Essays on Developing Country

Outsourcing manufacturing activities from a local community to the developing countries is a decision that raises different opinions for varied organizations, community members as well as the workers in the foreign nations. The ethicality of the whole process needs to be considered in such a way that the process does not have adverse consequences to the progress of the community. Several scholars have related the process of outsourcing manufacturing to a developing country with the need for an organization to reduce on the cost of production as well as exploit the labor readily available in the developing nations. This ...

Introduction

Corporate Social Responsibility, also known as CSR in business management circles, is a newer facet of business in most developed markets. Unlike previous generations of businesspeople and businesses that tended to put profit before all else, businesses in the modern world are more likely to put other concerns on an equal footing with profits; sometimes this is referred to as a “triple bottom line” (Carroll & Buchholtz, 20114). The triple bottom line refers to the people, the planet, and the profits that a business makes; all three of these things must be a concern for businesses in the modern world. ...

International Comparison of Data

With the help of the World Health Organization's “Statistical Information System database” the paper will compare two totally different countries. The comparison will be made between the United States and Nigeria. I decided to compare two countries with different political system, different geography and development. For the comparison three health indicators were chosen: “life expectancy at birth in years, under-5 mortality rate per1000 live births and total expenditure on health per capita”. All three indicators are a global indicator for deciding the health conditions, among others in the countries. Life expectancy at birth shows “the overall mortality level of ...

Today, there is a broad consensus among policymakers and mainstream economists in developed countries and international institutions that a secure property rights regime (defined in terms of the transparency, impartiality, and competence of the judicial system) plays a critical role in economic development. Yet this view is a recent phenomenon; it is only in recent decades that the importance of property rights has entered the economic literature. Of course, throughout much of the early history of modern economics, the existence of private property rights was a presumption that underlay the work of leading economic thinkers. It is no wonder ...

Article Summary: Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning

China has emerged as a considerable force in world economic set up as it is leading efforts to create new world order (Golub, 2016). In this regard, China has pursued an extensive geographical segmentation strategy where it has sought to dislodge existing market leaders such as Japan and the US, that is, China is “rewriting the rules”. It objective is to win more markets in East Asia, Africa, South America and South Asian trade routes. It has created an “East Asia-centric South-South trading system” which it has invoked to create new regional as well as transcontinental linkages.

Targeting

China targets ...

The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid in the Philippines

In the past, peace and war have shown the diverse effect on the distribution of foreign aids to the recipient nations which have been affected by war. The effects of war and peace on the foreign aids are either positive or negative and also with different magnitude. Foreign aids given to the affected countries which are usually the third world countries is usually technical aid, military aid, financial aid and humanitarian aid (Callaway & Matthews, 2008). The intention of the donor country is usually to help the poor in the country get their basic wants which at the same time ...

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Introduction

Components of a networked community Characteristics of a network society Privacy of information Identity and networked communities Effect of emergence of networked society on capital and labor Arguments for a networked society Critiques of the network society Conclusion Reference The Networked Society Introduction In the current world, people have access to adequate, accurate, and timely information. The interconnection of people has been made possible by the tremendous improvement in technology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The access and affordability of communication devices like computers and phones for a long time has brought about a gradual change ...

Disruptive Business Models

Disruptive innovation model, which explains why the world’s largest companies fail with the advent of new technologies, was named one of the most important for modern business. The author of this concept, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who wrote the book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (originally published in 1997), led Thinkers50 rating of the most notable business thinkers in 2011 and 2013 (Thinkers50, 2013). According to Christensen’s model, at the time the new technology occurs in the market, it is still very flawed, and by most of the ...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STDs stand for those diseases that are spread through sexual contact from one person to another. There are approximately twenty- five such diseases which fall into this category. According to the estimations of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), approximately nineteen million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases are registered every year. Nearly fifty percent of these cases are seen to be occurring among the people belonging to the age group of fifteen to twenty- four. On an average, the United States spend 15.9 billion dollars annually on the treatment and diagnosis of those ...

