of the product. Additionally, the project will have possible solutions if all supplies equal all demands. The total demand must be obtained from the sources involved. Also, the cost of transporting the products ...

Justification:

The reason for choosing the research question is that Las Vegas like any other tourist destination is facing traffic problems. It has been reported that Las Vegas and its 4-mile strip is congested at peak times. Tourists are stuck in traffic for hours, and it is impossible to reach the destination on time. Moreover, there is immense criticism regarding monorail service in Las Vegas that was built by acquiring a public funded loan of $653 million, but never served the purpose of providing public transport as its network is limited. It, in fact, connected different casinos, Las Vegas Convention ...

Importance of ethos in Pastoral Ministry

Pastoral ministerial ethos involve the accepted code of conduct by the pastors in their daily devotion to the work of God. These are the qualities that are morally and spiritually upright that distinguish the pastors from mere men. Every pastor must engage this ministerial ethos so that the gospel be effective. Ministerial ethos are so important because they help a pastor to conduct every function following a spiritual blueprint that offers guidelines that the minister of the Gospel ought to follow (Gula, 2010). Ministerial ethos like total obedience to the word of God will help the servant of God ...

Doing a market analysis. PESTLE and TOWS analytical frameworks

Launching a successful business in any industry requires doing a market analysis. The latter refers to the process of studying the dynamics, attractiveness and trends of a particular industry of economy. Market analysis is an integral component of an industry analysis. In practice, the majority of all market analyses facilitate in strategic planning and tactical execution of the strategy, supply chain management, designing and implementing marketing strategies and identifying the most appropriate targeting and positioning schemes. This entry analyzes the most essential components of a market analysis and provides basic insights into how to carry out them in tourism ...

More than 60 million people play this sport around the world, and it keeps on growing (Murphy & Wright, 2014). It is a sport that not only is played by many people in the World but also it is an expensive sport. There are countries where the sport is widely spread and relatively inexpensive such as in England, Germany or Spain. There are many courses available offering expensive memberships as well as pay as you go offers. However, the sport remains and expensive sport for the great majority. This sport moves the masses; it has a great adherence of sponsors ...

Benefits of email marketing over other types of marketing. ROI(return on investment)is very high and customer is easily reached. Reasons for investing the time and resources the marketing program using bulk email are listed below. Reduced Time & Effort : Postal service,telemarketing are quiet expensive and consume lot of manual labor,other resources. The potential customers may not answer the phone call or miss the post. Marketing using email requires less than two hours. Templates which easily allow changes to be made in the content are used for the purpose. The senders list is retrieved from the ...

Introduction

Advertising is form of communication that is directly invoked in passing critical messages to the target audience. It is also termed as a promotional mode that has persuasive instincts of swaying buyers to a given direction. Therefore, advertisements for sales promotion are destined to orient the thinking and perception of buyers to a given product. While there are different forms of advertising, the main message expressed by these ads is always the same, and it holds one precept of persuasion to the target audience. It is the backdrop for competitive edge that most advertisers come up with different messages, ...

Abstract

Exploring new territories for business outside known boundaries has become a preferred growth Strategy for business firms intending expansion of business operations. However, transferring business operations to new countries is not an easy proposition as it involves investigation of several factors affecting global business and establishing growth objectives in qualitative and quantitative terms. Business goals and environmental factors act as decisive elements in finalizing the country as well as formulation of strategy for expansion. The expansion goals of PPQ parts have been quantified within a period of 4 years and have been a basis for developing the strategic plans ...

Capital Project’s Analysis- Adobe Systems

About the paper The paper is commissioned to comprehensively discuss the fixed asset spending and the sub-avenues in which the amount is being spent by Adobe Inc. during the past two years. In order to introduce impeccable discussion, we will be relying on multiple resources, though the primary source will be the latest annual report of the company. In addition to the above stated discuss, we will also present our view as to whether the capital spending on the new projects is viable and whether the amount being spent is appropriate given the company’s announcement in press releases.

Latest capital spending on the fixed assets

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The Divine Comedy is a Medieval Poem that represents a journey of hell, heaven, and paradise. Dante’s journey explores the specifications that he and other people may acquire when determining their outcome of heaven or hell. His words express the sinfulness that occurs on earth and the reflection it has as punishment. The souls’ punishment of Hell reflects the disadvantage of traveling to Heaven. In Inferno, the sinners symbolize the hatefulness that occurs and the price that their souls pay in Hell. “He talks about the wrath of God and the souls coming together from every country”. . Dante ...

