Essays on Singapore

Worries about a decline in the birth rate are nothing new, at least in many developed nations. As early as 1909, Hoffman made it perfectly clear that a love for babies was not the reason that some in the U.S. fretted over the declining number of births. Rather, it was concern over the decreasing rate of births among “native white married women” while the “rate of reproduction [was] materially higher among the foreign element” (p. 676). Similar concerns are in evidence today in places such as Israel, where the comparatively high rate of births among the Arab population has ...

Introduction

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

Abstract

The Air transport industry is growing globally and specifically in the Asia-Pacific region as the demand for air transport services grows and infrastructural development continues. Singapore has emerged as an important air transport hub in the Asia-Pacific region owing to its strategic geographical location, developed infrastructure, connectivity to other regions of the world, and its well-defined regulatory environment. Singapore is a major air transport hub as it is strategically located in the Strait of Malacca which puts it at the crossroads of important air routes, particularly between major economic blocs such as Japan and Europe. The emergence of Singapore ...

Response

The crustal instability and volcanic activity are the factors playing extremely important role in Southeast Asian realm’s present and future. Being part of the Pacific ring of fire, this realm experiences severe earthquakes and tsunamis rather often. For instance, in 2004 a 1000 km underwater rupture caused a tsunami that led to death of around 230,000 people in the region (Shah). Eventually, it also led to serious destruction and large economic loss. Given that the countries of the realm never were the top of the list developed countries, rather harsh physiographic condition come as an extra obstacle ...

Introduction

Industrialization refers to the sustained structural transformation of a traditional agrarian society to a modern economy driven by high productivity in manufacturing society (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Industrialization started in the mid-eighteenth century in Britain and then spread to other European countries and the USA in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, and other East Asian Tigers became industrialized (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Gerschenkron (1962) used the term rarly industrializers to refer to countries that were first to industrilze such as Britain. He used the term late industrilizers to refer to countries ...

Background3

External Environment....4

Political Factors.4

Economic Factors..5 Social Factors....6

Technological Factors6

Internal Environment6 Critical Evaluation.7 Dutch Model Problem Solving 8 Goal-Setting Theory in the Retraining Program..11

Implementing the Retraining Program.12

Consultancy Role.13 Conclusion13 Reference List..15 Hai Di Lao Hot Pot Strategy Background Hai Di Lao Hot Pot is a chain of restaurants established in Cihina in 1994 and is now spread across China, South Korea, Singapore and the USA (Haidilao 2016). As the name suggests, its specialty is the Chinese Sichuan hot pot, a dish in which the ingredients are assembled together and are cooked in a hot pot at the table of the diner. The humble beginnings, ...

Overview

Amazon.com came into existence in 1995 as an online retailer of books taking advantage of the exponential growth of the Internet (Govindarajan and Warren 2016). The meteoric rise of the Internet as a major business tool and a platform for many daily activities drove the company to start selling and later publishing e-books itself. The development of the Kindle e-reader and its debut in 2007 made the company the leading seller of e-books. Today, it has widened its product offerings beyond books and it is the largest online retailer of consumer electronics, household goods, the Internet and media. In ...

Overview of the Case Study

Over the years, the Singapore government had been operating on a two airline policy that had promoted efficient interaction between the government-owned Singapore airline, and its national competitor, Silvertail Airlines. For about 10 years, the duopoly worked so well until 1990 when other competitors joined the airline industry, following the airline deregulation policies adopted by the government. Consequently, the share price of Silvertail Airline Company started changing due to the friendly services such as low cost charges offered by its major competitors. This wind of change prompted a transformation in the company’s board of directors, which was replaced ...

A1 Quantitative Article: Tan, C.H.S., Ishak, R.B., Lim, T.X.G., Marimuthusamy, P., Kaurss, K., & Leong, J.J. (2016). Illness Management and Recovery Program for Mental Health

Problems: Reducing Symptoms and Increasing Social Functioning. Journal of Clinical

Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13712 Introduction – The introduction is clear and concise. It explains how the study aims to discern the efficacy of an immensely popular evidence-based practice in the US – the Illness Management and Recovery Program (IMR) when applied to subjects in Singapore. The introduction carefully lays out the criteria for mental illness, and subjects who qualify. Review of the Literature – The Literature Review is well-written. However, much of the review overstates the obvious, and is ...