Introduction: It has to be taken into account that outsourcing of low paid jobs is something that has been a practice for past some years in this country. The jobs are outsourced to developing nations where there is scope of finding low paid labors owing to the economic disparity between the countries. Main body 1: Low paid jobs are outsourced as it works to enhance the profit margin of the businesses in the country.

Labor is cheap in developing nations of the world.

This is due to the huge population and asymmetrical economic growth in those countries. (Gutman, 2004) However, this only works to enhance the profit margin ...

Target market: African Youths

In almost all African countries, young people are the majority. It is estimated that there are over 200 million people aged between 15 and 25 years in Africa (Africaneconomicoutlook.org, 2016). According to the African Economic Outlook, about 50% of the African youth are illiterate hence, they are locked out of the productive economic life. Youth unemployment in African states is very high. It is estimated that youth unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is over 20% (Africaneconomicoutlook.org, 2016). The continent is also plagued by poor infrastructure and poor transport systems, especially in the rural areas. The most used transport means ...

Strategic Management of Agribusiness Literature Review

Agribusiness is a profitable source of income of the agricultural sector. It normally tends to be an extensive business operation, to which may dabble in different agribusiness process. The success of agribusiness lies in effective strategies being employed as well as the application of efficient management approach. This paper aims to review various articles pertaining to the role of strategic management when it comes to operating an agribusiness. Additionally, this paper will review the various actions that must be employed when it comes to sustaining the profitability of agribusiness despite the changes in the external environment, such as government ...

Introduction

Environmental degradation is not uncommon. In fact, it is one of the most talked about topic in international conventions and forums. Apparently, the degradation of the environment is not only a local concern. Environmental problems such as climate change, deforestation, pollution and many others are perpetrated in a local and national level and yet it has global ramifications. However, despite the fact that there are international agencies that creates environmental policies, the effectiveness of these policies and regulations largely depend on the propensity of a particular nation to implement it. The nation’s territorial powers and sovereignty make it ...

According to the recent State of the World’s Cities Report 2012, a holistic and integrated approach is essential for the well-being of all. It is critical to get aware of the new risks and support the cities to make the world progress economically, socially and environmentally. Although different crises of varying intensity have hit the cities, it is felt that cities can provide a solution for the regional and global crises via flexible and creative platforms. Part One: Prosperity and Urban Trends The future cities will be the center of prosperity. The human beings find their basic needs ...

Introduction

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained popularity in the recent past in the different parts of the world that experience varied policy issues, cultural difference, and development level. The above paper will thus try to understand the how the concept of CSR is applied in the different business settings and identify the gaps that exist in such setting. CSR is thus regarded as the necessary voluntary action that is taken by commercial enterprises other than the legal requirements to show their concern for an efficient management of the economy, environment and a positive impact on society (Simionescu 181). The ...

Examining competitive advantage

Introduction Over the years, nations across the world have been trading together due to the fact that one nation cannot entirely depend on itself. It is from that theory that the international trade emerged. Nations have increasingly become interdependent as they try to balance between the exports and the imports in terms of goods and services. The theory of competitive advantage has made the world market produce quality goods and services at a reduced price. More technological advancements has also made the world markets to advance, this has led to the emergence of open trade in which a business ...

Examining culture-specific differences

Examining culture-specific differences

Part one: The West Georgia Community Mobilization Initiative (W-GCMI).

The West Georgia Community Mobilization Initiative (W-GCMI) was a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in West Georgia between 2000 and 2004. The project was scheduled to run for four years under full implementation by CARE International. The W-GCMI project targeted vulnerable communities. It aimed at mobilizing the communities through their leaders towards various projects that improved their lives. CARE provided various grants through community based organizations as a way of enhancing community mobilization. Through this initiative, the communities were empowered to manage finances and develop mechanisms to end suffering. While ...

MM3: Organizational development as applied in COP21

In the year 2015 between 30th November and 11 December the Paris climate conference COP21 was a conference held in Paris (Configurations of finish industries, 2015). The main focus of the conference was for the G20 countries to reach a legally binding decision on climate protection measures that will be observed globally. There was need for structural change of The Confederation of Finish Industries (EK). More countries were to be involved and therefore a much advanced communication links had to be taken in to consideration (Moorhead, 1992). There was also a need to involve the management of various industries ...