Introduction:

The United Kingdom is the world’s eighth largest tourist destination with over 36 million visitors in the country in the year 2015. Direct spending by tourists is estimated at over $22 billion, which is equivalent to about 2% of GDP. Most of the tourists to the United Kingdom are from mainland Europe, accounting for approximately 60% of all tourists. Despite this, the most profitable tourists for the United Kingdom are from the North American market consisting of the United States and Canada (Delloite, 2013). Although this segment accounts for less than ten percent of overall tourist numbers, it ...

Introduction

Natural disasters (e.g. forest fire, hurricane, tsunami) and persistent terrorism attacks remind companies, guests, and staffs of the hospitality industry to be ready for all forms of emergency. Security is not confined to only one element. Rather, it has been categorised into different kinds ranging from property damage prevention to potential injury and death within the hotel vicinity. To enhance security, numerous hotels have used closed circuit televisions, smoke detectors, fire sprinklers, and electronic locks. Hence, there are three types of security, namely, security of systems, security of persons, and physical aspects (Kusluvan et al., 2010). This paper discusses ...

A good number of individuals would love to spend some of the time in a casino during their vacation considering that there are great gambling destinations globally, even though not all of them offer an amazing experience. With the increased online activity, most people will resort to the internet in such of an awesome vacation destination that offers great gambling experience and Monaco always appears as one of such destination. Monaco is the second smallest and the most populous country globally with a population of about thirty thousand people in addition to being home to Monte Carlo, a prominent ...

Alternative are important because they provided varied ways in which a given objective can be achieved thus influencing the decision-making process since they will enable the decision maker to compare the alternative and select the best with respect to various assumptions. In my life, when I was choosing the course to study at the university, I analyzed my interests and passions and devised ways in which I could pursue to achieve this objective. Through consultation and self-reflection, I choose a business focused course since it will match my skills and competencies from an array of various mathematics based course ...

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Abstract

The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

Despite all other tourist destination in North America, Cancun in Mexico is easily recognizable and popular for a reason. The Mexican destination is a unique place to visit during a vacations, it’s a remarkable place where it extends beyond beach fun. I guess for every individual visiting Mexico, Cancun would not miss on the list. It has unique experiences, jungle tour, swimming with dolphins, bird’s eyes and turtle farm, among other things. This essay paper is about the experience of the trip to Cancun, Mexico. The essay focuses on the two contradictory assumptions, where they originate, where ...

When I first came into this class, I did not know what to expect. I did not know anything about human trafficking, except for having a general idea of what it is. I assumed that this class would teach me at least about the prevalence of human trafficking throughout the world including regional trends, as well as the reasons for it, and the ways to combat it. Since I did not have any preconceived notions about this subject, I cannot say that I had any beliefs that were challenged in the course of studying it. The UNIAP sponsored a ...

In the business operation, outsourcing refers to the act of contracting out some business processes to a third party. The factors that drive business to decide on outsourcing their business processes are diverse. They include factors such as technological development, skilled laborers, costs such as labor cost and raw materials amongst other factors. Outsourcing can either be done within the same country or outside often referred to as offshoring and nearshoring respectively. Some of the major drivers that force businesses to outsource some of the business process include costs, strict government regulations, taxes and incentives (Carmel & Nicholson, 2007). In ...

Summary of the Dubai Reading

Kazim (2010) wrote a historical article about Dubai, tracing the economic steps of this important city from the early XIX to the beginning of the XXI century.

Dubai in the Early Colonial Period (1820-1945)

Kazim reports that the British took over the area known as the Trucial Emirates (the current United Arab Emirates, UAE) with the destruction of the Al-Qawasin, an Arab mercantile group, in the 1820s (Kazim, 2010, pg. 75). The British leveled the existing key mercantile cities, took over the ports and established their colonialism, which contained the trade only within the British Empire. This was a harsh blow to a region which traded ...

The destination is a resort in the mountains that will be secluded from the city.

The destination is created based on the need to have a variety of tour destinations that are not mostly by the beach. The host will be a farm that will have different activities that the guests will have available to them. The hosts will be involved based on the performance of the current destination.

The involvement will depend on the finances invested in the destination.

The destination aims to attract visitors who want a change from the tropical destinations and want to partake in activities that will involve seclusion from the crowds of people in the beaches and cities. For the constructor, there will be a change in the perception ...

