Essays on Economy.

Wal-Mart stores Inc. is an American multinational corporation in the retail industry operating a chain of department stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets. It operates in 28 countries with an average of 11620 stores as at 31 December 2015. It operates as Wal-Mart in Canada and the US but adopts different names in various countries to associate with the locals (Dunnett, 2000, p.101). According to Fortune Global 500 List of 2014, Wal-Mart is the largest company in the world in terms of revenue and the largest private employer with approximately 2.2 million employees. The Samsung flat smart screen TV is ...

2016-02-11 Is sustainable or steady state economY possible or practical? Nowadays, the concept of sustainable development is widespread. Almost all areas identify so-called principles of their sustainable development. Economics is not the exception. The category “economic sustainability” connects with the concepts of balance and developmental stability. As we know, the majority of resources is limited on the Earth. And the economics can not grow permanently. It is limited by different factors. In this case, sustainable or steady state economy is the most fitting decision. Let’s analyze if it is possible to implement it. The current economic system is ...

The Gilded Age, the period in American History directly following the Civil War was a departure from other earlier periods in the young country’s history. Mark Twain in the book by the same name tries to make this abundantly clear, the new age was one that was driven not by military expansion nor for the need for land but for the need for investment and goods. TWealthy Eastern families and tycoons made their fortunes in the Gilded Age by joining in the spirit of the age which was a call to the great wide open frontier. The spirit ...

Obesity has become a problematic trend in the America since 1980 with more than double the cases of adults affected and cases among adolescents tripling. Statistics further indicate that around 300,000 premature deaths were reported associated with obesity showing the perils of obesity and its deadly effect on the American economy. ("Big Fat Liability Case") As of 2012 the economy has had to deal with the spiraling costs of treating diabetes at a whopping $190 billion dollars annually and its effects on the health care system was catastrophic. The catastrophic cause of obesity in the country was simply ...

The 2016 Olympic event is to be held in Rio in Brazil. This will be the first time for such an event to be held in the countries of South America. Brazil beat Tokyo Madrid and Chicago to win this chance. The Olympic will involve a line of activities ranging from athletics, gymnastics, ball games and other field events. To achieve all these within the stipulated span, the country has set up different venues for each set of events. The beach volleyball shall be held at Copacabana beach; the aquatics games at Peodoro while Barra will be the central ...

China is dealing with tons of waste produced every day. With unsustainable development and production, countries are exploiting natural and other resources and causing environmental degradation, polluting the air, water, land and soil. With inappropriate waste disposals, the environment is becoming polluted, and is dangerous for health of people. With increasing concern of people regarding environmental pollution, and its effect on health, protests were seen through the last whole year in the communist country. The topic is important, because more and more incarnation plants are being constructed in China, which are causing havoc to environment, and are also putting ...

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a) The “due process” procedure includes consultations from financial analysts, accountants, stock exchanges, FASB members and other users. Thereafter, the Board issues an Exposure Draft based upon the meetings and consultations held earlier. The Board calls for public recommendations and discussions on the Draft, after analysis of which the final standard is issued. b) In an accounting standard-setting, “economic consequences” signify the adverse impact on the economy and on businesses of imposing an accounting standard without proper deliberation with concerned users. Accounting standards define how a business works and functions ...

Crude oil has been refined to make such fuels as diesel and petrol as well as industrial chemicals and lubricants. Transport activity, as a core element of economic development and a precondition of human welfare, is increasing across the globe with the growth of economies. Transport predominantly relies on such fossil resource as petroleum. The literature relevant for this study can be divided into two parts or strands: one that focuses on the demand side and another one that gives analysis to the oil market by focusing on the supply side. This paper absorbs the ideas of both strands ...

Globalization has come up with major trends amongst multinational corporations and other ordinary entities. This is because the idea of doing business across different boundaries lends itself to unique and distinct issues and matters. Globalization comes with a high degree of uncertainty because it involves dealing with many issues and matters across boundaries. In the past, most nations around the world were focused on dealing with matters within a given national framework or country. However, multinational entities deal with things that spans across different nations and communities. This comes with major problems and challenges. Furthermore, ethics are subjective. They ...

3 Key Takeaways: 1. Year 2015 started with Middle East violence, as well as oil price reduction and there is a chance that the situation will not change towards these issues. However, low price for oil may negatively influence the economy of resource-rich countries. According to the annual Political Risk Map, only 7 out of 163 developing countries succeeded to reduce the political risk. And 12 countries will face pressure in 2015. Roubini Global Economics has developed 9 categories of risk to evaluate the political and economical situation of the country. The categories include violence, foreign currency exchange, law ...

Introduction The end of the Civil War in America sparked an unprecedented growth, which affected the economy of the entire country, the social systems and most importantly the running of politics. An interconnection of roads and rail work within the country opened up the American in ways that had not been imagined before. Urban areas and cities grew up along the rail lines, and an upsurge of migration to the towns in search of jobs became a new norm. The advantages and the disadvantages of industrialization have well been documented; this paper seeks to establish the influence that the ...

1. The Chinese Communist Party was founded to resolve problems of wealth inequality and to address the shortcomings of capitalism in China. However, it currently faces some of the same problems that its predecessors faced in terms of poverty, unemployment, wealth inequality, and providing services to its people. Why is this and in what ways (if any) is the CCP still pursuing socialists goals and employing socialists means? The Chinese Communist Party has had significant changes over the years, particularly while Deng Xiaoping's was the leader. This party is considered a communist party. Leader Hu Jintao, in 2006, described ...

The savings and loans crises did not occur until the 1980’s. Sudden deregulation, competition and market volatility in the late 1970’s started the crises. In 1979 there were sudden changes to traditionally low interest rates because the Federal Reserve doubled the interest rate to combat inflation. The savings & loans associations (S & Ls) made most of their money from low interest mortgages and tried to increase their interest rates to make up the shortfall. Furthermore, The S & Ls was restricted by regulation Q that capped the amount of interest that they could pay to depositors; they could not ...

On the international market, currency values are set by central banks according to estimates of supply and demand. Changes in the value of currency have a direct effect on international trade. When people in country A demand goods from firms in country B, they must purchase the country B's currency in order to buy the goods. Just as supply and demand for goods and products can move and shift the the product prices, constant movements in supply and demand for foreign exchange currencies issue price changes in currencies. The effect of this is that the price of money changes ...

Unemployment is economic and social phenomenon which presents the imbalances existing in the economical activity of the country and affects the social structure of the society. Meanwhile the global financial crisis started in 2007 has increased the level of the unemployment within the world. Despite the fact that the natural rates of unemployment differs from to state to state based on its economical growth, population and other valuable factors, the stable features pertaining to the unemployment should be taken into account. First of all, the unemployment should be understood as the situation where the particular amount of males and ...

