Essays on Europe

The internet search giant Google was involved in a five-year court battle with Louis Vuitton. The case was based on a determination regarding trademarks of original companies that were used by counterfeit dealers. Google is a world leader in the search industry sector and uses this unique feature as a marketing vehicle. However, the use of AdWords as used by Google has recently come to sharp criticism from within the European Union and in the United States of America. It is argued that the use of AdWords promotes trademark Infringement. Therefore, the courts of law had been called in to determine this fundamental ...

Business environment in Europe

The idea of a unified Europe has been in existed and constantly resurfaced since history. The economic and political stability within the region has been supported by the idea of a unified Europe. The main objective for the European Union has been to ensure peace among all the nations. The rules governing the business environment in Europe ensure that there a freedom of movement for capital, people, goods and services. However, these rules are not sufficient to create a free market business environment. Fee market can be achieved with a restructuring of policies governing the environment for doing business.

So far, the creation of a ...

Introduction

Supply chain management involves the management of the business activities and processes network that includes including raw materials procurement, manufacturing, packaging, and the final product distribution. Supply chain management essentially aims to avail the right product at the correct time, the correct place, and the correct price to the consumer. It streamlines the business supply function so that the customer value can be maximized and the company can consequently compete effectively in the market. This process is very prevalent in business institutions throughout the world including Europe.

In Europe, this process has actually been a very critical pillar or ...

Rome is the capital city of Italy. Italy is located in Europe. Rome is in the central part of the western portion of the Italian Peninsula. The best attraction of this city is the Vatican which the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

Rome Italy is located at 41° 54' N and 12° 29' E respectively. The time which is followed in Italy is UTC+. On the other hand, the location of Harrison New York is latitude: 40° 969' North and Longitude: 73° 7126' West. Therefore, to travel from Harrison in New York to go to Rome, one ...

Question 1

The Great Depression which was experienced between 1929 and 1933 was the most severe economic downturn in the modern times. The depression enhanced economic changes such in macroeconomic policy, economic theory, and economic institutions. Millions of workers lost their jobs while businessmen and farmers across the world went bankrupt. The economic slump affected the industrialized nations and those nation producing primary products, such as raw materials and food, in one way or another (Smiley, p.34). For instance, in both United States and Germany, the industrial output fell by approximately 50%, and the unemployment level in the industrial labor force ...

The years between early 15th century and 16th century marks a significant historical event in Japan particularly due to the civil war that erupted between the provincial warlords and the ruling shoguns or the Ashikaga family also known to be under the Muromachi period. Before the arrival of first Europeans in early 1500s, Japan was ruled by the supreme warrior s under the shugunate rule who ruled the island had had the supreme powers of jurisdictions in the region. The Kyoto shoguns were the rulers during this time and controlled all the major activities such as painting, farming and pottery. ...

In the article "How to judge globalism," the author defends globalism and calls for its reform. The author vaguely mentions the main issues that the globalism have including the unfair market trade, the increasing gap between poor and rich countries and individuals and the unequal distribution of goods. The author does not mention the disappearance of cultural identity of many countries and the imposition of democracy on countries that are not prepared for this type of government. Even though the globalization is an inevitable phenomenon, the fact is that the world is divided between three major players (European Union, ...

Introduction

Every country in Europe has had intense debates over whether or not to adopt the Euro as a common currency. Adopting the Euro as a common currency in Europe has distinct advantages and disadvantages for member countries.

Advantages

With the US Dollar showing signs of weakness, nations across the globe would consider the option of switching to the Euro as the currency for international currency transactions (Kotabe and Halsen 73). The advent of globalization has made conventional currency frameworks such as adjustable pegs redundant. Increased cross-border capital inflows have made it increasingly difficult for countries to adjust their monetary policies. ...

Greenwald, G. (2014) No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State Metropolitan Books. The book describes how the author Glenn Greenwald visited Hong Kong to meet up with an unspecified source that had claims of being in possession of convicting information that could be used as evidence against the United States of America. The information exposed the U.S government’s spying activities and techniques. The anonymous source however insisted on using highly encrypted information to avoid detection. The NSA scandal has been very damaging to the United States government credibility contrary to its ...