Article Summaries

In the last years of the twentieth century, AIDS hit the world. It was a disease that was seen by many as a direct death sentence. HIV, the virus that caused the disease, is immune to any vaccine or cure. The situation was slowly brought under control in the developed nations. However, in the developing nation, things continued to get worse. In 2002, 25.3 million people in Africa were infected with the disease. In South Africa, 4.7 million people were infected and out of the over 40 million people who were living with the disease, 24.4 million died. Drugs ...

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The article by Alfred Chandler opens the topic, which has resonance and gives purpose for long discussion next to it. The question why some country’s economy growth is fast and others not, and how modern management techniques are related to it. It is arguable and interesting at the same time. Therefore, after first step was done and the opinion on the subject was formed, it can be supposed that next author’s task of making critical reviews, additions and contradictions were easier. Let us compare one of such following works by Albert Fishlow, whose opinion on monopoly and ...

Thesis Statement

Businesses operations in today’s world cannot survive without providing benefits to the society within which they operate. Creating Shared Value (CSV) is an idea that gained prominence in 2011, and it goes beyond the corporate social responsibility of a company which several companies adopt in a vain effort to create a false picture of societal concern. Nestle decided to go against the latter and took the idea in 2006, and this paper elaborates how it has gone about it, the company's vision and mission statement and its current standing via a SWOT analysis.

Theory of the Firm

Nestle is a company committed ...

The problems of hunger and poverty in developing countries appear to be of great importance nowadays. However, the issues regarding foreign aid tend to be disregarded and usually do not find proper reflection in the minds of politicians leading both supporting and needy nations. At the same time, hunger and poverty are not the typical characteristics of wartime, but rather evident images of the gap between rich and poor countries that has been widened over the past decades. It is important, therefore, to investigate the effects of war actions and peacetime on developing countries, and reveal the possible way ...

Introduction

Development has always been a key issue among developing countries in Africa. All countries in Africa are termed as developing countries, meaning that they are still grappling in poverty issues such as food insecurity. These countries are well endowed with vast natural resources which if used wisely would ensure that many of the problems that such countries face would be solved. The problem that makes these countries lag behind when it comes to development is the lack of proper institutions to propagate the needed changes that need to be made (Kumo, 2009). Many institutions that are currently present are ...

Argumentative essay on the topic

Nowadays, people drink coffee, and coffee beans can be seen at numerous coffee shops. However, if people eat chocolate, they are unlikely to have seen cocoa beans, which have a form of the pinkish almond-like seeds and grow on cacao trees. The native region of the trees is South America but now they grow all over the world only near the equator. Ivory Coast in West Africa is the largest cocoa producer along with Ghana, Indonesia, Brazil, and Nigeria. Intensive labor is required to harvest and produce cocoa beans; however, government and economic forces are gradually driving the price ...

One of the first results of the UN decision taken by the UN General Assembly in 1946, the formation of Children's Fund of the United Nations (UNICEF) as one of the UN agencies in providing assistance for children in Europe after the Second World War. When in 1950 the term actually ended fund, at the request of Asia, Africa and Latin America to the General Assembly of the UN adopted a decision on the inclusion of UNICEF in the United Nations as a permanent structure whose purpose is to meet the long-term needs of children in developing countries, developing ...

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What is the difference between demand “Wallahs” and supply “Wallahs”? “Supply wallahs” focus on the idea in which the policy makers of the educational systems emphasize on the strategies to incorporate education in the society by means of providing students with the educational opportunities and ensuring the availability of the skilled educators in the educational institutions. However, “demand wallahs” are focued on the idea of limiting the availability of the educational opportunities when they are not required in the society and hence, the lack of parents’ interest in availability of the educational opportunities is considered as ...