Australia is among the most flourishing and high open economies in the world. The country’s robust economy is facilitated by its economic and trade links with the developing economies as well as transparent and open investment and trade environment. It has a robust industrial sector and large service sector. The other important sectors in this country include the education sector, agribusiness sector, and tourism sector. The present paper delves into the state of the Australian economy. Particularly, the paper discusses the measurement of the Australia’s macroeconomic performance, its economic performance from 2012 to 2015, the major factors ...

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Company history, Economy and Competition What is the recent history of the company? Apple Inc. is a multi-national company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 in California, USA. Jobs and Wozniak were high school friends who dropped out of college together to venture into the computer technology industry in 1976. The company started off with the launch of a simple Apple I computer in 1976 but has now gained enough momentum to be labeled as the most admired company and valuable brand in the world. The Company ...

Question 1 (a) Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism has always been the concepts compared to each other. Anthropocentrism is a paradigm in which the nature is understood as the means to satisfy human needs. From the anthropocentric point of view, people occupy the priviledged place in the world, and the nature is valued and preserved because it can maintain the good quality of human life and help them achieve their goals (Thompson  Barton 149). Ecocentrism is a concept that supports the idea of the nature as the mother of life and everything in the world is connected to each other (Gladwin ...

Acemoglus’s framework is focused on the way the economy of a country affects its political setup. The structure gives a chance for the likelihood of the elites in a particular country to control the economy and political setup or to work on how to make other citizens benefit. A state that has inclusive economic institution is likely to grow economically because masses are encouraged and motivated to work together and make economic resources. Tunisia can be characterized to have extractive political institutions since due to the constant uprisings that have taken part in the recent days. In Tunisia, ...

War refers to an activity characterized by the persistence of violent conflict involving excess aggression, increased social disorder, and high incidences of mortality. It often occurs when different groups struggle to alter the social, political, or economic control and inequality sustained by either group from different ethnic, tribal, religious, or racial backgrounds (Sullivan 2008). Peace, on the other hand, exists in situations where there is no discord and characterized by the absence of fear, hostility, and violence from opposing groups. Various dimensions of conflict and peace, especially in developing nations, heavily influence the distribution of foreign aid from developed ...

The learner has done this assignment on the three different educational organizations such as PK-12, Higher Education, and Adult Education organizations. The learner has done the affective issues such as current, relevant, local and national and globalization of three different organizations such as PK-12, Higher Education, and Adult Education organizations. The learner has evaluated the statistical data of the students of those organizations. The learner has demonstrated the different legislation and policies of the organizations. The learner has demonstrated the data collection method. The learner has approached the consequences about the facilitators and providers. The learner has provided the ...

The American economy has recovered from the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and now there are very low levels of unemployment and inflation. As the result, the people and the companies feel confident and are willing to spend their money. The growth of the key market indexes proves that the American companies have been benefiting from the economic growth. In the past 5 years, NASDAQ index nearly doubled, Dow Jones Index increased by 75% and S&P500 increased by 68% (Yahoo Finance). Therefore, financial investment may be extremely profitable nowadays. Before making an investment, one should evaluate his or her own ...

Tunisia carries some unique attributes in being a small territory with relatively liberalized economy and homogenous population. With a majorly Arabic-speaking and Sunni Muslim Population, it has a history of encouraging socioeconomic freedoms among women. Women enjoy equal citizenship rights and serve in the military and many professions (Arieff and Humud 4). Tunisia overthrew the dictatorial regime led by Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. The country enthused uprisings across the North Africa and the Middle East that became known as the Arab Spring. The country has maintained relative stability and held several rounds of elections as well as ...

Teenage pregnancies are one of the worst nightmares that parents with daughters dread most. While motherhood should be considered a blessing, teenagers are not ready and prepared to form families. The United States has one of the highest numbers of documented cases of teenage pregnancies compared to the rest of the world. Every year, an estimated 750,000 teenagers become pregnant around the United States with majority of them resulting in live births. Patel PH, Sen B (2006) found that teenage births increased between 2005 and 2006 from 40.5 t0 41.9 per 1000 births. Teenage pregnancies have a lot ...

Frederick Cooper analyses the concept of globalization through the lens of linguistic (189). According to him, the term globalization is inadequate because it states that a single system is now uniting the entire globe. However, short look at African countries and some other less developed countries across the globe provides a clear understanding that there globalization lacks global-scale size and historical perspective (Cooper 192). This implies that the term is imperfect due to limits of interconnection and lack of plurality of linkages. For some countries, globalization means deepening of their isolation and insularity in terms of transformation (Cooper 196). ...

The construction industry is a very substantial component of the industry of the Great Britain. In 2014, this sector contributed over £100 billon into the national economy, which covers about 6.5% of the UK GDP, and employed over 2 million people (Rhodes, 2015).This explains the motivation of the present research and confirms the importance of the topic of the dissertation. Its aim is to investigate, outline, and estimate the government efforts to support this economy area, manage it, and provide its stable growth. To achieve this aim, we gather the primary data by means of interviews, questionnaires, and ...

The financial crisis of 2008-09 may have started due to liquidity problems and bad decision making by banks, but was greatly exacerbated by loss of investor confidence in such institutions and banking system as a whole. And since the banking system plays a major role in financial markets, the markets tumbled, which ultimately affected even the real economy and other sectors. Investor confidence was eroded during the early phase of the crisis, when it became clear that the banks, and investment banks in particular, had become too unstable to manage their liquidity position. This sentiment spread like a wild ...

As a field of study, comparative politics provides analytical tools required to respond to multiple questions in the social and political world. It makes us aware and gives us a better understanding of the things that are happening around us. It is a field that focuses on explaining internal dynamics and political phenomena happening within a society, state or a country. It is, therefore, different from international relations, which is a field of study that concern largely with external relations. In this case, the comparative analysis deals with internal dynamics of a country while the International Relations deals with ...

Strategic planning requires a good understanding of an organization capabilities and weaknesses. In that respect, the process requires a comprehensive internal analysis of an organization. The analysis seeks to identify the capabilities that can be harnessed and leveraged as well as the weaknesses that an organization should address in its bid to respond to external environment. In that view, an internal analysis focusing on key aspects such as the organization's structure and resources is crucial to effective planning. With that, this analysis seeks to analyze the organizational governing structure and capabilities of Florida Hospital

Company overview Florida Hospital system is ...

After the ending of the Second World War, the world became bi-polar and has been divided into the spheres of influence of the two superpowers. These superpowers were the United States and the Soviet Union. However, domestic, social, economic and foreign policies of these countries were fundamentally different. For example, for the countries of Western Europe was developed a Marshall Plan - the package of measures and economic assistance aimed to help rebuild the shattered economies of Western Europe. Moreover, the Government of the United States proposed a Marshall Plan for Eastern Europe, but the Soviet Union refused from help for ...