Background

Being a small sized nation and also one lacking too much of natural resources, it was mandatory for Singapore to adopt a policy of open trade. The overall trade in Singapore currently amounts to thrice its GDP. Moreover, Singapore possesses absolutely no exchange controls either on the inflows or the outflows of foreign currency funds through its residents and non-residents. Despite the presence of stricter controls over the flows of domestic currency, there is no control that the nation has on its inflow and outflow. The country is known to be following an extremely liberal foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, China is considered as a country with a brilliant future. The reason is that the country has dealt with the issue of poverty and repression and is taking a premier place in the category of the most economically developed nations. According to the data provided in the book by Chai, May-Lee, and Chai W. (23), the Chinese economy has provided employment opportunities to numerous people from all over the world. This success is associated with the Chinese policy of ‘one country nation, two systems’ that was adopted in the 1980s under the rule of Deng ...

Strengths

Shabestan Restaurant enjoys a pool of qualified staff headed by acclaimed chef Mohammad Hosseini. The success or failure of a restaurant is determined by how better and qualified their staff is. For Shabestan, the restaurant hires the most qualified personnel from all over the world to ensure that the dishes prepared are as per the quality and quantity demanded in the market. The second strength of Shabestan Restaurant is the wide range of dishes it provides. The dishes have a Persian touch which blends with the culture of the people of Singapore. The blending of the cultural heritage within ...

Singapore

Detail Economic Facet. From the point of view of a country’s economy, certain freedoms are essential to attract immigrants. Singapore is one of the best countries to emigrate as the country ranks among the best in terms of labor freedom, fiscal freedom and investment freedom. In terms of labor freedom, Singapore match the standards set by the United States of America (both score 80-100 in the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom) (Index of Economic Freedom). But, Singapore provides much better fiscal freedom (Singapore scores 80-100 and US scores 60-69.9 in the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom) and investment ...

1 a. According to the Women’s Charter, Chapter 353, Section 95, either party to a marriage may file for divorce on the grounds that the marriage is irretrievably broken (The Law Commission, Women’s Charter, 2013). The Charter sets forth certain situations that may constitute a finding of an irretrievably broken marriage. The following facts, according to the Charter, would result in a finding of an irretrievability broken marriage by the court:

Adultery has been committed by the defendant and plaintiff find it intolerable to live with defendant

Defendant behaves in a way that plaintiff cannot reasonably be expected to live with defendant Defendant has deserted the plaintiff for a continuous period of at ...

[Student Id] [Number] The case ‘Managing Dynamic’s New Melbourne Team’ is all about understanding team development, team roles, task interdependence, groups dynamics, team effectiveness, and potential issues among team members that may arise with the passage of time. The case exhibits an example of a London-based global media agency named Dynamic, which is operating across all the major geographical locations including Europe, United States, and Asia Pacific. While perpetually expanding to Asia Pacific regions such as Singapore, India, Japan, and Taiwan; it has now chosen Shanghai as its new corporate destiny. With the aim of Chinese expansion, the ...

Introduction

In essence, countries relate in order to meet the needs of their people in terms of resources, economy and political influence. Since the political independence of most countries, the governments interacted to seek support and such resources as energy. In this regard, each country had it form of civilization and growth depending on the time when governments stabilized. This research evaluates the relations between the USA and Canada in the global economy as key entities in the North America.

Relations between USA and Canada in global Economy

Policy and Complaints The relations between political economy of Canada and the United States have become continuously straining than the ...