U.S. GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY U.S. General Aviation Industry in Regards to Business and Corporate Flying

Introduction

In order to understand the organization of the United States’ aviation industry, there are several factors that are necessary to note, and that will guide us in understanding how it has been organized, and its operation with regards to the changing internal and external aspects and situations within the United States, and beyond. One of the key things, for example, to note includes the fact that the changes and instability of the United States’ economy has severely affected various industries across the nation, ...

Survivors in the post-crisis world by Sarah Gordon offers a quick overview of the main events in the financial world that took place during 2012. As the article was published in December, 2012, the author is able to look back at almost the entire year and to guide the readers through the main events that 2012 will be remembered for.

The purpose of the article is two-fold. Firstly, it aims to give an overview of the 2012 events that left a mark in the economic and political history. The second goal pursued by the author is to promote the journal ...

The British Petroleum Company; commonly referred to as BP constitutes one of the top five largest petroleum companies on a global scale. It was started in 1908 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. In 1947, it changed its name to Anglo-Iranian Oil Company then to British Petroleum Company in 1954 (Ferrier 1994). Before the First World War, the economy of this company was very poor as activities of exploring oil in the Persian Gulf were not only difficult but also extremely costly. For a significant period, the company risked absorption by larger companies that had stable establishments in the industry (Ferrier 1994).

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The November 11, 2013, news article in the New York Times namely “Spying Scandal Alters U.S. Ties with Allies and Raises Talk of Policy Shift” discusses the shift in policies amongst the US and its allies. Smale and Sanger state that as the US and European negotiators advance a foundational trade accord which is intended to tie Europe and America together, European major business firms such as the Deutsche Telekom, the giant telecommunication firm in Germany are considering adopting strategies which will confine the information exchange within Europe. The main reason behind these intention is to avoid unnecessary data exchange ...

Metal handling is very significant for engineering processes. Metals possess unique properties that make them useful in engineering processes. As a result of these properties, metals are used in various construction processes such as building of bridges, houses, automobiles, machines and various kinds of structures. There are basics need to performed before processes as metals have to be joined, cut or even bent. This brings in a number of engineering practices as soldering, brazing, welding and even cutting. Plasma cutters leveraging high end technologies are used in cutting metals and joints can be joined using soldering, brazing or welding. Soldering, brazing ...

Hoarding among Americans Born during the Great Depression: Understanding the Socio-Economic Conditions of a Forlorn Era in Relation to a Peculiar Habit

Introduction

The capitalist economic setup of the United States (US) is not purely a success story. While markets in the US appear robust and active in contemporary times, it does not mean that it has not experienced any form of fluctuations. In fact, various maladies have affected the US economy for one too many times. In fact, the most recent economic crisis that has hit the US – the global financial crisis of 2008, has left the nation reeling in the pains ...

Abstract

This paper explores the establishment of the religion in North America. It suggests short statistics of religion in this region and gives short description of each of them. As a result, it was founded that the most widespread religion in North America is Christianity. Others include Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, Baptism, Atheism etc.

Key-words: religion, North America, Christianity

Pending the European Colonization, native peoples of America worshiped totems and believed in magic. First religion appeared here with the arrival of British colonists in the XV century. It was Christianity in form of Catholicism in the Middle and South America. Along with it in North ...

1. The HS2 Railway Network

On November 2013, the Government passed a hybrid bill to Parliament supporting the launch of Phase One of the High Speed Two (HS2) project (DfT 2013). Consultation ended in February 2014 and the Parliament is in the process of appointing an independent assessor to provide an outline of all issues surrounding the project. The HS2 project is a railway network that is part of the Coalition Agreement and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) business plan from 2010 until 2015. HS2 has two phases, which will be launched separately and thus, will be subjected to ...