The world’s biggest social problem is global warming and climatic changes due to increasing use of fossil fuels, carbon emissions, chemical wastes and others. Conca (2015) rejects all the claims of decline in global warming despite green initiatives and reveals that the rate of temperature increment during past 15 years of 21st century is almost equal to the rate of global warming in last 50 years of 20th century. Some major examples to validate this claim are global shrinkage of glaciers and significant reduction in ice mass of Greenland, Antarctic, Arctic and Northern Hemisphere. The pace of global ...

The entire field of marketing is extremely broad, and it is equally applied on numerous things particularly (Berry and Wilson, 2001). Planning in terms of marketing can be taken into account by the companies for their core effectiveness and measurement. More dominantly, marketing plan would have been considered on the basis of a certain product or services, which is not gaining a smart choice of act for its consumers. The same has been applied on this particular assignment as well, in which a product of Etihad Airways would have been considered followed by a perfect and well organized marketing plan. The product which ...

In the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, director Alex Gibney tells the story of the fall of the energy company through a series of stories on the characters involved, using a lot of archival videos. Enron was basically a Ponzi scheme, and the scandal was similar to the Bernie Madoff saga of 2008, which was another conspiracy, based on exploiting deregulation and preying on investor greed. The timing is also interesting. Madoff’s scheme fell apart during the recession of 2008, while the Enron bankruptcy occurred right after the “dot-com” bust of 2000. As long as the economy was ...

The question on whether the United States government has an obligation to adopt policies that are designed to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions is of great controversy. This is due to the approach that is taken by different individuals to try and look into this question. The answers given by various personalities vary based on the approach that is taken towards this matter. This is despite the common knowledge that all individuals have a role in reducing greenhouse gas emission. This is ...

Financial Crisis in U.S.

The financial crisis in the United States was one of the historical financial meltdown in the world history. We all know how the ups and down frequently occur in this area, but a downfall like this affected the whole country. It all started in 2007, August. A few events in the past were a trigger to such an event. A noticeable event in 2001 occurred when the U.S faced a brief period of recession in the country, although the effects of it were covered up without much deep loss but a fear of such an uncertainty gained a place in ...

America has progressed well in the past few years and many citizens consider that the country is out of recession and will progress well with a good economy in the coming years. I believe that America has emerged from the Great recession and its economic condition has improved since the last six years. The GDP has grown by 4.6% in the last quarter, and national unemployment rate has fallen by 5.9% in September 2014 which is a sign of prosperity . In modern America the gas prices are down and the stocks markets have seen a marginal increase making people’s pockets substantially ...

The future of human-kind depends on state’s capacities rights. If this argument is anything to go by then states must focus on the contributions of the corporate businesses and private sectors, and how such interface with public expectations and values. This interface describes how billions of people dependent upon the state must service both in dignity and in an economical perspective. For the last few years corporations operating both domestically and internationally shield their profits from taxation troubling tax payers and governments alike. There has, however, been a limited effort to associate such tax evasion to corporate responsibility in ...

The culture of the United States has all the qualities of a traditional country in the fields of arts and science, language, religion, and foods. American culture has its influences all over the world. The United States is enriched with different cultures and traditions, i.e. Native Americans, Africans, Asians, and the Latin Americans. No official language is present in the United States. Round about 30 to 50, types of English languages have become the official languages in all the States of America . There is free choice of religious practices in the United States. All types of people live there, ...

Urban regimes have been the subject of discussion in various discourses and characterizes the kind of politics present in urban areas. Urban regimes according to Leo influences the social and economic life of people in the cities. The urban regime theory has been developed by scholars and it includes all related factors of a specified circumstance and its focus is on the impact of certain situations to the relationships of members in associations or alliances. In political science, different articles have been written by scholars either in agreement or disagreement about the existence of these regimes. Such scholars include Timothy ...

- Trade history of Saudi Arabia: The coastal people of Saudi Arabia have been well positioned from the trade due to the benefit of Arabian Peninsula. KSA is an old route of the caravan trade that connects the Mediterranean world with south Asia, Arabia, and East Asia (Encyclopedia Britannica). The trade in Saudi Arabia was generated by pilgrims that came to Medina and Makah. In 1938, with the discovery of oil country started trading with other and after World War 2 through the exports of oil reserves country was able to have higher funds (Saudi Embassy, 1-7). ...

China’s surge from poverty because of the superbly favorable market improvements has shrouded important deficiencies in its economy; particularly compared to the United States economy. The deficiencies have been infuriated by revived Chinese government interference that started around a few years ago. So many people appear persuaded that China is at the edge of exceeding the United States economically. However, Americans can take comparative advantages that they have over the Chinese such as in areas of labor, in income and areas of natural resources.

There is progressively argument of China exceeding United States in the size of raw economy ...

In this 21st century, the population of the world is progressing rapidly with the strength of democracy. Everybody gets equal opportunity to become successful, which is free enterprise. Technology and science is a back support for education. Several people in this world need education. This has to be supported by the government where people live. Unequal availability of education to people will create problems because the uneducated are unable to gain like the educated. To solve problems happening due to uneducation, the government has to spend lot of time and money.

The money and time spent to solve problems ...

The world’s population is tremendously growing especially in the developing countries and, as a result, such countries experience enormous problems due to the expanding needs of the people. The growth of population has affected the government’s ability to predict and generate policies that would serve the various needs of its population. Numerous problems arise as the government budgeted expenditure is stretched, and the level of poverty continues to increase. In fact, majority of persons in the developed countries live under deplorable conditions as a result of poverty, and this increases the vulnerability to diseases and other infections (Bader 212). ...

Amazon.com is the largest bookstore. This is a company that changed the very essence of trade, giving popularity to the sale over the Internet. Currently, its market capitalization is estimated at USD 132.91 billion and number of employees amounts to 132,600 people. Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The mission of Amazon.com is to be a place where “people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.” Amazon.com crucial factors of lowering price, offering convenience, expanding selection, and increasing availability are unified in what the company calls a virtuous cycle, and ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The partnership will engage in the exportation of Crest Whitestrip to Saudi Arabia. The business of exporting goods and services is international in both nature and scope. It refers to the actual exploitation of markets beyond national borders especially in situations where the prospectors identify potential consumers within other countries. Exportation implies that the goods manufactured by the prospectors are primarily meant for the consumption of clients outside the country of production, which is Saudi Arabia in this case. As such, exportation business often requires good infrastructure that can support the required connection between the business ...