What is Public Sector Corruption

A phenomenon that has really stood the test of time in the world is corruption. Whether it was ancient Greece, Rome, India or China; corruption has been prevalent across the ages and is today, one of the most insidious global traits that is undermining the healthy development of social and economic structures in developed and developing countries. Public sector corruption is corruption that is prevalent in government or a government body, which uses public funds to provide public services (Slater, 2011). Public sector corruption is also defined as the discharge of public duties in favor of bribery and corrupt ...

[Date: mm/dd/yyyy] Late development enhances the acquisition of the innovative systems due to which differed national institutions and business systems originate. The developing countries may encounter with the high cost of technology and resource utilization, however, it remains at the cost advantage in comparison with the developed countries due to low labor cost. The late developing countries acquire knowledge and experience from the developed countries due to which they originate their systems and institutions in an effective manner and thus, can boost their GDP by learning from the developed countries efficiently. The late development ensures the flow of knowledge, ...

Impact of Globalization on Developing Countries and Japan

Impact of Globalization on Developing Countries and Japan Globalization is the integration and interaction among individuals, governments, and companies in the entire world (Holroyd & Coates, 2012, p. 15). Information technology and the international investment and trade facilitate the process of globalization. Consequently, globalization has a profound influence on various economies and subsectors. Japan has experienced a series of advancements through globalization, and has in turn invested in automobiles, high tech products, and microelectronic gadgets or products. However, the benefits of globalization to Japan are much less in comparison with the demerits.

Impact of Globalization in Japan

Globalization has influenced Japan in a negative way, ...

Privatization is a process where the ownership of a company owned by government of a country is transferred to private owners. Over the years there have been continuous debates as to whether privatization really has positive impacts on the economic growth especially in developing countries (Crowder, 2012). Privatization is an essential tool for supporting economic growth since it creates necessary structural changes in all sectors and it institutes property rights. With these changes in a free market economy, private owners are able to make investment decisions based on their interest there allowing cheaper transactions that supports specialization leading to ...

Femicide in the U.S. and Mexico Femicide in the U.S. and Mexico This paper seeks to focus on femicide and physical violence against women in both the US and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Femicide is the act of murdering women for the simple reason that they are of female gender (Koutsoyannis, 2011). Essentially, gender inequality is one of the most long-lived social, political, and economic struggles globally. The idea that women are lesser beings just because they are females is a primitive perspective in the contemporary world where liberty and civil rights have now come of age. As such, ...

Effects of Air Pollution on Health

In this paper, we will critically review the article based on a research conducted by Chit- Ming Wong, Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, Haidong Kan, and Zhengmin Qian. The title of the paper is Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA): A Multicity Study of Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality; published in the September 2008 issue of the journal, “Environmental Health Perspectives”. The article has included a total of twenty-seven significant literature studies which were based on the same subject. Quite a many articles were taken from some renowned databases like those of the ‘World Health Organization (WHO)’ ...

The European Union

Introduction The EU is an economic and political body comprising of twenty-eight countries mainly in Europe. The EU focuses various issues ranging from economic mobility, stability, transparency, and negotiates as a single entity in the world using a regional policy. This paper focuses on the regional policy of the EU and the smart Specialization, an aspect of the regional policy. There is no doubt that the OECD is one of the most significant organization in the EU. One of the notable roles of the OECD is to carry out research and coordinate activities for the thirty-four member states of ...

Investigation into Online Retailers and Offline Retailers Shopping Unending Debate

Introduction Since the advent of technologies supporting online shopping, this new trend has gained popularity steadily. Statistics in the United Kingdom show an exponential growth in the online retail sales. For instance, Herrod (2015) reported that online sales in the United Kingdom n 2015 were 52.25 billion pound sterling. This signified a 16.2% growth from the sales reported in the previous year at 44.97 billion pound sterling (Herrod, 2015). The increase in online sales is fueled by among other factors, the increase in the number of online shoppers. For instance, Herrod (2015) reported that 21.2 of the total purchases ...