Marketing Audit and Plan of QANTAS Airline

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

Internal and External Company Examination

Singapore Telecommunications Limited is a Singapore based communications company that provides integrated infocomms technology solutions to global customers (Yahoo, 2016). The company has three operating segments, which includes the Group Enterprise, Group Consumer, and Group Digital Life (Yahoo, 2016). The Group Enterprise segment offers services that cater to business consumers such as cyber security, cloud computing, fixed voice and data, mobile, managed services, and IT and professional consulting (Yahoo, 2016). On the other hand the Group Consumer segment offers end-consumer services such as pay TV, voice, fixed broadband, mobile and equipment sales (Yahoo, 2016). The Group Digital Life offers ...

Climate Change

The world is now facing a problem about climate change, which is a main environmental issue that creates many other problems. These problems are affecting the urban areas. This essay will list three of these problems like the rise of sea level, the rise of temperature, and abnormal weather that are caused by change in climate in urban places. This essay will also evaluate the mitigation efficiencies as well as the adaptation when it comes to resolving this problem. Mitigation means different actions that reduces the effects of greenhouse gases. On the other hand, adaptation means reduction of the ...

Innovation

Executive summary Business organizations have implemented and embraced different organizational strategies that have contributed positively to the performance, and general business productivity. Product innovation strategy has been one of the strategies used to improve product performance and increase sales within an organization. Innovation models are important features of a successful organization. Advanced technology has led to the use of improved business strategies in increasing productivity and performance. Business organizations have embraced different changes in the social and technological aspect to provide products and services suitable for customers. Multiple innovation models may be incorporated into the business strategy to provide ...

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

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

Introduction

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

Introduction

Economic performance is an important aspect that every country needs to consider if it intends to monitor its progress development-wise. Conducting this performance reviews involves reviewing the Gross domestic product values that a country registers every year and formulates a trend upon which certain conclusions can be drawn. The information obtained from this process is very reliable which means that decisions can be made based on this. Therefore, the essence of this paper is to apply various macroeconomic concepts to the economy of Singapore. From the information, it is possible to extract significant information such as unemployment rate in ...

Executive summary

Tesla is an example of a company that is able to disrupt an industry. Before Tesla, the fully electric car was an idea in the research and development laboratories of gasoline-powered cars. After Tesla, the fully electric car is almost synonymous with the name of the company. The technologies behind the car are still expensive and this means that it is still a niche product. However, Tesla is working towards making it a more mainstream car. This paper looks at the efforts of Tesla to get its Model S into the Singaporean market. This paper begins with an introduction ...

Discussion of the foreign market strategy of Land Securities Group: South Korea.

Introduction The ubiquitous nature of the global economic posture prescribes the need for critical assessment, in terms of choosing which countries are most appropriate for foreign market entry consideration. The task of the essay herein involves one of Forbes Global 2000 list participants, the Land Securities UK real estate group, which holds the number 802nd position. Its assets, approximately £9.1 British Pounds ($12.2 Billion USD) reflect its founding in 1944, under the current auspices of CEO Robert Noel. While researching the consideration of choosing from among the three target countries for entry to South Korea, Singapore, or Qatar, an ...

Hemp is a traditional plant that has been used in the production of various products. Such products include cosmetics, insulation, and construction materials. Other products are nutritional supplements, paper, as well as other manufactured goods. It can be grown as a fiber, seed, or a dual-purpose group crop. Commercial cultivation of hemp is prohibited in certain countries. The anatomy and structure of the plant suit its industrial functions. This paper examines the anatomy, structure, development, as well as the growth patterns of the plant. Additionally, it explores uses, ecological niche, and the differences between a male as well as ...

Introduction

South East Asia comprises of eleven countries both in the mainland Asia and maritime. The region extends from East India to China. Mainland countries include Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The mainland countries are extensions of the Asian continent. The region has a diverse culture with Muslims being found in all the mainland countries in addition to other indigenous religions (Andaya 1). However, the Muslims tend to coalesce in the Southern Thailand region and Western Burma. Other regions where there are Muslims include the central Vietnam whereby the most dominant Islamic tribe is the Cham people.

