Essays on Trade

Mobile applications otherwise referred to as Apps have revolutionized communication and connectivity. Almost everybody today owns a smart phone capable handling applications. Apps are convenient because the user does not incur carrier charges other than the internet connectivity costs. This is a paper on a Book Exchange App. Special focus is given to the design and architecture of the app and how it will help students trade books amongst themselves.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the Book Exchange App is to ease the task of laborious library searches for a needed book. The app will also eliminate the need of making new book purchases because ...

International trade is defined from various sources as the exchange of goods and services between countries. International trade allows countries to expand their markets for both goods and services that may not otherwise be found domestically. In international trade, the goods and services are called imports and exports and it mainly involves foreign exchange. International trade is either visible (exchange of goods) or invisible (for exchange of services like tourism and electricity).

Imports: these are commodities ...

According to a new regulation, drivers in China are required to stop at the yellow light, just like the red light regardless of the the speed at which one is driving or the distance between the vehicle and the traffic light. In china accumulation of 6 point in a single year leads to giving up of once license until one completes one week course and pass the onerous test. Even though the prohibition of mobile phone usage and smoking while driving also accompanied the yellow light regulation, it is the yellow light traffic rules amendment the evoked a state of tumultuousness. Just ...

Abstract

Kmart was one of the leading retailers in America for an extended period of time, however due to the inefficient planning with regards to its core forte of discount retailing and its complacency in relation to its competitors namely Target and Wall Mart led to Kmart’s downfall is a spectacular fashion.

We will evaluate Kmart’s strategy to compete in the retail market and how can they be a force to reckon with again in this cut throat environment of Retail Sector by channeling their resources effectively.

KMART – BACKGROUND & PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

Kmart – Background & Problem identification

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International tax treaties as a means of advancing economic goals

International tax treaties have become quite common especially among countries that have decided to come to an agreement to promote trade. These treaties are reached following total evaluation of the benefits that may arise out of the treaties that have been reached. The treaties are common among countries that are in constant trade with each other. Therefore, through reaching upon the treaties, it is quite obvious that there will be more trading activities taking place between the countries that have come to an agreement. This will be through attracting more entrepreneurs into putting more resources to conducting the trade ...

Founded in 1999, Blue Nile Inc. is an online specialty retailer of fine jewelery. A seller of certified diamonds, the company was furnished into Blue Nile Inc. as we know it by Marc C. Vadon. Ever since, the company has raised and exceeded more bars than one can count. It showed a thirty per cent increase in sales from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, a mere seven years after its foundation, Blue Nile Inc. was larger than the next three largest online jewelers combined.

The factors that have propelled Blue Nile Inc. to the top of the game would be ...

Advanced countries have been on the fore front in advocating for Kyoto Protocol of 1997. In the USA, the Chicago Climate Exchange has been on the frontline as an operator of the emission trading scheme. The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is legal binding actually a first voluntary GHG reduction and also a trading system that aims to emit and offset projects in the Brazil and the North America. Such a scheme helps achieve reduction goals through a cost effective means and via trading emission allowances between the available participants. The Chicago Climate Exchange has proclaimed and described itself as the rules based ...

- Why research is important in identifying international markets

Research in identifying international markets is important as it enables the organization not only to design the right product, but also to employ the most effective marketing strategy for maximum returns.

- Research techniques and tools that can be used in international market research

- Use of a team from multicultural environment and sites is important in ensuring that the research object is understood in the different geographical regions

- Qualitative research techniques

- Videotaping of consumers who are in the process of purchase or consumption ...

Business: Customer Relations

I had been working with the Valero Gas Station for about three years as a customer service attendant. This position gave me the exposure I needed owing to the fact that I had to attend to several customers in a day. Actually, the management of the Valero Gas Station took the initiative of taking me through a 3 months training program so that I could acquire the necessary skills to relate with customers. Therefore, from the time I took over the position of a customer service attendant I was braced for the challenges that came with the position because of the training I ...

IMF Throws Ukraine $27-billion Lifeline as Third Recession in 6 Years Looms

The article that was published in financial post portrays the money crisis Ukraine is going through, where the country is caught up in international debts. Ukraine government owns Washington lenders a loan of US$14 billion, 1.6 billion Euros to European Union and US$3 billion to the Russian government. These debts have weakened international business with a majority of countries as they claim the country is on the verge of bankruptcy and thus they could not involve themselves in business links unless the debts are paid. The situation has attracted the attention of the International Monetary Fund to intervene and ...

