Essays on Emerging Markets

An overview of the challenges faced in Zanzibar as well as in one other exemplar "developing country" as regards the evolution, and adoption of IT/Corporate Governance standards in the public sector
E-governance entails the adoption of acceptable information and communication technologies by the government with an aim of achieving efficiency and effectiveness in all government sectors. However, the process of adopting IT standards faces numerous challenges. Zanzibar is one among the developing nations in which the challenges are evident, a fact that limit the extent to which coherent information systems are beneficial to the government. Zanzibar’s public sector

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Yes, it is ethically defensible to outsource the production to the developing where the cost of labor is low. This is because people in the developed countries are not willing to work at the lower wages. The people in developing countries have the required skills, but they do not have the required resources available in order to start their work, so they become willing to provide labor at lower wages (Harrison & Learner, 1997). In this way, the companies get benefitted with the cheap labor and the people in developing countries can earn in order to support their families. Further,

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BRAZIL: EMBRACING GLOBALIZATION

INTRODUCTION
It has always been a challenge for the developing countries to find effective and efficient strategy regarding cross-national cooperation, globalization, and economic growth. The developing countries have been struggling to find the appropriate mix between the imports and exports. On one hand, the developing countries are looking for strengthen the local industry by putting up different regulations and tariffs and on the other hand these countries are looking for opportunities to increase the overall exports to other international countries. This requires the formulation of effective and efficient economic and trade strategy. The developing countries are facing the challenge

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The Engineers without Borders (EWB) is a conglomeration of international nongovernmental organizations that purpose to offer engineering solutions to problems that the people in developing countries experience. Most of the national organizations are academic related and student led as well. The Engineers without Borders movement started in France. Canada has the largest organization in the world. EWB Canada facilitated the formation of a similar organization in the United Kingdom. Professor Armadei from the University of Colorado formed the Engineers Without borders International.

EWB’s intended audience

EWB seeks to combat with the problems of water shortages, inadequate sanitation and illiteracy in the developing

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An overview of the challenges faced in Zanzibar as well as in one other exemplar "developing country" as regards the evolution, and adoption of IT/Corporate Governance standards in the public sector
Whilst most developing countries are faced with similar challenges when it comes to the establishment of public information security, most have realized the significance of coming at par in this respect with their developed counterparts. The use of Zanzibar in this regard is therefore an exemplar to prevailing circumstance. The public sector in this respect is considered as lagging behind the private sector in the implementation of reputable

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The world population projections show that the population shall increase up to 9.6 billion people in 2050 from the current 7.2 billion (U.N report, 2011). Most theories on population emphasize on population and environment in respect to agricultural production but, the theories affect all natural resources on earth. This paper analyses some of the impacts of future population growth on natural resources and conservation. Expanding population generally exerts pressure on land resources. The fallowed land reduces considerably. Since the land is a fixed natural resource, the population shall move to fragile areas, leading to extreme deforestation. This shall be

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The legacy of the cold war and the struggle between the USSR, and the United States continues to flourish in large portions in developing countries. The two world powers had different ideologies, and were in a battle for supremacy. The Cold War pitted an American led alliance against the Soviet Union that divided the economical and political world into two major blocs. The cold war involved a contest of ideologies that intensified after the two great powers, America and the Soviet Union started competing for friendship from dozens of new sovereign states that had previously been colonial powers. The

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A summary

The report “A Bigger World: A Special Report on Globalization” offers a substantive review on various issues aligned with globalization. In fact, the report offers substantive insights on the economic implications of globalization. Worth noting is the fact that in the past globalization had a different meaning, whereby it was often used to mean expansion of business from the developed nations to the less developed ones. However, things have taken another turn in the recent past whereby, the emerging economies have evolved into equal competitors with the developed nations. As result, economies from both developed and less developed nations

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Is it fair to restrict the growth of developing countries because of climate change?