The period of 13th to 15th century was highly characterized by a high level of cultural and social shifts that contributed in the development of art and its adoption across Europe. There was the rise and the emergence of Italian renaissance. Economic growth was experienced in the vast European continent. This growth led to the development of transportation links and, which acted, as a catalyst for the spread of artistic skills across Europe. Italian renaissance was characterized with artistic impressions that depicted various developments in Italy and day-to-day secular life of people. Netherlands art also came into existence in the same ...

The World War I with all its hostilities brought death and destruction across Europe. Millions of people died for the sacred purpose – to end all possible wars by getting involved into one massive war. In 1954, the Veterans Day received its official recognition (initially it was called Armistice Day) and became a national holiday that calls people to remember those soldiers who paid with their lives to ensure peace in the US. Without hesitation I would say that celebrating the Veterans Day is not only necessary, but also useful for the US to ensure its history and traditions being passed ...

‘Fashion and quality at the best price’ is the motto on which H&M bases its business concept. H&M had humble beginnings over sixty years ago in Vasteras, Sweden. It is now a highly successful, contemporary fashion group with a global reach. H&M’s Annual Report for FY 2013 reported 3,132 department stores worldwide; H&M department stores are now in 53 countries.

Outward processing trade (OPT) agreements work well for many segments of the textile production and marketing sectors. OPT is better than free trade regulations for H&M when using production facilities in countries in closer proximity to ...

Summary of Case Study

This case study talks about H&M, a clothing retailer which is based in Sweden. H&M is believed to be the second largest clothing retailer in the world. It faces stiff competition from firms such as Uniqlo, Gap, Zara, and Top shop. All the garments are designed in Stockholm, sent for production in various offices and finally to the manufacturers. H&M designs both fast fashion and staple items. As such, it sourcing strategy is split into two that is, sourcing strategy for fashion lines that turn around very fast and sourcing strategy for items that are not very urgent. The ...

Introduction

Jewellery has been in existence since the early humans began to become civilized. The human desire is to be adorned with precious metals and gems. This has been evident since the Neolithic and Palaeolithic eras. The early humans made jewellery that was formed from claws, bones, teeth and shells. This has been documented by archaeologists. The Egyptians, the Romans and the Greeks applied distinct methods for the creation of jewellery (Cartlidge 1985; Dorner & Turner 1985; Druff and Dormer 1995; Druitt 1986; Falk 1989; Game and Goring 1998; Gilhooley and Costin 1998; Grant 2005; Grant 2007; Hinks 1983; Hughes 1972; ...

Business norms and motives in Spain

Personal contacts are extremely important to do successful business in Spain. Building a friendly relationship with people and meeting them one-on-one will help the business meetings and contribute in business success. Spanish people tend to do business, only if they are able to establish a right chemistry, so good and positive image is important in front of them. Furthermore, Spanish appreciates a good sense of humor, and they feel free to share jokes with each other, but it is important that the humor should not be offensive to anyone. (Bove, 2012) Another important norm is the presentation ...

Indians and Europeans inhabited a world of villages rather than of empires and they thought locally rather than globally. The rhythms and rituals of planting and harvesting meant more to most people than did timetables for the transfer of territory. That is not to suggest they lived in idyllic rural communities unaware of their place in a larger, world, only that communities were small by modern standards and paid most attention to the things that most immediately affected them. The regions people inhabited set them apart from and sometimes set them in tension with other regions, but their orbits overlapped and ...

Akrivopoulou, Christina, and Athanasios Psygkas. Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2011. Print.

With the changing rate of technology in the modern world and the rate of which globalization is Spreading, the need for data protection has gone high. Firms, individuals and government are taking measures to ensure that their data remains private hence looking for various ways to protect their data from exposure into the cyberspace. The book is also seen to highlight a number of emerging and interdependent topics regarding the legal protection of technology and privacy of data. In this book, the authors have highlighted new ways through which privacy of individuals is at a ...