Globalization entails the internal integration that arises due to exchange of ideas, products, worldviews, and other aspects of culture in a nation. The United States government has shown tremendous strengths, aiming at increasing the output and the productivity of the nation. The concern of the U.S government is on improving the free-trade environment between the United States and other countries (Bertho et al 76). Improving the free-trade environment will enhance the draining of jobs from the economy of the U.S, to other countries in which the workers command low remuneration. Globalization includes the flow of economic activity in two directions. ...

Industrial Revolution and its Impact on the development of Nations

The Industrial Revolution was one of the major phases of historic globalization wherein there was an exponential widening, deepening, and speeding up of global inter-connectedness . The impact of the revolution was not merely economic in nature but conversed changes in culture, education, knowledge, the environment, and the balance of political power. Further, the impact of the Industrial Revolution was extremely long lasting, with several of these visible even today when the world is undergoing another phase of globalization.

Before the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the world was segregated on the basis of major trade routes that were ...

Getting Your Product onto Retail Shelves ( Article About Prodct)

In the article, ‘Getting Your Product onto Retail Shelves’ Eilene Zimmerman has described that the businesses are manufacturing their products by keeping into consideration the retail stores and winning the shelves such as the shelves of Target and Wal-Marts. The article explains an example of the president of Garlic Gold, named Brian Chossek, who succeeded in finding the shelf of Gelson that is currently a chain of 18 stores. Mr. Chossek has convinced a buyer for the in-store demonstration in order to sell its product, i.e., toasted organic garlic nuggets. Because of the unique features of the product, the product was ...

Q1. The numbers of suppliers that are involved in the manufacturing of the machine are dependent on the quality of the goods and services that they are offering. In the 100 potential suppliers, the adequate amount of suppliers in the earliest stages of production is 30. The reason that the number is so high is to determine who the best fit is for the company in the long run. To determine the suppliers that the company should work with, the sections of the company that should be involved include; the acquisitions, engineering section, manufacturing, and the quality assessment ...

INTRODUCTION

- Attention Diplomatic ties between nations are of great importance as the saying goes no nation is an island in matters concerning trade, It is unimaginable to have oil as the key economic resource but lack market for this important good?. - Need It is of importance to maintain the long existed trade the between China and Saudi Arabia traceable to 1980s and which formed deep inter-relations in 1990s necessitating diplomatic interventions to make trading between the countries formal (Amineh, 2010 P. 12). Mutual benefits and comparative advantage in production and marketing of goods and services, ...

I wish to thank you very much for the opportunity to interview for the Assistant Manager position for your store. I felt the interview went very well, and I was happy to answer all of the questions that you had regarding the needs of the position. I have a great deal of respect for you and this company, which I have developed over the past year of working for Verizon Wireless. It is my hope that this respect, combined with my enthusiasm for the company itself, can translate into a wonderful working partnership should I be considered for the position. ...

Objectives of the Research

The main objective of this paper/presentation is to identify and address the issues, strengths and weaknesses that could be seen in John Lewis Company—a big time retail company based in the United Kingdom.

Method Used

There are a lot of issues about the retail sector in the UK and to narrow it down, we are going to use primarily, secondary data. We have only used published and reliable online sources in gathering the required data about the specific issue we identified by our team. Some of the resource that was utilized includes company history, information, journals, research paper from article databases and ...

The Vogue Magazine sponsored, Selfridges Department Store new designer promotion event showcasing ten (10) up and coming designers and their brand names scheduled to be in stores Autumn and Winter 2013, will be released in the Promotional Supplement circulated in the October issue of Vogue UK.

Product – Top brands headlining the Vogue UK event to be stocked at Selfridges A/W 2013, include ten (10) core brands:

- Bec & Bridge - Australian brand founded by Becky Cooper & Bridget Yorstonin 2003. - O’2nd- South Korean brand founded in 1997. - Band of Outsiders launched by Scott Sternbergin 2004. - Max Osterweis founded in collaboration with designer Erin Betty in 2008. - Wunderkind founded by Wolfgang Wunderkind ...

How Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge can promote Hong Kong – PRD West integration?