Climatic change is a fundamental problem that is affecting developing nations, as well as developed nations of the world. However, as Nath and Behera pointed that developing nations are likely to be faced with a greater incidence of the outcome of climatic change than developed nations. This is because developed nations have the resources to deal with the outcomes of climatic changes and are already setting up mitigation strategies with respect to it.
The earth has limited carrying capacity and therefore increased population growth is likely to do more harm than good. Restricting the growth of developing nations can

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Introduction

The corporate society is facing fast changing political, social, economic, and environmental conditions. As a result, most businesses fail to put in place strategies that are congruent with the changing business environment. In regards, Bonini S. and Gorner S. (2011, p. 2) asserts that business sustainability needs to be an aspect of direct impact on the ultimate business outcomes. Business owners need to understand that the challenges characterizing the corporate society come with a number of opportunities. There are anticipations the business world may be more challenging in the next few decades than ever. The trends are already manifesting,

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Introduction

“Foreign aid consists of all resources – physical goods, skills and technical know-how, financial grants (gifts), or loans (at concessional rates) transferred by donors to recipients” (Riddell 2007, 17). It can be in three different forms: bilateral, which is from one country to another, multilateral, which is from institutions like World Bank and IMF to other countries or institutions, and NGOs based foreign aid (Riddell 2007). The idea officially started from post World War Two even though many countries are found before that too helping the other countries in various forms of aid (Hjertholm and White 1998). The objective behind

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ANALYSIS OF KYOTO PROTOCOLName:Course:Tutor:Date: Introduction Kyoto protocol is an international treaty which aimed at extending the 1992 United Nations framework convention on climate change so that it would commit state parties to reduce greenhouse emission. This was based on that global warming exists and manmade carbon oxide that had caused it. A second period was proposed which was called the Doha amendment, and its common basis is to put obligation to developing countries claiming they have contributed to interference in climate change. Russia is ranked fourth in the world as the biggest greenhouse gas emitters contributing 5.67 percent of

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There are three ways to solve the problem of North-South. Supporters of the liberal approach believe that the main problem is failure of developing countries to adopt in the national economies modern market mechanism prevents these countries to overcome backwardness and take their rightful place in the international division of labor. According to them (Moon, 2007), developing states should adhere to the policy of macroeconomic stability, economic liberalization and privatization of state property, in other words, Washington Consensus. Liberal approach can be quite clear found in the positions of many developed countries in the multilateral negotiations on foreign issues

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Based on globalization trends, technological advances, and economic policy, what are some of the key avenues for growth we might see in metal distribution in the next five years?
Modernization led to increased metal production from 8 Million Tons in 2000 to 1606 Million Tons in 2013 (Research). Despite an increase in production and metal prices, the industry has been experiencing a glut for a period, majorly because of the poor performance of the American in economy. However, 2014 has been different, and the industry is logging positive results.
There is unprecedented urbanization in many developing countries creating a

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Abstract

Natural disasters have always happened and will continue to happen. Unfortunately, there is a major difference in how developed countries prepare for and respond to natural disasters, compared to developing countries. When a disaster hits a developing country, the death rates are much higher than in a developed country, the recovery period takes longer and the long term economic impact is more severe. This paper looks at the causes for the differences and addresses steps a developing country can take to be better prepared for and respond against potential natural disasters.
There is a distinct difference in the terminology

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Marketing

Opportunities Regarding Export in Current Global Environment
In the current global environment, the developed markets are reaching a plateau. Therefore, it is necessary for companies to look for new markets to sell their goods. In this scenario, companies would have a number of opportunities to export. Emerging markets, with large populations, are hungry for new technology. Therefore, there exists an opportunity for companies in the developed world to export new technology items, such as consumer electronics goods. There is a wide disparity in educational levels. Universities can create local franchises in the developing world and extend their footprint. New

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What separates the developed world from the transitional nations?