Immigration has become one of the main controversial political problems in the Europe. For instance, subsequent public protest has highlighted that immigration has absolutely become a main issue in the European societies. This is so because little is known to what motivates political actors to support or oppose it and since it create diverse society. Similarly, many European countries are confronting the challenges of ethnic relations and social cohesion linked with immigration. Therefore, we will evaluate why Europe has become a net recipient of immigrants.

The patterns of migration flow have changed with time and the size of the composition ...

Question 1

Jazz has always been one of the most popular forms of music in the world. This is mainly because its improvisatory nature can easily be adapted by a community or to portray its individual identity. Originating in the United States, jazz music slowly crept into the larger Europe during the 20th Century. This was a period when most European nations were under the rule of communist governments. Jazz music was a form of cultural export by the United States to Europe through which it sought to spread its influence and neutralize some of the propaganda spread by the communist ...

The outsourcing in the textile and clothing industry is in a continuous movement and evolution, which was speed up by the rapid technological development, globalization or economic liberalization of various geographic areas.

The various shifts in the global sourcing in the textile and apparel industry have been hand in hand with the global social and economic shifts. Gereff (2002) notes that the history of sourcing was shaped in the fifties, when US and Western Europe countries where importing from Japan, which later imported from the Asian Tigers Hong King, Taiwan and ...

- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 PHILOSOPHY As already mentioned, the aim of the present research is to evaluate whether or not Europe can exploit its shale gas resources by adopting the positive experience and avoiding the negative mistakes the United States has had in its shale gas exploitation journey. In order for this aim to be addressed the dissertation evolves towards a literature-based approach. More specifically, the present dissertation is entirely theoretical and is based on the existent literature in respect to shale gas exploitation in the United States, and to the potential shale gas extraction ...

Presentation Made to the Team at Cygmax IT Solutions London

An effective sales presentation has the potentiality to convince the customer regarding your company and product you are going to sell them. It gives all the details regarding the product and tries to persuade the customer as to why your product is the best in the market. Sales process has been developed basing on the engineering discipline (Selden 1997). The current report is the sales presentation of Royal Orchid (Royal Orchid) Hotel of London to a team of executives from Cygmax IT Solutions (Cygmax) based in London. Royal Orchid has its hotels spread across the world. Similar is the case ...

- Where did most of New York City’s immigrants come from in the 17th Century (before and after 1664)? The 18th Century? The middle of the 19th Century? The End of the 19th Century? Give examples.

Before 1664, New York’s (New Netherland at that time) immigrants came from different parts of Europe, particularly Western Europe. Settlers were from Belgium, France, Germany, and Holland among others. The Dutch also brought in black slaves in the country. After 1664, when control of New Netherland went to the English colonizers, more English settlers came to New York. During ...

Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and is located in Latin America, which means its culture, also known as cultura rioplatense (River Plate culture from the name of the River Plate Basin region, where the country is situated), is a result of intermixture of the extremely diverse European immigrant and local cultures ("Culture of Argentina"). It is deemed that historically the prevalent impact on the Argentine culture was made by the Spanish rule and Roman Catholic traditions. At the same time, although the migration of Europeans led to the demise of the indigenous culture, their influence is ...

Slide 2

Introduction There are several reasons for choosing the Declaration of Independence of Germany. Primarily there has been the development of the mindset to see Germany as a saint; this paper focuses on bringing to light the issues that persist in the country, some issues that have been the cause of the separation of many countries. In spite of which this country remains. These problems persist in the current status quo. Thus, the country presented itself as a viable option for this project.

Slide 3

When in the course of Human events the government fails to uphold its basic fundamental responsibilities, people feel ...

- What was the Dutch West India Company and why and when did it send people to New Netherland?

The Dutch West India Company (WIC) constituted Dutch merchants engaged in trade with other countries or regions outside Europe. The charter expanded through its establishment of trading posts in other countries as well as colonization of territories and other trade monopolies. Dutch merchants traded various goods and commodities such as food and spices, and alcohol and tobacco among others, and also largely participated in slave trade. During the early and mid-1600s, WIC established a post for fur trade in New ...