1.Identify three uses for a frequency distribution. Epidemiologists use a variety of methods to summarize data. One fundamental method is the frequency distribution. The frequency distribution is a table, which displays how many people fall into each category of a variable such as age, income level, or disease status. Epidemiologists examine factors/variables that are predictors for health outcomes; they also observe patterns of distribution of illness, disability and health-related outcomes (Woodward 10). Among values in statistical data, there may be a presence of repetition within the data set; this is referred to as the frequency of that variable. The ...

The relation between an epidemic and world economy

Epidemics have been influencing our world since time immemorial, affecting all the living creatures. Nowadays, apart from those alive, they also make damage to a more abstract product of our activity, which is economic development. Depending on different circumstances, related to the very health issue or to the well-being of its coverage territories and states, the scope of damage varies; for example, “[r]ecent epidemics of HIV/AIDS (and the linked epidemic of TB) and SARS have had strong impacts on the wealth of households, businesses and, in some cases, entire economies” (Bloom & Canning, 2006, p. 26). Consequently, all the ...

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Introduction

Electronic commerce or e-commerce is the new way of doing business and is already impacting different sectors across the world such as communications, finance, retail and a lot many more. The electronic commerce has transformed the way business is done and affects large sectors such as communications, finance and retail. It carries potentially pervasive effects on routine business activities.What is e-commerce? The World Wide Web-based buying and selling of goods and services is fundamentally known as E-commerce. The barriers to electronic commerce have fallen for both buyers and sellers. Today, just about ...

Abstract

Over the years, the countries of the Arab world have struggled with economic backwardness and various socio-political issues. Activation and intensive development of the Arab world began about 50 years ago. After the Second World War, Middle Eastern countries began economic and political integration, which allowed them to achieve a higher level of progress and strengthen their position in the world. Many researchers argue that the development of the Arab countries and their integration with the West caused the development of terrorism. Only a few decades ago, such reality as terrorism did not exist, but in the last decade, ...

Impacts of World Trade Organization to Country

Research Journal 1: Research Design

The research questions are critical postulates to this topic, and they help toward unraveling the positive impacts associated with a country that is a member state to the WTO. WTO as the name suggests is a global or conglomerate trade platform win which countries ascribe their membership, and comply with its policy stipulations and frameworks (Hoekman, Aaditya and Philip 45). The following research questions will help in giving the actual impacts of WTO to a country. What are the relationships between a country’s participation in the WTO and its level of development? This ...

The reading of the course materials and watching of supplementary vides on natural resource management reveals that human wellbeing is dependent upon improved management of natural resources. While the human race has made tremendous progress through exploitation of the natural environment, they have not handled the management of the physical environment well. Watching the video on human quest reveals that while the world has tremendous diversity in biodiversity, people have not been conscious of their impact on the ecosystem. Nonetheless, the present generation is continuously becoming aware of sustainable ways of exploiting the natural environment. In the video The ...

International Business

International managers need to understand variation in unit labor costs (ULC) in various countries so that they can be able to form solid decision during internationalization. Unit labor costs weigh the mean cost of labor per unit output. Managers must understand unit labor costs in operation in the countries they are targeting to start a business (Dustmann et al., 170). United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has documented data that implied ULCs differs in various countries. Understanding variations in ULCs will enable managers to initiate business only to countries with a lower unit labor costs and refrain from countries ...

Introduction

Both the developing and other developed countries are focused on increasing the amount of foreign direct investments within the economy. The requirement of cash and financial resources within an economy are minimum, and therefore, they require additional investment to support the development and operational processes. Research has revealed that the amount of foreign direct investments in most of the developing countries has increased including Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, etc.) (Azeem et al., 2012). The core reason for the increase in FDI is that foreign investors earn higher returns on their investments in developing countries. The FDI not only increases the ...

Van der Pol defines tacit knowledge as knowledge that is “implicit, non-conscious and unacknowledged and is acquired through practice, socialization and habits”. Acquisition of tacit knowledge of other people’s culture may prevent ethnocentric bias in a world that is experiencing social economic and political relational growth among countries (Scott 262). This would lead to mutual respect and harmony among people with different cultural backgrounds brought together by these ever growing relations. The form of knowledge has been enhanced by increased integration of social, economic and political systems. The world has become a global village that has resulted in ...