There are many factors that separate the developed world from the transitional nations. According to United nation Statistic Division, there are no fixed criteria to distinguish between developed and transitional world. However, socio-economic indicators, political maturity, condition of health and education sectors and general awareness of the masses are the factors most commonly used to make the distinction between developed and developing countries.    
The biggest difference between the developed and the developing world lies in the socio-economic sphere. Developed countries are much more stable economically, they have high labor wages and they have lower unemployment rate. In contrast, the

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Essay

Investigate two possible solutions to low life expectancy in the developing world
Life expectancy refers to how long an average person lives within a particular nation. This allows life expectancy to indicate whether a country will have people living as long as the age of 80 or will it have people that will die as early as 28. This difference may seem drastic but this difference is highly visible in terms of developed countries and developing countries. Therefore, it is obvious that developing countries face an extremely difficult task in identifying problems to such low life expectancy . However, with

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Introduction

The Kyoto Protocol is a meaningful course of action intended to reduce the global greenhouse effect, and because of continuous discussions by world nations, it has evolved to a realistic and adaptable piece of documentation. The Kyoto protocol simply requires the 35 developed nations that accept to ratify the agreement, to cut greenhouse emissions by a given percentage using emission levels during 1990 a baseline. Different countries have different limits, for example; the US was required of 7% while Japan 6% from 2008 to 2012 (Baron, 2012). It mainly sided towards developed countries are more industrialized therefore, behold the

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Q3) Has Bentley differentiated & positioned its Brand effectively?

Bentley adopted a differentiation strategy that concentrated on creating unique products that are characterized by high price and luxury. Bentley offers up-to-date technical solutions which establish sophisticated brand image and associated specifically with Bentley cars. These peculiarities are the solid foundation of the Bentley's unique positioning and acquire competitive advantage among that only a few companies have.
Moreover, Bentley offers non-motoring products that are created in close cooperation with many prestigious companies. Together with the exclusive group of partners Bentley produce leather items, sunglasses and ski equipment under the Bentley brand. All these activities help them to differentiate and

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Out of the theories explaining deviance and crime, the functionalist theory is more appealing to me. Criminal or deviance activities are tied to the social, economic characteristics that one finds himself or herself. In the urban centres, for example, the influx of young people in an attempt to seek employment and consequently better life increase the urban population. The more the people, the lesser the basic needs and the jobs available. Such situation leads to criminal activities as the people try to survive in a hostile environment. In the case of America, there are numerous homeless people in the

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Chapter 7: Economic Growth

1). Many countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have experienced higher annual rate of per capita real GDP as compared to the United States. This means that the United States us regressing relative to other countries, and these countries will ultimately overtake the United States in terms of the rate of growth of the per capita real GDP. Further, as a general rule, it is considered that the low income countries have higher growth rate (Gwartney). So, the growth rate in these countries will increase further and it will finally overtake the per capita real GDP

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The documentary film Hunger in a world of plenty is about unequal distribution of food and the causes and effects that has on The Third World countries such as Senegal. Even though the world has sufficient production of food, there are still countries whose population is poor and hungry. The film explores the reasons for such unbalanced access to food and food agriculture. The director compares agriculture in the USA and in Africa. There are a lot of differences and they are mainly directed towards the way of food production and subsidies provided by the country. In this way,

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The selected health problem is Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is of two types i.e., extra-pulmonary and pulmonary (Wouk, 2009). The focus in this paper is on pulmonary tuberculosis, which is cause by bacteria and is mostly effects lungs. It is a serious health problem and can lead to fatal problems and even death if no treatment is done. The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis is of six months and antibiotics are suggested for the patient suffering from tuberculosis. The antibiotics that are mostly recommended are rifampicin and isoniazid that the patient has to take on daily basis for six months. Additionally, ethambutol

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Introduction

Climate change has led to changes in air, water, and land compositions all over the world. However, despite being a global problem, climate change and its effects have been worst felt by developing countries.