- Neo mercantilism;

This is a policy that regulates trade by achieving a balance of export over imports. It aims at encouraging exports, discouraging importing and also by controlling the capital movement thus promoting industrial growth. It also helped to increase the level of foreign reserves held by the government.

- Collaborator;

This comes from the word collaboration which means working together for a common goal. A collaborator is an associate in an activity or sphere of common interest. Collaboration in a work related increases the potential for high performance.

- Treaty of Gori;

This treaty was made ...

Chinua Achebe’s novel A Man of the People portrays the generation gap between the old guard in the politics of West Africa and the newer generation. The narrator, Odili, stands for the newer generation, and contrasts starkly with Chief Nanga, who had once been Odili’s teacher and represents the older style represented by busy politics. Patron-client relationships and the old school “politics of the belly” are both important motifs in this novel, which focuses on these two men’s quarrels over everything from basic politics to women, building to the story’s end, represented by a military revolt ...

The predominant academic agreement is that gunpowder was invented in China, but no one scholar in the whole world could tell us the exact date of the creation of gunpowder. However, I researched different articles and found out that there are several major versions of the origin of gunpowder and each version assumes different time it was firstly received by people. According to some authors, for instance Joseph Needham, China used gunpowder in rockets and fireworks in the VII century B.C. (9), another theory tells that gunpowder came to Chine and Arabia in the 1st century from India and ...

Colonization is a situation where powerful and established countries enforce their rule in some of the developing countries. This was most popular in the past where the European countries would rule over African and Asian countries. Decolonization is the opposite of colonization. These countries that were under the rule of other powerful countries got to a point where they fought to rule themselves. This independence is called decolonization. Decolonization is very important in the history of the world. Through the decolonization of Asia, most african countries were motivated to fight for their frreedom and is the main reason why these countries ...

1. The issue of immigration is a multi-faceted, controversial one. It encompasses issues such as cultural assimilation, human rights and dignity, law and justice, employment, as well as educational opportunities for host countries and migrant countries. For example, some people, like Jonathan Laurence, demand a secular absorption of Muslims -- an unconditional acceptance of their cultural norms by their host countries, and more tolerance for the rapidly-growing Muslim population in European countries. Laurence is an associate professor of political science at Boston College. Kofi Annan, United Nations' Secretary General on International Flows of Humanity, states that we need a more-balanced, conservative approach ...

The following case study corresponds to an analysis of the known facts going around the Swiss Franc and the effects it has from the point of view of investors, managers, employees, manufacturers and tourists. In order to show this breakdown, the next set of questions will be answered accordingly.

- Why is the Swiss Franc a “haven currency” according to many international investors?

For international investors, the Swiss Franc represents a “haven currency”, thanks to its ability to protect capital and revenues since it ...

Slide 2: Bagpipes

Bagpipes fall in the aerophones class of musical instruments, which uses a source of constant air supply and enclosed reeds to produce sound notes, has historically been played in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Europe and Caucasia. They trace the origins as far back as 1000 BC, in the Middle East. References to bagpipes have been unearthed, with evidence of Emperor Nero having been depicted playing a tibia in 2nd Century (Cannon, 2008). The arrival of the bagpipes in Europe is marked by their appearance in the continent’s iconography and art in the 13th century, before spreading to the ...

The colonial stereotype that can neither be proved nor eradicated is dependent upon ambivalence. The objective of the Colonizer is to portray the Colonized as a degenerate population because of their race so that they can justify their dominance. To do this they define the subject race as knowable but different with both positive and negative characteristics and engages a sense of otherness.

Edmund Said proposed a ‘Orientalist’ power that incorporated European observation of the Orient lumping together all races, cultures and politics in that geographical zone of the world. This incorporated a dichotomy that engages Eastern mystic spirituality ...

Though the USSR collapsed in 1991, the effects of its fall are still felt up to present. Scholars predict that these effects will be felt decades to come and it is only after this period that the real effects of the union’s collapse be felt (Zubok, 2008, p. 15).