Will Restricting Emissions Damage the Economy? Restricting emissions will not damage the economy. I most agree with Aaron Ezroj that emissions will have no damaging effects to the economy. Paul Cicio and Aaron Ezroj have differing opinions concerning the effects of emissions on the economy. Whereas Cicio suggests that emissions will have damaging effects on the economy, Ezroj disagrees by suggesting that the emissions will not damage the economy. Cicio argues that the capping of the greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector will have negative effects on jobs and investments, and increase the imports. He argues that ...

Thesis Statement: The history of the Indian Ocean trade can best be summarized through itineraries of ancient traders because of the wide diversity of commodities and people involved in the trade.

In the early days, the oceans both separated and united people. These large bodies of water physically divided people but because of the necessity of trade, the ocean became the medium of transportation among merchants. As such, the coasts which are connected by the ocean shared culture and traditions. The Indian Ocean is among the largest bodies of water on earth. With this, the Indian Ocean connects ...

Tianjin city is a metropolis city located in the northern part of China. It is among the People Republic of China’s five central cities, and forms one of the four municipalities that are direct-controlled. This means that the city is directly administrated by the central government. This is as opposed to the municipal government. It borders Beijing Municipality, Hebei Province, Bohai Gulf and the Yellow Sea. It is the fourth largest city in China, after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou (Hou, 2012). It is ranked as being fifth in the Mainland China. To date, the city s a major gateway and ...

Introduction When a village in a coast al location has to pick the most convenient type of tourism to welcome, tourism can be tricky depending on the needs of that particular village. Unfortunately, there are only two methods available. These are mass tourism and alternative tourism. The most effective strategy is a combination of the two. This writing creates a fictional village referred to as “Katavalo” to showcase and analyze the best strategy to follow. It starts by discussing tourism in general before explaining mass and alternative tourism. It further explains sustainable or responsible tourism. The paper also discusses the advantages and ...

Canada’s main role in the world has not been very clear in recent years. The nation has been involved in a couple of international ventures that include the provision of aid to needy nations, sending of troops to nations plagued by conflict and wars among others. Although these international ventures have portrayed a good image of the nation and has made it come across as a nation that is always willing to help others, there is still a, lot more that the nation can do to influence the world in a positive manner. Therefore, although foreign aid, as well as the sending of ...

Natural disasters refer to forces or events of nature that culminate into catastrophic consequences. Examples include earthquakes, conflagrations, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and flooding. Flooding is a situation in which land that is normally dry is covered with water, and submerged completely, thereby inhibiting normal human activity on the land. Flooding can cause diverse environmental, social, and economic effects. Consequently, there is a need to adopt various mitigation strategies to minimize the effects of flooding on the environment, as well as on the economy and community at large. Few (2003) described flooding as a term that can be used to refer to ...

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Much of the impacts of climate change or global warming have mainly centered on the impacts of the phenomenon on the environment. In particular, many of the advocates and supporters of climate change policies have focused on the impacts of wanton pollution of the planet on the Earth’s biodiversity and atmosphere. Countless forums and policy conferences have been joined in the hope of averting what many call the development of an uninhabitable planet in the future. However, there is one area that has not generated that much interest in the global media and that ...

- What are the rough dimensions of the country in miles? China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent. Its area in miles is around 3,696,000 square miles). Country is surrounded by other countries i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, North Korea, Bhutan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Russia Afghanistan, Burma, India etc. according to area China is considered third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada. - What is the population? What percentage lives in the 3 largest cities? China is considered world’s largest country according to the size of its population. In ...

Mill vs. Kant on Ethics and Free Markets

Philosophy provides a framework for politics and economics. When approaching the subject of free markets, the viewpoints of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill were divergent. Their philosophical viewpoints flow out of the ethics of deontology and utilitarianism.

The ethics of utilitarianism is built upon the framework of maximizing benefits to all members of society (Shaw 41). John Stuart Mill, a proponent of utilitarianism, propounded the moral corollary that “society ought not to interfere with people’s liberty when their actions affect only themselves (Shaw 19). Therefore, utilitarianism translates to free market economics ...

During this time, the American economy grew at an extraordinary rate that generated high levels of wealth. Railways and telephone lines were developed creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs and cheaper goods for consumers. America viewed itself as a peaceful nation but later turned to be a nation divided between the haves and have-nots. It became a society where the poor struggled and worked extremely hard to survive in the society while the industrial and financial upper-class people lived in palatial homes. There are Americans, who celebrated the new wealth while others complained about this wealth, but the overall profound change was taking ...

Introduction and Data Presentation Iran's economy is one of the richest countries in Asia - the 18th in the world by volume of national production (according to the CIA, 2010) and the largest among the countries of Western Asia, the Middle East and OPEC. Iran in terms of GDP is the largest economy in the Islamic world after Turkey. The volume of GDP in 2011, $ 928.9 billion, GDP growth - 2.5%. At competitive occupies 23 place on innovation - 27, the index of the knowledge economy - 34th place among the other nations of the world. Iran ...

Wilson International needs to undertake extensive research in order to establish the pros and cons of the prime target market (Paul, 2009). Must business persons to analyze the relevant sectors of the economy before making crucial investments decisions. A number of factors such as the public’s expenditure level, the inflation rate, investment trends, and availability of labor, legal infrastructures, government policies, and market size need to be considered.

Also, the general macroeconomic stability and taxation on the capital gains must be taken into account (Paul, 2009). In addition, the investors need to be conversant with the financial statement ...

What domestic issue became the forefront of the national agenda in the United States during the 2008, 2010, & 2012 election cycles? What was no longer the focus and why? The leading domestic issue that was at the forefront of the national agenda in the U.S. during the elections of 2008, 2010, and 2012, was that of the national economy. Different political parties campaigned using promises to improve the national economy that remained stagnant for long. In addition, the economy went down worsening the problem. Offering tax cuts to the people of the United States was one of the ...

Introduction When it is defined about economics, then it will be definite about the inflation and economic growth (Banerjee and Duflo, 2011). Economies are always in comparison with other economies in terms of enhancing their economic growth and minimizing the level of unemployment rate accordingly. Earning the money and consuming it in a perfect and best possible manner is a basic definition of economics, and economics are utilizing it in a better way. Apart from earning and consuming the money at a better place, economic development and economic management are some of the important aspects that associated with the long run efficacy ...

A bill that supports the establishment of an online review platform in public schools has reinforcement from some very influential groups in the community. The problem is about the community marginalization with social classes. It has some benefits to the economy, but strong demands that Raise Hands Texas explains in this script. The purchase of data bundles, suitable fast machinery for the study process and increased fee for the mode of study over the regular classroom methods are some of the extra expenses that will disadvantage the financially unstable students. Other students with physical and medical challenges will benefit ...