Impact of climate change

Key lessons learnt from this class include causes and effects of climate change in both developed and developing countries. Noteworthy is that climate change that has links with indiscriminate human activities. Cities in developed, as well as developing countries, experience changes in weather patterns, for example, increases in sea levels, heat waves and solar radiations, and unpredictable rain pattern among others. Poor climate monitoring, lack

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The life expectancy of an individual is the expected number of years of the life at any given time. By analyzing the life tables or the actuarial tables, the life expectancy can be predicted. According to the World Health Organization, the healthy life expectancy is the “average number of years that a person is expected to live in full health, subtracting full health due to diseases and injury” (Kabir, 2008, pp. 185--204). The life expectancy has been drastically low in the developing countries; this issue has been shocking for the whole world. Despite the fact that there has been

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International trade forms a very important part of every economy’s financial structure. Trade activities and negotiations with other countries are the main source of earning foreign currency and also strengthening ties and building international relationships. Such activities come under the purview of the World Trade Organization, which is the regulatory authority and organization to ensure that fair practices prevail between all countries of the world. International trade can also be seen as a participative activity in which developed as well as developing economies both are actively involved. However, it is vital to note that, in many cases, developing

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Introduction

This essay discusses the issue of Globalization, and specifically seeks to determine whether it has a positive or a negative effect on the creation of wealth (and therefore a reduction of poverty) in developing countries. A selection of the many and often opposing opinions on this topic is covered in the essay, so that this writer may be in a position to take an informed view.

Defining Globalization

Bardhan (2009) recognizes that whilst there are many strong opinions on the contentious subject of globalization, there are also different meanings attributed to the term. He explains that some interpret globalization as being

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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in 2010-2012, from the total of about seven billion people living on Earth, there are approximately 870 million people that suffer from hunger (FAO). That means that one in eight people are undernourished, which is a worrying and sad fact at the same time. One in three children in developing countries, suffer from poor nutrition, representing about 33 percent of the overall population of developing countries (de Onis et.al).
The vast majority of those undernourished live in developing countries; in other words, a fourth of the population in developing countries

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INTRODUCTION

There is general discontent and uneven acceptance of genetically modified foods in the world all over. This has led to the development of regulatory frameworks in many countries to control its use or at the least monitor them. The sudden increase in discontent prompting different control and monitoring approaches such as labeling can be attributed to a lot of factors. First, organic farming is on the rise globally, and as a worthy competitor of genetic modified foods, organic farmers are advocating for the labeling of GM foods in order to advance their health and environmental risk concerns. The discontent

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Essay

Question 1
Many factors influence the economic growth in the developing countries. These factors include internal government policies, political stability, domestic capital formation, investment, export policy and foreign aid among others. Collectively, these factors provide the most significant platform for economies in developing countries. The major problem in developing countries is that they lack proper policy to implement these factors to promote economic growth. This has led to high rates of unemployment, income inequality, inflation and poor economic growth among others. Thus, the paper will evaluate various factors that constitute economic in developing countries.
Globalization and income inequality have

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Reg No

Designation

Research Objectives 6

Background of Research 6
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7
2.1 Emerging markets 7
2.2 Marketing in Emerging markets – Opportunities and Challenges 7
2.3 Marketing practices in Emerging markets 9
2.4 Advanced Marketing practices 10
2.5 Cross Cultural Management – Practical Examples 11
2.6 Cross Cultural Issues 12
2.7 marketing culturally sensitive products 12
2.8 Theoretical Models – Comparing First world and Emerging markets nation’s culture 15

Hofstede’s Dimensions of Culture 15

GLOBE FRAMEWORK 18
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21
3.1 Research Design 21
3.2 Data Collection Methods 21
3.3 Sampling procedure: 21
3.4 Statistical Tools and Data Analysis 22
4. ANALYSIS 23
4.1 Profile of the

