Effects of International Trade on the Chinese Economy

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China is the fastest emerging economy in the world and is also referred as a BRIC economy. BRIC is a term coined by a US investment bank in the year 2001 to refer to the four countries in the world which are Brazil, Russia, China and India. According to Goldman Sachs these four countries will become major economic powers in the world over the next thirty to ...

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Determining Factors of Urban Poverty

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iii DETERMINING THE PRIME FACTORS OF URBAN POVERTY IN PAKISTAN ABSTRACT The purpose of this research paper is to study the poverty dynamics of Pakistan. All the major factors that could affect poverty (especially urban poverty) have been analyzed and taken into account with the intent to know the relation between poverty and its explaining factors. Some of these variables/factors are more significant and influential than others, ...

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India's Rise in Economics and the Challenges it Faces

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India is not, by a long way a regional power, let alone a global power. That it is necessary to state this obvious fact is a testament to the power of public indoctrination. There is a huge gap between India and the developed world. According to the World Bank, India's Gross National Income (GNI) in 2009 was $793 billion, compared to the US's $12.95 trillion. India, with ...

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Deflation: Causes and Effects

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Introduction: In economy, inflation decreases the actual value of money, whereas deflation escalates the actual value of money; as in deflation there is continual decrease in the price of goods and services which gives more value to the money. Inflation is usually understood as a condition of considerable and fast common increase in the level of prices, that results a decline in the value of money over ...

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UK Supermarket Analysis: Oligopoly

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Economists have long back understood that an individual recognizes the structure of an industry, one can predict behaviour (conduct) of the firms in that industry, will able to determine how structure influences the industry in terms of efficiency and profitability (performance) along with evaluation of how the structure of an industry persuades the options that are obtainable to any firm in that industry in terms of marketing ...

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Threats of Illegal Migrants to Malaysia's Security

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Today, they may be illegal immigrants, tomorrow, they be criminals or even terrorists! Is that the way our security is being treated? We may not only be bankrupt in a few years' time but possibly even without a country if we never overcome this illegal immigrant's problem. It was reported, in the past 10-15 years 1 to 2 million left Malaysia to work and reside in overseas. ...

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Determinants of Health Insurance Choices

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Problem Health care financing in developing countries remain a policy issue with few countries able to spend the $34 per capita recommended by the World Health Organisation as minimum requirement for basic health care. Lack of financial resources to adequately meet the increasing demand for health care needs of the African population remain a persistent problem, and is becoming more critical ...

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Factors Influencing the Price of Cocoa in Malaysia

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ABSTRACT This paper is to identify the factors influence the price of cocoa in Malaysia. It is also to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variable (Supply and Demand). The variable for this study are price of cocoa in Malaysia as a dependent variable and production, export, grinding and also cultivated area as independent variables. The data that I use for this study is from ...

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Concepts of Working Capital and Short Term Finance

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CONCEPT OF WORKING CAPITAL Working capital (abbreviated WC) is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity available to a business, organization, or other entity, including governmental entity. Along with fixed assets such as plant and equipment, working capital is considered a part of operating capital. Net working capital is calculated as current assets minus current liabilities. Working Capital = Current Assets Net Working Capital = Current Assets ...

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Characteristics of a Monopoly Market

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What is the market? Market is a place and sellers come face to face with buyers in that place. But communication and transportation revolution changes it from a place Today's technology makes it an ''environmental.'' Seller or buyers can supply or demand any goods with phone, fax or internet. The market lost its concrete pattern. The market's status and quality are very important for the implementation to ...

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Relationship Between Economic Growth and Poverty

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INTRODUCTION: Poverty problem in the world is persisting for a long time now and many people around the world are looking at economic growth and development as a means of poverty alleviation. There is a lack of maintaining the standards of living across different countries and it is one of the great unresolved issues in development and growth economics. This persistent poverty leads to pessimism about the ...

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Role of the Textile Industry in the National Economy

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Textile products are the basic human requirements next only to food. This industrial sector in Pakistan has been playing an important role in the national economy. Its share in the economy, in terms of GDP, exports, employment, foreign exchan 1.1. INTRODUCTION: The present Global Scenario of Textile Industry with particular reference to the position of Pakistan in the International Textile Market is given here for the interest ...

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Theories of Determination of Exchange Rates

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We have seen that existing studies produced a number of different estimates of the exchange rate of renminbi. The reason for the difference is that the various theories, data and econometric methods used. Of course, not all the theory that actually used are appropriate to predict the movements of the exchange rate. Some may be better than others. Thus it is very important for researchers who study ...

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Effect of Globalization on East Asian Countries

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Globalization is a method of interaction of developing the global economy among all the countries of the world. It is basically the integration of economies with all the economies of the world. The globalization is the process of integrating country's economy with the world's economy. Globalization helps in the reducing geographic inequalities by spreading jobs and business opportunities. (Hector Archytas, 2011) DEFINITION OF FREE TRADE The term ...