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Ford Motor Company Attn: Mark Fields 4186 American Road

Dear Mr. Mark Fields, I have been recently studied your company’s corporate social responsibility program focused on environmental sustainability practices, with the purpose on reducing the impact of the automotive use on the water, land, air, humans’ lives, fauna and flora. I am happy to see that Ford is an ambassador of the environmental sustainability, already approaching green technologies and scientific efforts for reducing the greenhouse emissions and other forms of pollution that affect the environment. As a concerned citizen, an informed environmentalist ...

It is not possible to discuss the matters related to mobility and social class without a discussion concerning poverty. In simple words, poverty can be described as the insufficient provision of shelter and food that is essential for life maintenance. According to an estimate, there are more or less thirty five million American citizens are living in poverty in the present times (Hart, 2002). Poverty is one of those grave social phenomenon that are extremely complicated. For the same reason, it is also a complicated task to try to discover the causes of poverty. There are a number of stereotypic explanations regarding ...

P5+1: Negotiations on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program Russia continues to demonstrate its political authority in international relations with little sign of relenting in its role to polarize the West from the rest. The manufactured crisis in Ukraine positions Russia as the charitable nation for ceding any control in eastern Ukraine, despite its role in orchestrating the crisis, not to mention its annexation of Crimea. In 2013 Russia acquired international recognition for beating back US threats of air strikes in Syria by convincing its Middle East ally to agree to terms to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile. ...

It is the role of the government to establish regulations guiding business principles and strategic management. When the government imposes these regulations businesses adapt by changing their operations and processes. Time and again the government keeps changing its frameworks forcing businesses to adjust on their operations. The effects are determined by the levels of profitability and competitiveness of businesses. Business owners are obliged to adhere to government rules and regulations by implementing polices aimed at achieving the government objective. When the government raises its expenditure, for example, it injects income into the public. This creates investment opportunities or ...

In chapter 19 Ramsbotham, Tom, and Hugh examine a number of conflict resolution theories as well as critiques to the theories. The first theory advanced in the chapter is the Pluralist/ Cosmopolitan Heartland of Conflict. This theory of conflict resolution proposes the formation of an international body that is inclusive of all nations globally that is in charge of ensuring conflict resolution. In this case, conflict resolution is achieved through structures set up to ensure effective and efficient global governance dispensed through an international society of states. The main methods used in conflict resolution under this theory are dialogue, negotiation, ...

A speculative or economic bubble refers to the trading of high volumes of financial assets at certain prices considered a variation from the intrinsic value of these assets. The speculative bubble has numerous names such as a market bubble, a financial bubble, price bubble, or the speculative balloon or mania. In the speculative bubble, the price of the assets base on prediction of future prices, which are often subject to inconsistent or implausible perceptions of market analysts. Given that it is hard to evaluate the intrinsic values of financial assets within the market in real life situations, the identification of speculative bubbles ...

Harlem Renaissance was a period in history from 1918 to 1930. During this period, there was a literary and intellectual flowering of great cultural, economic and identity assertion among African Americans (Rowen and Brunner, 2007; Rhodes, nd). This great period strong artistic and intellectual movement of African Americans was characterized by the wave of literary works centered on Negroes, which means that some of the works were written by them, or some of the works were all about them, their history, or their culture (Rhodes, nd). Technically, Harlem Renaissance cannot be considered a renaissance if the literal sense of the word is ...

The global marketplace has witnessed an influx of promotions and messages revolving round the issues of corporate social responsibility and the effect of the economy of social values. Most of the matter of the debate revolved round the appeals that are made to governments, businesses, and social organizations to create pressure on business entities for improving the quality of life for the public. Wal-Mart is one of the largest retailers in the US and across the globe. It employs one percent of the overall populations of the US workers. However, the company routinely faces criticism from political activists and ...

Yemen is facing internal conflicts of rebels who want to topple the government. The country is also facing hostile relationships with a number of Asian countries such as Iran and Kuwait. The country is accusing the Iran government of supplying the rebels with weapons and other military aids. Thus, the relation between the two countries is intense. Iran is in the process of setting up nuclear weapons and other chemical weapons of mass destruction facilities. Yemen, however, does not oppose Iran having nuclear weapons as long as it’s for peaceful purposes (Fulton et al., 2011). On the other hand, ...

Please type your Course name here Please type your Institution name here Introduction The principle of profit maximization primarily focuses on the very fact that the fundamental motive of any business entity is maximizing its profits consequently maximizing the income of all of its shareholders. Maximization of sales, stock price, market share, and cash flow would all lead to profit maximization of the firm. Identification of the point where there exists the maximum difference between total revenue and total cost would help the firm in achieving the maximum profit. A few basic rules that would apply ...

The aspect of resource rent has been trending in the recent past and can be observed from diverse perspectives. Economically, the term rent refers to the residual value that remains after all the expenses are accounted for, and results obtained. Ideally, economic rent is often used to refer to the surplus value but when natural resources such as valuable minerals and coastal space are involved then it is known as resource rent. Historically, the process of identifying, measuring and collecting resource rent is very complicated and do not involve straightforward process (Thampapillai, D. J., Hansen & Bolat 2014). The collection ...

The definition of capital may take different directions. Some people refer to capital as the ability to gather money and other resources for investments. It is a valuable production element that requires extensive effort to acquire. However, some people argue of capital as a process and not a thing. There are unique arguments that may support the argument of capital as a process. Capital is a major requirement for the start of the business. However, it does not have to be collected in a fortnight. It is impossible to find a business that relies on the initial capital. At some point, the initial capital is ...

Improving skills deficiencies of the workforce Introduction The growth in the skills deficiency of the workforce is a worrying trend. The latest reports indicate that the American workforce is flooded with illiterates who do not have the basic skills to perform the work to which they are assigned. The rate of decrease in the skill of the workforce is caused by the low level of education standards that are evident in any post-secondary educations. Apart from a lack of good education, challenges also arise in the confusion in the area of specialization. Most workers do not work in the ...

Today’s presentation will be about the analysis of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) marketing function strategies. I will go about the discussion of MCRI’s internal and external environment. This helped enumerate MCRI’s strengths and weaknesses. This also aids in identifying the opportunities and threats that could significantly affect the future plan and profitability of the organization. An industry analysis has also been conducted paying close attention to the competitors of the company as well as the trends in the market. A market analysis was presented to give a summary of the condition affecting the industry and ...

- Homecomings offer people an opportunity to reconnect with the traditions and the developments of a place they once called home. - Educational institutions offer great homecoming events that are filled with nostalgic moments. Besides the reconnection with colleagues, the alumni also get to catch up with the latest developments and traditions of their former college. - Indiana University (IU) celebrates its Homecoming week every fall. The weeklong event features an exciting homecoming parade where alumni clad in the university’s iconic crimson color. - The event brings together close to 580,000 IU graduates in forums ...