The construction of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) was initiated in December 2009 and is expected to be complete by 2016. The bridge consists of three parts which includes the main bridge, boundary crossing and boundary crossing facilities of Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao, and link roads of these three places. The bridge, once constructed will be the world’s largest longest sea crossing bridge tunnel, which goes to the length of 36.5 Kms.

Hong Kong has always played an important role in the integration process while it has been an Investor and a Trading Hub of producer services and a ...

Section A: The importance of international cooperation in the global economy

International cooperation has led to the creation of free trade zones among countries. This has been achieved through liberalization of economies by eliminating barriers to trade. It has opened doors for trading activities among countries freely promoting an orderly global economy (IMF, 2009). International cooperation has promoted tourism. This is because of the peaceful coexistence among nations .Tourists feel free to visit other nations. This has promoted the economic status of countries through the foreign earnings from tourism activities. It has promoted investment activities of countries. This ...

Profitability index is a variation of the net present value method. While NPV provides the absolute total amount for a project, the PI is a relative measure in terms of the ratio ...

International finance is not simply corporate finance with an exchange rate. It is true that the exchange rate is an integral part of international finance in terms of foreign exchange. It is true that the foreign exchange markets that offer critical information and opportunities for international corporations as they undertake financing decisions and capital budgeting (Cohen & Yagil, 2007). However, international finance is about cross-border trade, and it is the dynamics of this trade that influence the exchange rate. According to Rhodes & Robinson (2008), international trade and the consequent international corporations are influenced by a number of factors which include cultural, ...

Consumers are increasing demanding rapid services and delivery of consumer goods on the same day. The driving force of the same-day delivery is viewed as been driven by the consumers. It is not true. The same-day delivery has its backing from the inherent competition within the producers and the marketers. The same-day delivery takes various forms in different retailing websites and networks. For example, in San Francisco Bay Area, Google uses a fleet of 50 priuses. At the same time, eBay use Shutl that it acquired from the UK. Amazon has the most revolution of them all. It uses drones ...

Introduction

- Attention Getter: Amazingly all the women have moved and joined the Women Trade Union League, Civil Right Movement.

- Credibility Statement: Our clients in the organization have the endorsement on the development and better earnings witnessed from the services offered by the Women Trade Union League. It is revealed clearly that the Women Trade Union League has turned to a point where registration and joining of new clients in the union is increasingly with the clients and members benefit.

- Thesis Statement: Working environment of the workers from the company seemingly did not consider the factory machines ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) is a global tobacco company ranked second largest worldwide and operating in over 50 countries. Despite recording revenues of 15.4 billion pounds and 4.9 billion pounds before tax earnings and issuing a 47.5 pence dividend per ordinary share, risks abound and the company has identified several risk factors, which may upset its growth, key among them is the growth of illicit cigarette trade (Reuters.com, 2014). Notably most of the other risks identified contribute to increase in the illicit trade risk. Globally the volume of illicit trade in cigarettes currently stands at 12% of consumption, and it is ...

Being a committed and gifted international student, I am applying to the USC Marshall School of Business. My devotion to exact sciences, such as math and physics, including but not limited to other fields, are of my genuine interest. I am the progeny of an entrepreneurial family, with well-developed family business roots in my country of origin. This family business forms a precious legacy, which my founding great grandfather envisaged to continue for the next generations. Started as a merchant firm, it expanded into a mid-sized company with its subsidiaries abroad. As a young boy, I observed the peculiarities of conducting a ...

‘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 ...

A pricing strategy used by the businesses to charge a different price to each customer for the same product or service is known as the price discrimination. Technology has raised the level of awareness for the consumers and also eased up their lives by giving them direct access to everything (Conitzer & Taylor et al., 2010). Computer and internet has earlier been perceived as the friends of a consumer as it eases the shopping and lowers the price. But recently it has been discovered that online shopping is actually triggering the price discrimination and hurting the customers in general.

The online ...

Christianity differed in the West and East based on the way in which the Christians handled matters pertaining to their religious beliefs. Western Christianity comprises Roman Catholicism while Eastern Christianity involves the Greek Orthodox church. The institution of the pope differs between the Western and the Eastern Christianity. According to the Roman Catholics, the pope heads the church and is an infallible individual. The Greek Orthodox church does not recognize the institution of the pope but has the highest bishop. Catholics do not allow the church leaders to marry unlike the Greeks who allow the elders to get married. ...