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Introduction

International Monetary Fund and World Bank are two well-reputed financial institutions that try to ensure that the global economy is in healthy state and the economic disparity among people and nations are reduced as much as possible. The basic goals of these institutions are focused around developing nations. Developing nations across the world have many basic problems impeding their progress. Many people in those countries are ridden with problems like the lack of access to clean water, lack of sanitation facilities, no access to primary and secondary education, disparity among girl and boy child, lack of health facilities and

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The emerging markets currently serve as the world`s economic development engine. There is great hope in the growth of the global economy and these companies take advantage of the emerging market opportunities. The risks are high but these firms have learnt to cope with them.
The rise of the emerging markets leads to an increase of the companies had previously threatened the multinational corporations. These firms are increasingly investing in their home markets posing as competitors and are making investments into other emerging and advanced economies. These firms produce innovative designs that reduce the cost of manufacturing (Gregoriou,

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How emerging markets’ MNEs (EM-MNEs) may follow quite different patterns to reach, or at least approach, global competitiveness?

ABSTRACT
The emerging markets are observing significant growth in operations of the businesses. Globalization has targeted on reducing the barriers which are linked with potential growth of the economies. The MNE’s apply different patterns which contribute towards global competitiveness. This links the rich economies to the poor economies and promotes benefits which enhance the benefits of both the economies. The implementation of strategies signifies potential growth targets in the economies. Minimization of cost is significantly important for the potential growth and benefits of the economy. Market expansion and cost effectiveness is an approach on which the businesses emphasize

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Developing Countries Detrimental to Economic Growth?

Economics: Is a Policy of Poverty Reduction in
Developing Countries Detrimental to Economic Growth?
The prevalence of poverty has always been a persistent problem especially in developing countries; and the rising concern towards poverty reduction has been evident in the Millennium Development Goal (MDG). For pro-growth policy makers, the most effective tool to reduce poverty in the developing countries is economic growth. The Department for International Development recognizes the critical role of rapid and sustained growth in fostering faster progress in the attainment of the MDG. Growth can generate virtuous circle of prosperity and opportunity. Strong growth and employment

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Since the advent of globalization, the presence of Multinational Corporations on foreign shores has increased manifold, especially in foreign countries. This increase in the presence of foreign companies in developing countries brings with it its share of pros and cons. This essay seeks to provide an overview of the historical growth of these corporations up until the current level of presence of Transnational Corporations across the globe. The advantages and disadvantages, with a focus on the labor and human rights impact of MNCs in developing countries, will also be covered. This analysis will include impact on employment and labor

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Economic structuralism theory is an extremely useful theory in the definition of global political and economic structures. This theory dictates that the global political structure is determined by the global economic structure. The theory has been connected to a saying that fiscally developed nations set political rules, which they expect the developing countries follow in the foot step to getting developed. This statement is true since the developed countries have always had the intention of dominating the rest of the world. This happens in various ways while each of the activity that is witnessed has unique influence. There are

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The article written by Prahalad & Mashelkar (2010) entitled Innovation’s Holy Grail and published in the Harvard Business Review is to be compared with another article entitled “Drivers of Success for Market Entry into China and India” written by Johnson & Tellis (2008) and published in the Journal of Marketing. The current discourse hereby aims to find similarities and disparities in these two articles and to present them, as required.
Prahalad & Mashelkar’s (2010) article focused on innovation as the driving force of contemporary organizations in emerging markets, like India and China, which allegedly emphasizes affordability and sustainability. The authors

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Article Review

Article Review: The Surprising Role of Amyloid Fibrils in HIV Infection
Summary
Human Immunodeficiency virus which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has been around for some time. The initial identification was done about three decades ago. HIV is a global epidemic that poses an aggressive public health threat. The developing world suffers a greater percentage of the scourge with 68% of worldwide adult figures of people with HIV and AIDS residing in the developing countries. Moreover, 90% of worldwide figures of people living with HIV and AIDS also reside in developing countries. Heterosexual transmission makes up a large chunk

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