The paper by political economist Robert Reich, accessibly titled “Why the rich are getting richer, and the poor, poorer”, traces the causes, consequences and effects of rising socio-economic inequality. The paper is focused on mainly examining socio-economic inequality in advanced economies (chiefly the United States), with developing countries mentioned only as far as they play a role in the rising inequality in advanced countries. Reich points out that the main cause of the rising inequality is the increasing valuation of one’s position in industry based on one’s function. The paper tracks the rise and decline of three forms ...

The focus of this research is on the shinkansen and the development of the shinkansen. The paper concentrates on the evolution of transport policies in Japan and what made shinkansen a symbol of modern Japan.

Shinkansen Network covers the main islands of Japan and the country's major cities. The bullet trains are known as shinkansen in Japan and are operated by Japan Railways. They run at speeds of up to 320 km/h, and are well known for their punctuality, safety and comfort. Japan Rail Pass makes it very cost effective for the passengers to travel by Shinkansen. Tokaido Shinkansen is ...

Ethics refers to moral judgments and rules that can help in making proper decisions after differentiating between right and wrong. Business ethics shows ethical behavior including respect, honor, honesty, and trust in all aspects of the business and dealings with stakeholders, employees and customers. If we look at business ethics, several decisions including the decision to behave ethically are made in an organization by not only high level officials but also by the employees at every level that can influence the company’s overall environment. Practically, business ethics tries to find an impact ...

Akpabio, E., and Akpan, N., 2010. Governance and oil politics in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: The question of distributive equity. Journal of Human Ecology, 30(2), pp.111-121. Frynas, J., 2000. Oil in Nigeria: Conflict and litigation between oil companies and village communities. Germany: Lit Verlag Munster. Omeje, K., 2005. Oil conflict in Nigeria: Contending issues and perspectives of the local Niger Delta people. New Political Economy, 10(3), pp.321-334.

The Nigerian political economy is seriously damaged by the rift between international oil companies with large-scale operations in the Niger ...

References13 Abstract Energy consumption and energy production is the major industry. Energy production and exploring ways of producing energy in an efficient way is necessary. Some countries prefer conventional sources and some have more natural resources so they prefer to produce energy through renewable energy resources (RES). So here in this paper we will discuss some of the energy production sources and their impact on the economy of the state. On the other hand, merits and demerits of the selected energy resource will be discussed. At the end, it will be concluded that which energy production source ...

Kenya has depicted some interesting trends in the socioeconomic sphere, since its independence some of them are portraying consistency like urbanization and fertility rate while others like per capita income, life expectancy and official development assistance, etc. show some marked changes. Some of these changes and their reasons along with their mutual correlation are explained in the following lines.

However, in the 90s the per capita income started decreasing and with it the average life as well. The downward trend in average life is also accompanied by a decrease in income and the reasons are no different from the ...

Introduction The question of reparations to African Americans owing to slavery, lost opportunities, and state-enforced segregation has been long unresolved. The issue keeps emerging into the realms of national debate. The American psyche would not be healed till the time the question of reparations to African Americans is laid to rest, one way or the other.

Robert Allen, Adjunct Professor for African American Studies at the University of Berkeley, lends his voice in favor of reparations for African Americans. Allen is the editor of the Black Scholar journal and has written eight books covering the odyssey of the ...

The United States' entrance into First World War happened in April 1917. However President Woodrow Wilson was putting efforts to maintain the United States neutral throughout World for more than two and a half years since the war started. It should be noted that beginning of war happened at the end period of the massive Recession of 1913–1914 in the United States of America. As the recession ended, Loans were offered in large volume from American monetary institutions to the members of the Allied powers mainly in the European scenario. Industrial productivity rate drastically increased by 32% and this ...

The article talks about how technology, namely automation, is replacing people. If you visit a car factory you will see robot arms welding doors onto cars, and not people, although people may be sitting in the control booth above the floor waiting to intervene if something goes wrong. While the article is not suggesting that people go and smash all the computers and resist the rise of the machines, it does suggest that there has been a widening gap between productivity and employment. In other words, starting in 2000, according to data from the United States Labor statistics, productivity levels have ...

Leadership is the cornerstone of success to every individual, institution and government. Through effective leadership, the country’s governance explicitly encompasses the needs and expectation of the populace. Prevalently, the measure of the success or the failure of the US presidency is majorly based on the applied leadership styles. Both the president Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy registered an indelible ink in their remarkable leadership style. The paper seeks to evaluate the leadership of the president Eisenhower and Kennedy. The paper also explains the potency of direct leadership in US presidency. Interestingly, both President Eisenhower and Kennedy were ...

For instance, according to the article, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the monetary authority that is responsible for regulating the monetary provision in Japan. The article presents the economic inertia in the Japanese economy. Due to this economic inertia, the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has come up with an economic plan that has three parts in order to rescue the country from the stagnant economic situation. This move to trigger a growth in the Japanese has also been initiated by the Bank of Japan. The Bank of Japan has adopted expanding its plan of “quantitative easing” in increasing ...

In recent years, China has been experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Chinese prosperity has had negative side-effects, including extreme environmental pollution (Wong, 2014). What researchers call “ambient particulate matter pollution” was the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths in China, contributing to 1.2 million deaths in 2010. Construction, industrial waste and greenhouse gasses are the major contributors to an epidemic that is creating a public outcry for government intervention. The Chinese government and other stakeholders have asserted that air pollution is decreasing and that the main culprits are not large industrial corporations. They point to strict regulations that they claim have been ...

One of the major effects of the great depression was the breakdown of the economy. A few years prior to the developments that led to the great depression, the economy was doing a good job providing jobs to the people and giving them the right amount of purchasing power to buy the things that they need and want. The breakdown of the economy led to a lot of secondary effects. For one, the economic breakdown led to the closing of a lot of businesses and the consequent loss of a lot of people’s jobs. The loss of the people’s jobs ...

The French revolution was caused by various different factors. One of the major factors that caused the revolution was the economic crisis. There had been many wars that had been fought during the time when the revolution was about to take place. In the wars, France had also been in participation to it thus hurt the economy of the country. They were involved in the Seven Years of War. They were also involved in the American Revolution War. The reason why the treasury for France was losing a lot of their money was because they spent a lot in the wartime, ...

In the recent years, China has been experiencing a paramount boost in their economic development. Its economy has been growing drastically posing a big challenge to grown economies such as that of the United States. The effect of the growth of the economy has been linked a lot with the increase of air pollution in China. There have been many industries that have been put up, and the constructions are still being worked on are one of the major contributors to the pollution in China. The air pollution has been mainly concentrated in the major cities of China that have a positive effect ...