Introduction

America during the Civil War cannot be compared of what the society is enjoying today in terms of industrialization and equal rights. After the chaos during the World Wars and the Great Depression, America undergone a period called the Reconstruction. It was during 1865 to 1876 when the country tried very hard to unite the South, and the Civil Rights movement was getting stronger as the freed slaves found themselves in uncertainty. It can be considered one of the most difficult times in the history of America where it tried to reorganize and heal itself from the chaos ...

International Business - H&M

H&M is ranked as one of the world’s largest clothing companies and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. As a clothing industry, the company has to ensure it captures the latest fashion trend in order to match the market demand for clothing industry. This is crucial because today’s customers tend to be trendy in terms of the type of clothes they wear. Given the changing dynamic of the fashion culture, the industry has to be cost effective in terms of their production to keep up with the customer’s demand. H&M is large clothing industry, which means it has ...

Question 1

In order to achieve a global competitive advantage, firms as well as individuals pick strategic options that enable them to thrive in the international market. This is so because firms try to venture abroad for a wide of reasons. In this paper, we focus on key factors that can influence firm decisions in going international. These factors will offer a comprehensive rationale for the decision to go international. Therefore, the factor, which motivates firms to go international, is broadly divided into two groups pull and push factors.

The pull factors have proactive reasons because they are forces of attraction, ...

Walgreens, Target and Costco are among the largest retail companies in United States and also in the world. Walgreens is one of the largest Drugstores in the U.S and has more than 8,210 locations that include 7,761 drugstores. Walgreens pharmacies are in almost all regions in the US serving more than six million customers each day. Kroger is a retail food chain in America. Bernard Kroger founded it in 1883. Its main headquarters are in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranking it by the revenue, it is the number one supermarket chain, number two general retailer, and 25 among the largest ...

- 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 ...

Introduction

Dubai is a city in United Arab Emirates and became one of the 7 emirates of UAE in the year 1972. Today, Dubai has developed than any other city in the world to become an economic hub for investors, a repository for vast foreign investment and a world-class city for pleasure seekers. Krane (2010) equates Dubai to City of Gold due to its drastic growth from a Gulf port to a world-class economic giant.

The currency used in Dubai is UAE Dirham and its abbreviation is AED. It was first introduced in United Arab Emirates on 19th of May 1973. As ...

Summary of Crossing Borders: The Globalization Debate

In “Crossing Borders: The Globalization Debate,” the author provides an overview of what globalization is, the benefits of globalization, and the downside of globalization. Globalization refers to a phenomenon of national economic integration signified by the movement of experts, ideas, social customs and trade products across these national borders. Additionally, the conquest of relatively empty and fertile land, international trade, and technological as well as institutional innovations has sustained globalization. Reduced transportation costs as well as developments in ICT have boosted international trade.

The benefits of free trade form the basis of globalization. The competitive advantage accelerated by free trade ...

- Introduction

IBM is a world leader company in information technology and stands as the largest revenue generating Company in its field. In the past 50 years, IBM has earned a place for itself as the pioneer in information technology developments and innovation. The Company manufactures products ranging from hardware to software for its impressive clientele around the world. These products are designed for another range of storage products, line of business servers, customized microchips including the application software. In addition to manufacturing, IBM also serves as a consulting and outsourcing agent. The new information age is quite challenging to compete ...

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, my name is ____________. I am delighted to have this opportunity to talk about the basics of international trade. We shall consider some scenarios of international trade like what happens when a country has a trade deficit, the effects on GDP and exchanges rates and a few other issues that affect our economy. This reliance on imported goods negatively affects the local markets. The markets of locally produced goods dwindle in the face of stiff competition form the imported goods. This eventually leads to low production of the local goods ...

Ethical trade also known as ethical sourcing refers to the assumption of responsibility by a given company for the human rights and labor practices in its supply chain. It aims to craft and actualize a code of conduct to uphold labor standards at all production stages of an organization or in simple terms, to promote ethical consumerism.

Apple Inc which is one of the largest electronic companies in the world has managed to come up with one of the best ethical trading initiatives. Its ethical trading initiative is modeled using the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct. In addition, it draws a ...