One advantage of the fall of the USSR is that after its collapse the USA became the sole superpower in the world. During the time when the USSR was existent, the world was bipolar as the union and the USA formed the leading states globally. Subsequently, after the collapse ...

‘Broken April’ is a highly acclaimed novel by Ismail Kadare, an Albanian author. Kadare is a well-known author of Albania who has won some prestigious awards for delivering few bestselling novels. The author wrote ‘Broken April’ in the year 1978 and presented a realistic picture of the Albanian society in front of the world. The story of this novel revolves around bizarre traditions of Albanian society. One of such traditions is known as ‘Kanun’. This custom is all about taking the revenge of near and dears and suggests relatives of victims to kill people who killed their relatives. The author describes how ...

- The intra-industry trade index analysis has been done for many years, the latest being 2008. With regards to overall manufacturing, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 53.7, 77.2 and 75.6 respectively. With regards to machinery and equipment, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 66.3, 76.2 and 67.5 respectively. With regards to transport equipment, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 24.8, 67.1 and 93.4 respectively. For the three industries, Japan achieved prominently low indices when compared to Germany and Canada. By these indicators, the statistics show that Japan was lagging behind in the ...

- Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiece- embraces the use of oil on oak panel. Thus, the artist uses objects from the material world. These objects symbolize spiritual ideas. It was done in Northern renaissance or Flemish style

- Jan van Eyck, Arnolfin & His Wife. The materials used are oil on oak. The portrait is that of Giovanni and his wife Cenami standing side by side in a bridal chamber. He is holding the hand of his wife. It was done in Northern renaissance or Flemish style.

- Jan Van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban. It is a portrait of a man in a ...

Introduction

A free trade area has been used to describe the regional market that eliminates most, if not all, trade barriers between the trading partners such as quotas, barriers, and preferences on the flow of the services and goods traded between the member countries (Plante, 2004). Nevertheless, in the free trade areas, members negotiate trade agreements separately with the countries that are not members of the free trade area. A customs union on the other hand, refers to the trade agreement where a group of countries charges a common set of tariffs and quotas to external countries. This refers to a higher level ...

- Briefly describe the two opposing parties.

The latest political uproar around the globe is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict that has created a nerve-wrecking situation for all the strong, powerful world leaders. The conflict is mainly between Russia and Ukraine.

- Using course concepts (Modules 14 and 17), analyze how the conflict might have been initiated and how it is maintained.

Over the past few years, Russia has dominated most of the governmental decisions of Ukraine, which were based on building strong relations with Russia, but not with the European Union because if Ukraine signed deals with European Union then it would damage ...

The historical facts regarding the interaction of Africans and native Indians are not well documented. Still, there is great evidence in the form of artifacts, the religious systems and architecture that point to the possibility of Africans having interacted with the Americas people long before Europeans got there (Smallwood, 1999). The pyramids found in Egypt are similar to those found in Central America and the ancient form of writing used by Native Americans was similar to that of ancient Egyptians. Indeed, Columbus crew gave accounts of coming across people of African descent among the Indian tribes when they reached ...

Question Number One

The realist international relations theory stipulates that a competitive self-interest is the main driving force of world politics. The theory is based on premises that the international political system is anarchic. States are the most important players in world politics and they tend to seek self-interest and survival is the major concern of all states. It has been theorized that “nations dwell in perpetual anarchy for no central authority imposes limits on the pursuit of sovereign interests” (Oye, 1). Anarchy stems from the fact that there is no common or central government in world politics (Axelrod and Keohane, 226). ...

Abstract

The United States is one of the most desirable countries for migration. The United States were created by colonists from the New World. Till today, each year America accepts more than half a million of legal migrants. The same quantity arrives illegally. All of them desire to live in economic and political stability, with freedoms and equal rights. Their hard work shaped the modern United States. The fact is that America is the core of the world’s migration system. Keywords: immigration, USA, waves of immigration

Historically, America is a nation formed by immigrants. In general, according to Hasia Diner, ...