United Arab Emirates is a confederation of seven emirates on the south-eastern Arabian Peninsula. UAE is one of the richest states in the world and controls the fourth largest oil reservoir of the world. UAE has utilized its natural resources prudently and invested huge money in developing the nation. Today, UAE is known as one of the advanced and flourishing nations of the world. The UAE economy has transformed from an agricultural to a modern economy, and there are still some issues that are required to be addressed (The Economist). This paper intends to discuss the UAE economy, various challenges and ...

When the president of USA announces that he might use is executive power over legislation to raise the minimum federal wage, it is very evident that there is a pressure and need to do so. This strong demand comes from lawmakers and other groups, which the government cannot ignore. The current minimum federal wage rate is $7.25 per hour; it is proposed to be increased to $10 per hour. Millions of workers in USA work under federal contracts. The new minimum wage limit is supposed to begin in 2015. The increase in the wage limit will definitely add to the productivity ...

Most of the uninsured American workers claim that the high cost of insurance is the main reason they fail to take cover. The inability to afford insurance is the problem that many workers have faced in the past. The 2008 recession led to many Americans to lose their coverage through their jobs. This situation increased the already rising number of uninsured people (in the previous decade) to 40 million. Although Medicaid and CHIP strove to control the highly rising rates of insurance, it was not until the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect that many low-income Americans and ...

1. There are many different types of financial markets that operate for example money market, future market, the bond market, etc. I will be discussing bond market and their influence and impact on U.S. markets. In financial terms, bond is a debt security, which is normally issued by the government institutions and financial corporations in order to manage their financial operations and daily working operations. A bond can be a treasury bond, a corporate bond, a junk bond or a municipal bond. When the bond is issued by the agency to the bond holder, they are basically issuing a promise or a debt in the ...

Prior to its enactment in July 2002, the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were felt apparent subsequent to the fact that its enactment fostered a series of company fails. Inherently Sarbanes-Oxley Act cultivated the downturn of major companies such as Tyco, Enron and WorldCom (Khanna & Palepu, 2010). In addition, this act further caused dire damage on major companies between 2002 and 2004. With such apparent effects, Sarbanes-Oxley Act is more likely to affect the America’s stock exchange in many perceptible ways. Swath changes subsequent to the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act were deep and profound. To execute the ...

The food industry in the United States has and continues to play a comprehensive role ranging from supporting the country’s economy to providing food for the country’s populations. Nonetheless, a heated debate rages as to whether the pros of this industry outweigh the disadvantages. Speaking of food industry in the United States, this connotes to a complex collection of different businesses that provide food to the Americas populations. Overall, food industries in the United States are not only limited to the firms that manufacture processed foods, but it also connotes to any business establishments that produces food using any given ...

Introduction A windshield survey, usually conducted from a car, gives a visual overview of the area, regarding development, and conditions that are prevalent in the community that may affect the health of the population. There is necessity to understand the community in community needs, housing, transportation, health related issues, services, geographic structure, habitat, economy, ethnicity, religion, community needs and strengths, the available resources and the gaps in the resources. This will help in proper planning in effective services within the community.

Sample questionnaire Person identified was the health minister of the area and the Superintendent of local medical research ...

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility should work in harmony in a corporate world. These are key traits defined for maintaining good business morals, hiring employees with personal ethical values, and behave ethically and sensitively towards the society, economy and environment as a whole. We will discuss four theories in the context of Bernie Madoff and Enron two of the top financial scandals in the history of America. Profit Maximization Theory - This ethical theory requires decision makers to maximize the profits of their business within the limits of the law. According to the theory the role of government and lawmaking ...

It seems like everywhere we turn today people are indulging in smoking. From car parks to the malls, from restaurants to our relatives’ homes, people are taking a stick. Ever thought whether smoking was cool? Thought of the people who are shackled by circumstances to exposure from second hand smoking? Walking away from it all is very simple, but taking action against smoking is the thing to do. Smoking is addictive, smoking is expensive, smoking is unhealthy but above all smoking kills. Taking action is necessary because not only does smoking hurt smokers themselves, but also unborn children and non-smokers. ...

In January 2014, Argentina devalued its currency, peso, by 15 per cent against the United States dollar; this represented the sharpest decline since the 2001 devaluation when Argentina had failed to pay its foreign debt. Previously, the Argentine economy experienced current account surpluses due to high commodity prices and competitive exchange rates. Nonetheless, poorly formulated and implemented policies led to a decline in the current account balance and finally into a deficit. The devaluation of the currency will significantly lower the price of Argentine products in the international market increasing their competitiveness. In the converse, imports will be more expensive. In ...

It is necessary for the growth of any business to have strong infrastructure and a strategic location. UAE Airline industry automatically has that with UAE becoming the hub of the world and having strategic locations. Not only Europeans, but also Americans, Asians and African come to visit UAE during vacations and, for business opportunities. The UAE Airline industry should further solidify this strength in order to remain the world leader for times ahead. (Uaeinteract.com, 2014) The Industry should also encourage users to indulge more in air travel and should encourage trade opportunities. Globalization has made this an important market and ...

The term macroeconomic is described as a branch of economics, which deals with the relationship among aggregates components of the economy such as the gross domestic product, inflation, and the unemployment level, among others. This paper will inspect the present state of the United States macroeconomics elements and its implication to the international trade. In essence, the speech centers on macroeconomic components and mainly focuses on international trade and foreign exchange rates.

A surplus of imports into the United States has both the positive and negative implications. The group that benefits from such an import surplus is mainly the consumers ...

- Developing the Criteria; The criteria to be used to identify the new market for Timken Company is a five step process designed to narrow down market choices to the most appropriate one. A brief description of the process is enumerated below; - Identifying the countries; This is the first stage for new market identification. The list of potential market countries is created at this stage and based on such characteristics like economic growth, infrastructure levels, demand for bearings and steel (in the case of Timken) and legal framework. - Preliminary screening The second stage ...

Introduction Inniskillin was created by Ziraldo and Kaiser in Canada in 1975. It became known over the world for its famous award-winning product known as the Icewine. Inniskillin earned popularity when it won the high-status awards like the 2004 “star product of the year” at the event titled, the “Frontier Awards Events.” Booth, Colomb, & Williams (2008, p.108) imply that a good research paper makes claims, backs them within reasons from reliable sources, supports them with evidence from reliable sources, and explains the reasoning principles. Therefore, in answering the case study questions, the paper presents claims, backs them with reasons, ...

The economy of America has been one that clearly segregates the different ethnic and racial diversities through what it awards and takes from them. Black Americans have been on the receiving end of the oppressive policies of the economy by receiving higher interest rates on loans and getting twice as less approval for loans and mortgages as compared to their white counterparts. Oliver and Shapiro assert that “while income inequality is problematic, inequality of wealth is understudied” (Oliver & Shapiro 1995, 16). The races have been treated differently, and whites have dominated in most of the sectors of ...