Similarities and Differences

Maritime Southeast ...

Introduction

Deng Xiaoping's rule in China marked an important pivotal point of political and economic development in the country, which had begun under the reign of the first generation leaders. Even after the death of the former, the political and economic achievements of China continue to impress across the globe. However, at the dawn of the post-Deng era, there has been a growing trend of economic and political development in different regions. As a result, it has alluded to the important question of what is the state of affairs in China amidst some current issues, which questions the growth of ...

Introduction

There has been an influx of cheap imports in the United States as well as in the West. In the article by Fischer, "Why Buying Cheap Imported Products Is More Expensive For Individuals And Not Just Society", the author strongly advocates for local products putting forward the disadvantages that come about from importing cheap products into the country. Fisher begins by talking about the high rate of unemployment caused by the influx of cheap imports. Ferrier in her article, "This Is What Happens When You Order Ridiculously Cheap Clothing From Singapore - Suburban Turmoil" demonstrates the loss she encounters ...

Overview of the Industry

Over the last five years, the Singapore taxi industry has seen tremendous changes, most of which have resulted from the development of private app-taxi companies. The introduction of the taxi bookings apps in 2013 was marked by an explosive growth of the demand for the app based taxi services from the main global players that is Uber and Grab car. Over the years, this has continued to affect the traditional taxi operators; according to research, the advent of the taxi app companies has reduced the regular taxi earnings by 20 % (Lee, 2015). This has been the main concerns for ...

Saudi Arabia, being the largest Arab nation both in physical size and the size of the economy, was ranked as the 15th largest exporter and the 20th largest importer in the world in 2014. The country is ranked high in the foreign trade market because of its great participation in the global market. Shoult (2006) argues that, being the largest economy in the region, Saudi Arabia plays a crucial role in the Arab world economy, accounting to more than 25% of Middle East’s G.D.P (Gross Domestic Product). The nation’s strong economy and a rapid economic growth rate ...

Executive Summary

For the purpose of writing a report on tourism marketing, we have chosen Singapore Airlines. The reason behind choosing this airline is because it is regarded as one the biggest airlines in the world and has its headquarters in Singapore. Singapore has always been a major attraction for tourists and those who visit Singapore must also travel via the national airline so as to make the journey more memorable. The revenues of Singapore Airline have always been growing, however, the recent rise in competition within the airline industry has led to low turnover ratios. A survey has indicated that ...

Introduction

It is imperative to note that productivity growth is an aspect that is often used by economists to gauge the performance of an economy. In evaluating the living standards of a country in the long-term, the efficiency with which capital and labor are combined has a significant role to play. However, it is worth noting that productivity alone cannot be relied on to measure the performance of an economy as it is inefficient. The concept has made most analysts to focus on other features such as labor productivity, a figure that is often arrived at by dividing the total ...

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF VIETNAM

Summary

Vietnam has changed in the last thirty years from an agrarian country to a service and manufacture country leader in the world in growth and economic activity. The country has a communist system legally but, in the practice, the country has a liberal policy in the economy signing the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement but maintaining the political control under the rule of one party. The country offers opportunities and risks for individual and corporation with the intention to invest.

Introduction

Vietnam is known in the world as the country where United States of America lost a ...

Introduction

The low cost carriers (LCCs) have been enjoying very fast growth in the past several years. Airlines like Ryan Air, Southwest, Lion Air and Asia have become dominant forces in their respective regions. Opportunities for growth and expansion abound especially in the light of changing consumer preferences and habits stemming from the global financial crisis. To take advantage of emerging opportunities, Air Asia needs to go public and raise funds for expansion. While its business model has so far been very successful, certain aspects of it operations and business model need to be modified for it to be able ...

(1A). The shortage of talent in the global labor market has affected the employers' job filing efficiency. According to the report on global talent shortages, the number of employers having trouble in filling jobs due to this problem is on the rise. For instance, the percentage increased from 36 % in 2014 to 38 % in 2015.This year saw the highest percentage increase in lack of global talent since the 2008 recession. In Japan, where the problem is most severe, statistics show that t6his problem has persisted since the end of the recession. Some of the regions in the world also ...