International Law and Global Inequality

The simple basic definition of international law is a group of rules that countries observe when interacting with each other. There are three distinct legal directions in the international law and they are: Public International Law that involves the relationship between sovereign nations and international legal entities as the International Court; Private International Law which deals with questions when jurisdictions are in conflict and Supranational Law like treaties, conventions, etc., that the states adopt in a voluntary and collective way. Logically, three more questions are outlined as: is the International law a real law like the national laws; where ...

International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization with the headquarter in Washington D.C. which consists of 188 countries, which aim is to promote global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability and obtain sustainable economic growth, maintain fair international trade, develop high employment together with reducing poverty all over the world. Together with the World Bank, the IMF is the largest public fund in the whole world

Objectives

It was founded at the End of World War II, in July 1944 at a Bretton Woods’ conference of UN by the decision of 44 countries in order to avoid the same devaluations, ...

Executive Summary

Technological advancements have led to the growth of the internet and the revolution of the digital platforms for various economies. The emergence of e-learning businesses has not only impacted on the education sector but also on the way firms carry out their operations. The fruits of e-learning in education can be seen clearly in the just-in-time learning and flexibility in teaching modules. The management and operation of firm’s activities have been boosted by the various training and development activities arising from e-learning. The innovation has spread as well as globalized various economies. However, despite all these, e-learning businesses ...

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The Four Characteristics of the Company's Marketing 4

Intangibility 4 Inseparability 4 Heterogeneity 4 Perishability 4 2) The Problem Area of Kathmandu NZ. 4

Performance Objectives & Purpose of Operation. 4

The Four Vs analysis 5 Volume 5 Variety 5 Variability 5 Visibility 5 Causes of the Problem: 6 Factors Causing the Problem 6 Problem Statement 7 3) The Root Causes of the Problem: Key Objectives of the Operation. 7

The Root Cause: 7

The Key Objectives of the Operation: 8 Quality Performance Objective 8 Speed Performance Objective 8 Dependability Performance Objective 8 Flexibility Performance Objective 8 Costs Performance Objective 8 4) Planning: The Preventive and Corrective Actions. 9

The corrective actions 9

The preventive action 9 Chart 1: E-commerce Planning ...

Global Health

TED talk: " How we'll stop polio for good" This TED talk was presented by Bruce Aylward in 2011. In this talk, Bruce presented financial, moral, and scientific case for eliminating polio. He told that perhaps we are taking the polio vaccine for granted and have not considered the terrible outcomes of polio epidemic. With the help of global health funding policies and communities, we can remove the problem of polio. He also told that we have to learn lessons from polio and can apply the learned lessons to any of the upcoming horrific disease. He also enabled the listeners ...

Abstract:

Many experts argue that there needs to be high flexibility in the way in which the economic integration policies are set. This means that there will be a space for allowing speed and formulations of geometry, regarding the developing economies. There should not be such an integration which overlaps with the memberships in such organizations and contains varied objectives, keeping up with each one being a tough task to handle. The way in which a developing can choose the right global economic integration for itself is by making comparisons and distinctions between the comparative advantage of the preferences in ...

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The multinational organizations like Apple have the utmost responsibility to follow labor laws and standards when they operate in countries outside their home country. The multinational organizations must operate in a manner that it can develop a balance in their economic interests, environmental and labor laws. Most of these companies, operate in low-cost labor countries as they want to maintain their production costs, which results in the exploitation of labor such as hazardous working conditions and employing child labor (Goldberg, p.1).

What possible ethical dilemmas are on the horizon? What makes you think that?

Outsourcing business operations to developing countries is a highly profitable ...

Internal Environment Analysis

Value chain Primary activities Inbound Logistics Ford utilizes the plant-centric approach that allows the suppliers to make multiple deliveries of the same parts to different plants. The storage involves input control and warehousing of all materials or different parts.