Overview of the South African Economy

South Africa is a country located in the Southern tip of Africa. The country is the 25th largest in the world by area the 24th largest by population with 51 a population of million, (Central Intelligence Agency-CIA, 2013). It is Africa’s most prosperous economy and the World Bank ranks it as an upper-middle class income economy. Lately, various global economy agencies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank consider South Africa as a newly industrialised country (CIA, 2013). The country is now part of a team of countries that form BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and ...

Introduction

What are Investments? - An investment can have a variety of meanings. It is commonly used in the fields of finance and economics. - In the field of finance for example, an investment could refer to something that an individual—most likely an investor, would spend money for, expecting for a gain, yield, or simply, a return on his investment, either on a short or a long term basis . - An investment may always carry a certain degree of risk - Examples of investments - Equities - Bonds - Stocks - Securities - Properties - ...

Abstract

The paper will discuss the definition of a ship based on maritime law. Lawyers make a big deal out of the definition of a ship because of its importance in shipping law which is within the commerce of men. The definition of a ship is a topic that is being debated by lawyers since it can affect their client’s social and economic life such as the businessmen and traders all over the world. At the same time, the definition of a ship within the ambit of maritime law shall provide the accountabilities of ship owners to the shipper, and will involve the ...

Retailer: Costco

Introduction

Costco Wholesale Corporation began operations in Seattle, Washington in September of 1983. The firm operates an international chain of membership warehouse that carry quality, brand name merchandise at considerably lower prices compared to conventional wholesale or retail stores (Costco Wholesale 2013). The company was founded by James Sinegal, current CEO and President of the firm, and Jeffrey Brotman, Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company merged with a Delaware company called The Price Company in 1993 to form Price/Costco, Inc. The Price Company established the first concept of a membership warehouse. The firm changed its name in 1999 ...

Over the last several decades, members of the investment community at large have shifted attentions to the emerging markets of the east. As centers of growth blossomed in Asia, major businesses with traditional centers in London and New York began to gravitate eastward, establishing monetary as well as physical presences in the Asia. This development has led to the emergence of Singapore as a business center from which Asian and Western operators have begun to center their business interests.

The status of Singapore as a hub of Asian and international business is not surprising. Singapore was long a British Crown Colony ...

Intercultural business communication is difficult even at the best of times, but when there are distinct differences in cultural realities, communication can be made even more difficult. Intercultural business communication and the difficulties associated with it can obviously also be made more complex by past conflicts between that nation and other nations. Vietnam, for instance, was embroiled in a bloody conflict with the United States for a number of years, and that conflict still influences Vietnamese-American relations today. Canada’s history with Vietnam is less problematic, but there are still issues that take place within cultural exchanges that cause problems for ...

Introduction

Vernacular coding for buildings offers a viable architecture that can fit varied conditions based on its nature, reflected as being open ended in nature. For this reason, vernacular coding is applicable in both natural and manmade conditions (Lane, 45). For adequate classification of buildings using the vernacular method, it is necessary to have an adequate understanding of the geographical area. For this purpose, the climate of Riyadh will be put into context to facilitate designing of buildings with the technique. The mentioned City is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

The climate of Riyadh

The Climate of Riyadh is characterized as being harsh, arid ...

On the unfortunate afternoon of February 26, 1993, an explosion originating from the underground parking area of the World Trade Center 1 occurred, taking the lives of six (6) civilians while injuring another 1,042 (Antiterrorism Historical Vignette, n.d.; Greenspan, 2013). The explosion which occurred at exactly 12:17 pm of the said date came from a yellow Ford Econoline van which was traced to have been rented from a Ryder dealership in New Jersey, USA (Parachini, 2000; Greenspan, 2013). The massive explosion, but failing to achieve its main ...

- 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 ...

Which set of factors has been more important in driving globalisation in the last fifty years, technology or international trade liberalisation agreements? Use specific examples in your answer.

Introduction

Globalisation in a sentence can be defined as the growing interdependence of the world economies. It is a continuous process and is not the final outcome, and due to globalisation the world economies become dependent on each other culturally and economically (Friedman, 2006). This term was first used by an American economist Theodore Levitt in the year 1983 (Stiglitz, 2007). The main factors that drive the globalisation process can be removal and reduction ...

Focus on who Facilitated the Elements of Infrastructure

Technology and infrastructure are entities that go together; in all aspects. According to Shaffer and Burke, civil, social and institutional hierarchies should facilitate the transformation of these very pivotal elements. As it is, these institutions are more endowed as would be individuals. This should, therefore, make the process a lot swifter and faster.