In the recent past, I have been observing the changing economic trends in Africa with great concentration on how African countries have been trading with international nations. The trend has been rapidly changing with a great shift from Europe to the Asian continent. The European countries have always held the greatest share of the Africa’s imports and foreign direct investments. Additionally, a significant percentage of the African countries’ grants and external debt is accounted to European countries. The major trade partners are United States, United Kingdom and Germany. However, the latest invasion of African resources by China is a concerning trend ...

This article examines the difference between communication strategies in Japan and in the United States. The author’s goal is to assess the difference when people from Japan and people from the United States want to create friendships and marriages. Topic choice was determined to be of importance to both cultures. The conclusion of the study will be useful in my research because it reveals that when both parties are better informed about the differences between topic choices in the United States versus Japan then the parties are able to make better communication strategy choices. Richmond, V. ...

It is hard to evaluate the work of Henderson “The context of the state of nature” as it presents fairly one-sided approach to human behavior and international world order. The Hobbes was famous with his claims “man against every man”, but it should be critically assessed whether this notion is relevant to nowadays realms.

The terror was common practice in Europe, I must admit, starting from French Revolution. Power by all means was the motto, and terror served as the main tool to acquire power and to stay in power. The realism prevailed up to the end ...

Foreign Trends in America

Like most American youth, my daily life involves some activities that are influenced by the media and current trends. The American culture consists various forms of traditions and trends borrowed from foreign sources that threaten to drown the original distinct culture of America. As the American culture encompasses various cultures from around the globe, it also spreads its culture to interacting nations. The Internet is instrumental in ensuring people from (if possible) all backgrounds share information and borrow ideas to integrate into their cultures. I believe the future generation will not differentiate their cultures basing on the countries of ...

What are the underlying problems facing Fiat’s car division?

Fiat is an Italian company with its business once solely concentrated in Italy. After the post war period, Fiat with the help from Italian government became the number one automobile manufacturer in Italy. Fiat enjoyed that position for almost 50 years without any threat from other European players. However, decades of doing business with ease and with the help of Italian government had created operational, strategic and managerial inefficiencies within the company. For almost 5 decades even with its huge success in the Western European market, Fiat never thought of expanding beyond the region. Finally, by the time it ...

- Groot, E. (2012). Personal preference or policy? Language choice in a European-based international organization. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 17(3), 255-271. DOI: 10.1108/13563281211253511.

Research methodology applied in this paper was analyzing the languages that were used by the employees in the organizations at Europe. The data collection included surveys and personal interviews. The demographics for this study included the employees of most of the European nations and were in the age range of 25-40 years. It consisted of both new joiners and experienced ones. The findings concluded that, it is important to work upon language barriers in order ...

The anti-trust laws against Microsoft by the US and the European Union because of its dominance in the market. Given that Microsoft is a monopoly and due to this fact, the company can hold process above that marginal cost in order to get more profits. Microsoft, which is owned by Bill Gates, is one of the most valuable companies because it reaps a lot of profit from its sales. It is crucial to note that that the anti-trust laws were invented by the government to control major industries in the market. Given that a large market share demonstrates more power in terms ...

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Chapter 1 is an examination of the encounters between Europeans and Indians during the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Most of the discussion is about Christopher Columbus and the Spanish who encountered Indians in the Caribbean beginning in the late fifteenth century. Zinn wrote about issues such as how history has been presented over the years. Additionally, he discussed how Columbus’ treatment of the Arawak is not unique. The history is comparable to Andrew Jackson and the Cherokees, Hernando Cortes and the Aztecs, the English colonists in America and the Powhatans, etc. Zinn’s style of history telling ...

In the debate regarding Genetically Modified Foods, ethical concerns and scientific uncertainties have played different roles in the US and the European Union. While the regulatory and rule-making system in the US is centralized, the regulatory system in the EU is decentralized. However, rule enforcement among regulatory agencies of continental European states is more centralized. The European Union’s precautionary principle when it comes to avoiding technologies used in the production of genetically modified foods, particularly when the long-term consequences culture, health and the environment are unknown, is preferable. This traditional rule helps European Unions to exercise safety until ...