The Source of the Article: Wall Street Journal Section of the Syllabus: Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Deficit Financing. Candidate Name: Candidate Number: The Article Please find the article at the following URL: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/09/23/britains-deficit-driven-growth/?KEYWORDS=macroeconomics

This article discusses the pros and cons of the deficit financing led growth that the UK is experiencing presently. The growth figure that UK has registered from the past year is quite high compared to the other economies in Europe. The widening public deficit is a matter of concern among several quarters. The government has still not shown any signs of ...

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow are probably the most romantic and famous gangsters’ couple who lived in 1930th in the USA. That historical period was a time of mafia’s and gangsters’ prosperity as economy was in depression. However, none can be born as a criminal (perpetrator). Crime is a personal decision and responsibility. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born on October 1st, 1910 in Rowena, Texas. She grew up in the suburbs of Dallas with her mother and grandparents as Bonnie’s father died when she was four. She was very slim and pretty young lady who loved to write ...

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The American Economy in 2014 Introduction The American Economy has started recovering from the financial crisis began in 2008. The GDP is increasing at the average rate of 3% annually. Even though, the American Economy did not confirm a full recovery, it looks like that a new balance in the economy is developed. Graph 1: GDP Growth In the nominal numbers, the American Economy is producing again; however, the real values of the GDP indicate us that the Economy is not fully ...

The budget making is a significant process for both the state federal government since it details what the activities of the government will undertake in the next financial year. Furthermore, the budget shapes the national economy based on the policy that the federal government wants to undertake (Goodsell, 2014). Thus, the budget gives an indication on what projects and policy the government is willing to spend its money on and which areas the public and private sectors need to chip in their efforts. Additionally, the budget gives a glimpse of how the government is planning to fund its activities in the ...

In the year 1961, South Vietnam signed a treaty with the United States in regards to military and economic aid. Post the treaty, the U.S support troops arrived in Vietnam and formed the U.S. Military Assistance Command. After the execution of Diem for his corrupted and ineffective government, on 7th August 1964 the U.S Senate passed the Tonkin Gulf resolution through the then President Lyndon B. Johnson to increase the U.S military aid in South Vietnam. In 1965, the military troops of the United States started air-raids on North Vietnam and the Communist controlled regions of the South. By the ...

The trade-off between risk and return is an always been a concerned for the analysts and researchers and the concepts related to the same are extremely effective and essential. Financial Management is one of the largest fields which have different dominating options embedded in it. Financial Management is a combination of two things that are managing and finance. It means that the management of the financial function is more than essential and effective for the sake of the organization (Elton, Gruber, Brown & Goetzmann, n.d.). The concept of risk and return has number of aspects as well in which different techniques ...

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW: Agriculture and agri-food industry is a highly complex, modern, integrated industry in Canada. Being an internationally competitive, the industry contributes a large sum to the Canadian economy. Agricultural industry in Canada is highly adaptive to increasing globalization, innovation and technology and changing consumer demands. This industry contributes significantly to country’s economy by making large contribution to employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It accounts for 8% contribution in total GDP and employs around 2.1 million people in the country as according to 2013 statistics (Government of Canada, 2013). Canada is known as the sixth-largest exporter as well ...

Living in a global economy, the activity of multinational corporations is becoming increasingly more dependent on outsourcing services. The outsourcing process implies contracting international workforce, from world regions wherein companies do not activate at the moment. Because of its specificity of long-distance working, outsourcing has both advantages and disadvantages for companies that approach this business strategy. The advantages of outsourcing mostly refer to cost reduction opportunities. Working with people from developing or underdeveloped countries implies benefits both for the outsourced employees and for the company who employs them. The company benefits of considerable lower costs compared to the expenses ...

Haiti is a western hemisphere country in the Caribbean, which is located on the western side of the Hispaniola Island. The republic of Haiti gained its independence from the French in 1804. However with all the natural resources endowment and a huge labor base, Haiti is the poorest country in the region with the most unstable government. On 12th January 2010, Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0. The earthquake’s death toll was more than 250,000. Most of the residential and commercial buildings were damaged severely or destroyed. The infrastructure was crippled, and the provision of ...

These experimental study designs are set designs with some rules. The participants make some decisions on how to make deals in the economy. A card to each seller and buyer is given, and they make decisions. We can provide some given information to them that they cannot change. The demand and the supply might upper bounded, this way no buyer or seller can give or ask price higher than the set price mentioned by the fixed demand and the fixed supply curves. Why experimental studies are required in economics? The experimental studies are done with a limited number of ...

An individual’s socialization process is generally affected by a plethora of issues. However, the profoundness of the impact of each of such varied factors always depends on the individual’s circumstance, personal experiences of the individual, and the stage of life of that particular individual. The various such agents of socialization are family, church, school, hospitals, media, workplace, social forums, among others.

Socialization with the members of the various social agents, as listed above, helps individuals to learn successful functioning in their social world. Social agents facilitate the much needed social learning which basically happens with the help of ...

The Republic of India is a country that is based in the Southern parts of Asia that is the 7th largest country in the continent. It is bordered with Indian Ocean to the south; the Arabian Sea to the south west, the Bay of Bengal to the southeast and Pakistan to the west. At the same time, India shares a common border with China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east. It has the 2nd largest population in the world that stood at 1.2 billion according to the 2012 statistics behind the Republic of China that is leading in that aspect (Gesteland & ...

Introduction Gross Domestic Product (the GDP) is accepted as one of the main economic indicators. By definition, the GDP is the sum of the values of all the goods and services produced in specific time period in a country by using the current prices. We consider that high amount of production allows us to build a well-designed civilization. If a country can produce more than the needs of the citizens and export the excess production to the other countries, then this country can reach the desired goals. In another word, the GDP is generally accepted as an indicator of well-being. Most ...

According to the Wall Street journal, the U.S Gross domestic product grew by 2.8% in the quarter that ended in September 30. This is according to the data released by the Commerce department. The growth indicates an improvement from the 2.5% growth recorded in the second quarter. According to economists, the growth much of the growth was due to a one-time accumulation of inventory by businesses across the country.

There was reduced spending on equipment and software by business firms in the third quarter. According to economists interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, the government shutdown together with the holiday ...

Suppose you are a manager being asked to develop computer-based applications to gain a competitive advantage in an important market for your company. What reservations might you have about doing so? Why? Manager is the one who is responsible for having awareness of new emerging technologies and techniques related to operate businesses present in this modern world economy. Definitely, the managers have an idea about the importance of growing e-business or e-commerce application in today’s economy then he must be knowing about as, to what he should try to do next? This all matters, when marketing the business becomes ...