What Actually Permits an Innovative Concept to become integrated into a Common Infrastructure?

Innovative concepts have been the focus of most groups; encouraging individuals to come up with inventions as much as is humanely possible. Before an innovative concept is assimilated into a system, there are a couple of steps that have to be made. First, it has to be proven beyond ...

Intellectual property

Just like any business would need to depend on the real property, e-business heavily relies on the intellectual property for its operations. In this regard, intellectual property can be taken to refer to a collection of several aspects, including trade names, trademarks, domain names, and the patents.

They are forms of intellectual property commonly used for physical businesses, although they are also used for the virtual e-business. The same principles and laws that are used in governing the physical businesses are the same ones used for guiding e-businesses. Trademarks are legally used to give identity to the goods of 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 ...

Statistics. (n.d.) In Swedish Statistical Database, Retrieved from www.scb.se

This is an administrative agency of statistics in Sweden which supplies customers with important information for research, debate and decision making. Swedish Statistical Database is controlled by government of Sweden and assigned different tasks from public agencies, researches and private sector customers. This database produces and summarizes statistical data, communicates and coordinates official statistics both for Swedish government and international agents. Most important statistical information grasps data on population and welfare, economic statistics, national accounts, regions and environment, tourism and transport and other spheres. This statistical agency is one of the largest in Sweden and has 1 367 employees ...

The high rate turnover can be a very expensive experience for any business. This is because the management of business has to allocate time and resources to recruit and train new employees often. These resources to recruit new employees could be used to expand the business instead. The biggest challenges business face today especially the retailer business is attracting and keeping the new graduates. Thus, the managers of these businesses must come up with ways that will attract the new graduates. One of the ways managers can attract new graduates is by training them on the job. New graduates have ...

Question 1

The U.S. policy toward Mexico over Texas and the Southwest during the 1840s was primarily motivated by the need to fulfill Manifest destiny and the nationalistic ambition to expand the boundaries of the United States. The Manifest destiny was a strongly held belief that the entire American continent was pre-ordained for the Americans and hence, had the obligation to fulfill this destiny. At this time, James K. Polk was the US president, and he had primarily intended to negotiate with Mexico over territorial expansion without necessarily going to war. His decision to wage war against Mexico was thus driven by ...

According to Michael, “Flash Boys” is all about how another group of venture firms has schemed with the financial firms and the stock traders to utilize sophisticated programming calculations to skim pennies. The group skim money from the genuine financial specialists who give value cash flow to the economy. Michael narrates a story through diverse cast of characters who come to comprehend this cutting edge scalping operation, and attempt to do something to defeat it.

The ethical champion in Flash Boys is Brad Katsuyama, an exceptionally well-paid stock merchant at the Royal Bank of Canada, who evaluated that the ...

DQ1: Exchange Rates.

A. I spent my recent holiday vacation in South Africa, which is quite an inexpensive destination with various world class financial institutions that offer attractive exchange rates. Upon arrival at the O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, I found a forex bureau that offered forex exchange at 0% percent commission to travelers. I exchanged 2000 US dollars and received 21,400 South African Rand (R). During the next four weeks of my vacation, I exchanged currency once at a forex bureau that charged 5% commission and later found out that I could exchange currency in Automated Teller machines at ...

Critically discuss what went wrong with the food supply chains to the supermarkets and manufacturers of processed beef products

In the year 2013, according to the reports of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), horse meat was found in products labelled as 100% beef sold in some UK and Irish supermarkets. Horse-meat was revealed in products which were labelled as 100% beef and sold in Europe, the United Kingdom and France. The existence of DNA of pigs in products was also discovered during the tests in preserving beef products. The products were associated to supplementary of the ABP Food Group, which is one of the leading beef producer with business activities in Poland, Ireland and the UK ...

Is Globalization a Peace Producer?

Globalization is defined as upspring of a global society in which political, cultural, economic, and environmental circumstances in one part of the globe have particular significance for people in other parts of the world. (Globalization; Salzman, 2008). The globalization refers to rapidly growing connections between nations, economies, and societies (Barbieri and Schneider, 1999:387). Several literatures or studies have evaluated globalization in the context of international politics and social security to ascertain whether it is a peace producer or not (Blanton and Apodaca, 2007).Of course, most of the literatures have different views on the subject matter. This paper examines globalization in ...