Introduction

Netflix is one of the leading companies in internet streaming industry with extremely aggressive growth strategy in its domestic and international market. Singapore is one of the strategic locations for the organization, which allows access not only to the large and technologically advanced market in the country but also to North Korea and other regions within the East and South East Asian Market (Netflix, 2015). Singapore growth strategy is based on competitive pricing and aggressive differentiation strategy, where Netflix offers own original content and plans to expand production on Singapore local market (Peng, 2015).

Job Analysis

The purpose of this study ...

1.0 Tectonic Setting of South China Hong Kong, which is located near the southeastern margin of the Eurasian Continental Plate (ECP), called the Cathaysia Block, in Southeast China, rests on a stable intraplate region of the ECP some 700 km from its nearest plate boundary, an area that underlies Taiwan and trends southward to the Philippines and northeastward to Japan (Pappin, Koo, Free, & Tsang, 2008). Although stable, this continental intraplate region has been associated with earthquakes in the past as it straddles the northeast-trending Lianhuashan Fault Zone. There are two major fault zones, which trends in the regional northeast ...

Bangladesh is among the world’s most populous nations, but most of its population is poor. Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 after the war with West Pakistan. The size of the country whose capital is Dhaka is 143,998 square meters with a population of 161 million people. The main language for the Bangladesh people is Bengali with the major religions being Islam and Hinduism. Life expectancy is 69 years and 70 years for men and women respectively. The population growth rate is estimated at 1.2 % with infant mortality rate of 45/1000. The city of Dhaka ...

Introduction

Dhamani Jewels, a Dubai-based wholesaler of gemstones and retailer of fine jewelry, wants to globalize its luxury jewelry brand Dhamani 1969. Dhamani 1969 is aimed to compete with established fine jewelry lines like Graff, Cartier, DeBeers and Bulgari. Established in 2014, the brand is envisioned as the flagship for the company which has been in operation since 1969. However, the brand is entering a highly competitive luxury jewelry market. Also luxury jewelry brands sell as much on their craftsmanship as on their emotional connection to the buyer. Brand value is paramount and the challenge for the Dhamani 1969 brand ...

Business Law

Business Law The contract that will be discussed for analysis in terms of business law is a rental or tenancy agreement initiated in Singapore by a friend who relocated with his family last November 2015. The legal definition of a real estate lease is referred to as a legal and binding contract amid the landlord and the tenant and for the contract to be binding the signing parties needs to be of legal age and competent to enter into an agreement (Kimmons, 2016). The issue that pertains to every contract law is with regards to how the contract is ...

A Study on the differences between Maersk and Citigroup in IHRM practices

Globalization of business operations and the emerging issues have necessitated that business organizations reformulate their management policies to resolve the problems arising out of a diverse cultural atmosphere. Business destinations in developing countries offer a multitude of opportunities but organizations have to prepare themselves well to address the differences in business factors influencing success. These factors may be related to political, economic, cultural or legal environment and affect the functions of organizations. One of the organizational functions affected seriously by the diverse factors is that of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) and multinationals formulate different policies to confront the ...

Introduction

The theory of Hofstede on cultural dimension is a framework for cross-cultural communication. Geert Hofstede developed the theory. It gives an explanation of the effects culture in society on its members` values and how the values associate to behavior using a given structure from factor analysis. The work of Hofstede established the original research tradition in psychology of cross culture. Consultants in various fields relating to global communication and business depend on the theory. Researchers widely utilize the approach in many areas as research paradigm mostly international management and cross-cultural psychology. This paper aims to explain key concepts in ...

Two of the most remarkable stories of growth in the past 3 decades has been the growht of China and India's economies, two countries. Their populations, when added together, make up one-third of the total population of the world. While India and China's development paths have been different, there are many similarities to their approaches. Both countries developed their private sector, deregulated laws, liberalized prices and opened their countries to foreign direct investment (Reddy 3). However, China and India have relied on different economic drivers for growth. China has focused its efforts on manufacturing and exporting goods, while much ...