Operations

The company transforms the raw materials into finished goods while creating the most direct value in their manufacturing process. The manufacturing process is environmental conscious because it involves environmental management, sustainable mobility, efficient energy and oil consumption, and health and safety.

Outbound logistics

The company has adopted a build- to order fulfillment strategy to reduce the cost pressure from the rising stocks. ...

The Concept of Happiness in Developing Nations

Happiness is a very complex emotion that has various interpretations and causes. In an individual perspective, it is invoked by an extraordinary event or while experiencing feelings such as triumph and pleasure. Some experience it because of an intangible or tangible item given by someone important. Happiness also works with other emotions such as love and faith. However, determining a country’s happiness is a different story considering their differences in political, economic and social aspects. Some argue that developed countries are happier than others but others contradict this sentiment, stressing that developing nations are actually happier than their ...

Environmental Worldview

Research Question

How has globalization changed local culture?

Hypothesis

Globalization has diluted and compromised most local cultures in developing countries

Development of Research Instruments

The research aims to determine the extent to which globalization has diluted local cultures in developing countries. The accomplishment of this goal will employ three research instruments, including; the statistical data method, comparative and field methods.

Statistical data Method

Positivists largely depend on this method since it is believed to be the most convenient and efficient way to evaluate society and its problems.  Since this research will adopt a sociological topic and delve into a social question, this method will ...

Answer the questions

Answer the questions - The simplifying assumption that Weber made in his theory of plant location held that the transportation costs of raw materials and the final product were influential. In other words, the location of an industry was ought to be located where the cost of conveying the resources along with the end products were at a negligible. As a result, he brought about the concept of weight-gaining case and the weight losing case. Hence, the industry was better located at a central place more especially between the raw materials and the market. It was, without a doubt that the ...

Discussion 1:

Globalization has led to an increasing melding of the developed and developing worlds, with the latter being more easily accessible due to the ease with which individuals and organizations can reach out to countries. In this photo, an African woman carries her child with her in a papoose on her back, while she holds material in a cardboard box above her head, transporting goods from one place to another. The photo intends to symbolize the influence of nations upon each other – the cardboard box, a symbol of industrialization, is being used for great utility by this member of a developing nation. This picture ...

CEMEX, a multinational building materials company has exhibited a number of strengths in its report. These strengths range from operational to capital and strategic. They have indeed made it trade well in the local and international markets. CEMEX has consolidated itself as a major supplier of building materials globally by strengthening its capital base. This follows its major acquisition in 2005 of RMC Corporation, the largest buyer of cement. This has been further solidified by the $15.3 billion majority takeover of Australia’s Rinker Group. The unique ability to integrate acquisitions by introducing the best practices makes it reap the ...

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY

International Business Strategy - The recent research in the coffee industry indicates growing trends in the consumption of the premium coffee in the developed and developing countries. This aspect is highly valuable for Espressamente’s (an Illy brand) strategic decision of increasing its international presence, because Illy is recognized as the best coffee in Italy, destined for the premium consumers (Alon and Lohwasser, 2012). Another reason that sustains Espressamente’s intention of pursuing an international expansion resides in the fact that despite the high competition existent in the coffee industry, the developed and developing countries possess a high potential ...

Accounting Practices in third world countries

The developing or less developed countries are referred to third world countries that have great diversity among them. In this category, some poorest countries of the world (Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Grenada) and some are not-so-poor countries (Qata, Saudi Arabia) are included (Guan and Pourjalali, 2010). For industrialization, some are very poorly industrialized while others have moved to industrialization. So, the culture and political environment of these countries are different to each other that influence the accounting practices of these countries and affect the accounting of companies or branch operations which are US based.

Financial accounting in third world ...

This is an interesting case where The Candelstik company of Canada wants to strike a deal with a departmental store chain in Mexico for supply of their goods. The problem with the deal is there is a cultural difference in both the companies as they are from different counties. Even the economies are different as Canada is a developed economy whereas Mexico is a developing economy. Both the team wants the best deal for their respective companies.

In the case discussed the problems faced is to understand the cultural difference. The major difference in culture between developed economies and developing economies. Usually the ...