Communication System

The key elements of a data communication system are the source, the transmitter, the transmission system, the receiver and the destination. The source will be used in the generation of the data to be transmitted. The transmitter has a purpose of transforming and encoding the data into signals that can be transmittable for example the transformation from a digital bit stream to the corresponding analogue signal. The transmission system serves the purpose of carrying the data and it can be in terms of a transmission line or a complex network connecting the source and the destination. The receiver will ...

Introduction

The city of Belfast has its fair share of world history that spans thousands of years (Phoenix 2001). Additionally, the bursting apprentice on ship building and heritage pride have placed it at the top of favorite tourists’ destination around the globe. Belfast is a true definition of old and new with a deep history and vast thirst to replicate an ultra-modern way of life for its residents and endless streams of visitors. As such, his paper will analyze its past events, facts, and figures surrounding Belfast. Additionally, it will outline strategies that will be adopted to turn around the ...

Democratization has helped Hamilton’s tourism destination because of easily accessible travel centers that help make travel possible. Being able to book holiday rooms and plan trips ahead of schedule has been made easier. Promoting affordable stay and low-cost travel. Promotion and advertising that allows access for tourism trips. Travel leaders are easily available to make tourism resourceful and easy. The ability to have air travel to get to the destination with ease. “The Holiday bundle or package is easily purchased in advance to ensure a great deal for tourists to come and visit the destination” . Hamilton uses a ...

The Name of the Class

Cross-Cultural Experiences in the movie “Outsourced” The customs and cultures of India were developed by the country’s traditions that date back almost a few thousands of years. The significance most of these cultural behavior and traditions have in the people of India can be elusive to the average American. For instance, the picture of Kaali (the goddess of destruction), carrying the severed head of a man, hung on the wall of Todd’s (the protagonist) bedroom, is quite a disconcerting picture for the average American. But in India, it is a picture of relief. Similarly, the intermittent animal ( ...

Executive Summary

Globalization of economy and continuous innovations have necessitated business organizations to think beyond familiar premises. Business organizations are exploring opportunities in new territories for diversifying into new products to confront the challenges that have emerged from increasing competition and market saturation. Countries like India and China have emerged as preferable destinations for product expansion because of liberalization of business policies, a promising growth rate and availability of skills and other resources at a cheaper rate compared to United States and Europe (Johnson & Tellis 2008). However establishing business operations in a new country can only be successful if it is ...

Voice over IP

Abstract Organisations and business alike are embracing the use and application of various forms of information technology in their business processes and operations in equal measure. There is a myriad of benefits associated with the use and application of various forms of information technology in business operations and processes. Computer networking has facilitated the advancements currently witnessed in information technology (Jahanirad, AL-Nabhani and Rafidah 4954). While the use and application of information technology have its benefits, it presents various disadvantages as well. Voice over IP is one form of information technology that has been utilised by numerous businesses and ...

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1. Explain how tourism can contribute towards socio-cultural conservation Tourists are generally interested, apart from sight-seeing, in exploring the social and cultural peculiarities of the locations they visit. They are interested in the local food habits, dance and cultural forms. In many parts of the world cultural forms have been resurrected and revived mainly for entertaining tourists. Tourists are willing to pay good money to watch dance, rituals and other performing arts which are unique to the town or village that they are visiting and this creates a demand for the local artists who can ...

Air Cargo Ships May Soon Alter Global Supply Chains

Air Cargo Ships May Soon Alter Global Supply Chains

Abstract

Most companies across the world applying sophistication in their supply chain designs are engaging in the use of air cargo as a competitive advantage regardless of the costs incurred. These aspects occur with the reflection that air cargo being perceived expensive in terms of an alternative method for supply chains that rely on ocean transportation. However, the focus on air cargo does not emerge on the basis of the accidents or even crisis situations in the incorporation of logistics strategies to global manufacturers. Research indicates that the focus on air ...

Education and Healthy lifestyle are the shaking pillars of the American Dream

The American dream is no a destination, but a journey – to paraphrase a famous saying. Insanely quick development and emancipation of society has led to change of the game. Today it is not enough to be either smart or beautiful; in order to get ahead of others in modern the world, one needs to be both. Higher education has always been an index of success. Just as a body image becoming nowadays. People aim to take care of their brains just as much as they take care about their bodies. Especially the latter has been elevated to the rank ...