1.0 A business plan for Increasing Business Revenue 1.1 Executive Summary Profitability is one of the primary objectives of establishing a business venture. The success of a business in the realization of its objectives does not come from the investor alone. Other key players such as stakeholders have significant contributions to the success of the business. Thus, companies are expected to maintain a healthy relationship with their stakeholders since good cooperation promotes business success (Rust, Moorman, & Dickson, 2002). Different companies offer various services and products depending on the business opportunities identified by the entrepreneurs. Yo: HA is a company ...

Introduction

This paper aims at developing an employee communication plan for Consolidated Electricals based on its case study. Employee communications plan objective The aim of Consolidated Electricals (CE) is to deliver an employee communication plan that offers explicit, illuminating and engaging bidirectional communications. Additionally, the communication framework is intended to improve the communication between the employees and D. Emmett Shane the company’s CEO. Also, Mishra (2014) insists that internal communication helps to create transparency between the employees and management.

Employee communications plan goals and strategies

First, CE strategy will simplify the communication between the workers and Shane. Importantly, most of the employees except a few ...

Throughout history, China has remained at the forefront of innovative development and has remained active, in terms of driving capitalist attitudes on a worldwide scale. Whilst this remains, China is becoming under increasing pressures in terms of economic growth and how the country ‘positions’ within the global market. Issues in terms of the economic shifts from rural to urban lifestyles and industrialisation have had profound effects on the country’s demographic, furthermore, concerns with population legislation and the growth of neighbouring economic entities such as Hong Kong and Singapore have positioned China within the complex of the ‘Middle Kingdom’ ...

(Alivan Watch & Accessories Company)

Strayer University

Dr NAME Marketing 500 Alivan Watch & Accessories Company Branding strategy A good branding strategy will be necessary for Alivan Watch & Accessories Company to assist in the development of a triumphant brand to achieve specific goals. The ground rules that were used by companies in the past have been evolving. Thought leadership, content marketing, demographic changes, and social media are some of the factors that are challenging company brands. Thus, forming together with sustaining clientele trust as well as loyalty and confidence have become harder than ever before. Firstly, the branding strategy to be used by ...

Investigative Study: Hotel Industry in Singapore

Abstract The hospitality industry, which has become today one of the largest industries in the world economy continues to grow rapidly. There is strong competition among the enterprises of the hotel industry, the hotel and each enterprise seeks to gain its market segment. In order to not only keep their business, but also to develop the company in this sphere needs money, which can be obtained only from the client. Therefore, the hotel should be able not only to attract, but also to encourage the client to purchase their services, and to return again and again. The success of ...

Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, born December 20, 1925, in Alor Setar, the state capital of Kedah, north west. Mahathir was the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003. Mahathir was the youngest of ten children of a professor of Indian origin and a Malay mother. He began a career doctor before entering politics in 1964. Climbing the ladder quickly, he became Prime Minister in July 1981 and quickly gained a reputation as a maverick. Mahathir bin Muhamad was educated in Alor Setar and the King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore. He joined the administration ...

1. Company oversight The company Relx Group is a provider of analytics and information for business, professional and academics to customers from different industries. The company has customers in 180 countries with offices in 40 countries. The company has 30 thousand employees; a half of the payroll is located in the United States of America. The company operates in the following market segments: ■ Scientific: The Company stores more than 16% of the scientific articles of the world that were published in the last ten years with peer-reviewed conditions with strategic associations with scientific magazines and universities. ■ Technical and Medical: ...

Executive Summary

The paper discusses current graduate labour market on Information Technology sector in Singapore. Singapore is considered IT hub hosting firms from across the services, software, spanning the internet, as well as Infocomm service space. These firms pursue comprehensive business activities within Singapore, ranging from research or development, offering of solutions to international markets to headquarter functions. The country continues to attract international IT firms and encourages companies to accept cloud computing as the market is anticipated to advance. Singapore has launched Smart Nation policy to steer its IT agenda. The country has many opportunities to offer graduates because of ...

(Alivan Watch & Accessories Company)

Sokone Makadji

Strayer University Dr Tracy Ellard Marketing 500 Alivan Watch & Accessories Company Branding strategy A strong branding strategy is important for Alivan Watch & Accessories Company. The branding strategies to be used will assist in establishing the company’s products within the market as well as building a brand that will grow together with mature in Singapore’s watch saturated marketplace. Therefore, making clever branding decisions up front is vital because the company will live with decisions made for a long time. Alivan Watch & Accessories Company will employ the following branding strategies that are incorporate the brand ...

Introduction

Shanghai and Hong Kong have become important in the global financial sector. Modern banking and finance started in HK and Shanghai in 1845 and 1847 respectively when the first British bank was opened, the Oriental Banking Corporation. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a multinational Holdings was founded in 1864 with its Head office in Hong Kong. Other foreign and local banks from Britain, Europe, America and Japan were subsequently opened. The modern Commercial Bank of China was formed in 1897 with its head office in Shanghai. The first stock exchange was established in Hong Kong in 1891 ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

Nuclear energy is undisputedly a very paramount source of energy in first world countries, Japan included. It involves sophisticated nuclear fission that yields energy. It has been argued that it is not a good source of energy by some internationally known agencies like Forbes. Nuclear power generation in Japan has encountered changes following the tragedy in Fukushima in 2011 for reactor plants being erected so close to the ocean where they are vulnerable to tsunamis. The impacts of the tragedy were felt in the economic as well as political sector. The welfare economics of the state went down because ...

Corporate Activities:Alibaba Group

About the paper Corporate finance activities are now deeply embedded into the core business environment of any business entity. Be it for the quest for growth, additional capital or corporate governance, all such crucial decisions are related to the environment of corporate finance. To learn more about such business aspects, in this paper, we will discuss two corporate finance activities undertook by Alibabe Inc. These two activities are related to mergers and acquisitions and alteration to the capital structure of the company.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Alibaba to Invest $1 Billion in E-Commerce Startup Lazada

On 13th April, 2016, Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced its biggest every overseas acquisition ...

Electrical engineering is an engineering field with a wide range of applications and variable requested skills. And, like every occupation, it has a number of its discourse communities that determine its specifications and characteristics. One of the discourse communities of electrical engineering is the Internet. The Internet is one of the central terms of the modern electrical engineering as it significantly boosted the development of the field and is widely used both for electrical engineering education and for practice. Nowadays, electrical engineers use the Internet in experiments, learning, Capstone projects, etc., and it also plays a key role in ...

Abstract

Financial analysis is an essential tool in the hands of the manager, as it is with its help the decisions related to the company’s finances are taken. Without the analysis and grounds for making such management decisions, the firm cannot achieve the desired level of income, or the lack of financial settlement will lead the company to bankruptcy. The purpose of the assignment was to perform financial analysis of a company listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Dominant Enterprise Berhad was chosen for the completion. The Malaysia-located company turned into public listed organization with thirteen subsidiaries, operating on production ...

Introduction

Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd, human resource function, continuous to be critical department and remains as the core staff in ensuring successful accomplishment of its mission. Operating in tourism and hospitality sector, Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd has many employees from different regions and culture making its strongest team of tourism and catering attendants. The employees consist of 1800 travel agencies, and countless incoming agencies along other technical and other operations employees. Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd deals with diverse culture and different category of clients from all over the world. The success of the company is highly depended ...

The United States is thought to be the precursor of the modern education practices and methods employed by the world. The country proposed research and methodologies and provided the world with the modern research university as well. The country was a hub of Ivy League universities which only accepted and promoted students with exceptional grades and had added to the world’s assets of intellectuals and leaders. These institutions have provided immense research in the various fields of life and have added inventions and various discoveries to the world. However, on the one hand, where the American education and ...