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History of the Gold Standard

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What is Gold Standard? The Gold Standard is a monetary system in which the standard unit of currency is a fixed weight of gold or freely convertible into gold at a fixed price. Under the Gold Standard system, paper money which circulates as a medium of exchange is convertible into gold on demand. The exchange rate between paper or fiat money and gold is fixed. Same thing ...

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Market Structure of the Steel Market

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Market structure is talking about interconnected characteristics of a market, such as the number and relative strength of buyers and sellers and degree of collusion among them, level and forms of competition , extent of product differentiation , and ease of entry into and exit from the market. Market structure have four basic types, those are: Perfect competition: many buyers and sellers, none being able to ...

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Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth

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Abstract The massive expenditures on foreign aid programs by developed nations and international institutions, in combination with the perceived lack of results from these disbursements, raise important questions as to the actual effectiveness of monetary assistance to less developed countries (LDCs). In this analysis, I focus on 119 low- and medium-development countries, and measure the impact that foreign aid has on their growth rates of gross domestic ...

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Analysis of the Global Steel Industry

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Steel Industry is a booming industry in the whole world. The increasing demand for it was mainly generated by the development projects that have been going on along the world, especially the infrastructural works and real estate projects that has been on the boom around the developing countries. The Asian countries have their respective dominance in the production of the steel all over the world. India being ...

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Impact of Inflation on Economic Growth

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Research Type In order to understand the impact of inflation on the economic growth of Pakistan, quantitative research is carried down. Data Type Secondary data is collected from various websites and data bases. Source of Data In order to collect the secondary data, websites are consulted. Techniques Regression analysis will be used as the statistical technique in this research after gathering secondary data. Once the data have ...

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GDP Growth and Trade Deficits Relationship

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Gross Domestic Product is a measure of the value of output produced within an economy over a 12 month period. Nominal GDP is output valued at current prices. Real GDP is measure of output in real terms that is after taking into account inflation. There are three ways of GDP, each will give the same value of output and hence the same GDP The expenditure method takes ...

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Impact of Globalization on Education

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"Globalization" represents the progressive widening and strengthening of the world relations since the Second World War. It has now reached a stage where no one is untouched by the events happening outside its state boundaries. International events are now restricting any independent national action. Companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan can now produce a product in India or New Zealand, outsource clerical work to Ireland ...

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Differences Between Price and Non-Price Competition Markets

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An arrangement made by where buyers and sellers coming close contact with each other for the purpose of buying and selling of goods and services directly or indirectly is described as market. Perfect Competition Monopolistic Competition Monopoly Competition MARKETS Oligopoly Competition Duopoly Competition MONOPOLY MARKET Single firm No substitute Price maker Downward sloping supply curve Entry barriers No competition PERFECT MARKET ...

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Multinational Companies

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Introduction A multinational enterprise is defined as an enterprise that engages foreign direct investment (FDI) and owns or controls value adding activities in more than one country (John H. Dunning, 1992). Today all big multinational enterprise was once a small firm with a less number of employees. Once the firm started manufacturing the product according to customer needs and satisfaction, then the firm can achieve high success ...

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Ferrari: SWOT Analysis and Marketing Mix

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PROFILE: Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success. Ferrari ...

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PESTEL Analysis of ADMAC

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A PESTEL analysis is a business measurement tool. PESTEL is a short form for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environment and Legislative factors, which are used to assess the market for a business or organisational unit. The PESTEL analysis is a useful tool for understanding the environmental influences in which organisation are operating, and the opportunities and threats that lie within it. By understanding the environment in which ...

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PESTEL Analysis of Tata Steel

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PESTEL ANALYSIS OF TATA STEEL: INTRODUCTION OF THE TATA STEEL: TATA STEEL is one of the major companies in INDIA. TATA STEEL is also known as TISCO. (Tata Iron and Steel Company). Tata steel is producing the 31 million tons of the crude capacity every year. Tata steel is the largest private company in India which is ranked number one in the domestic production of the steel ...

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Country PESTEL Analysis: Iran

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Despite political and economic ups and downs and uncertainties IRAN remains one of the Middle East top countries when it comes to the growth potential. With largest young population IRAN is considered one of the best export markets in the region. POLITICAL: Unique factor is that it is religious and Islamic. The political system of Islamic republic is based on 1979 constitution. Accordingly it is duty ...

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India and the World Trade Organisation

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India is a founder member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO), which came into effect on January 1st, 1995 after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round (UR) of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. India's participation in an increasingly rule based system in the governance of international trade is to ensure more stability and predictability, which ultimately would ...

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Labour Markets in Sports and Other Industries

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"TO WHAT EXTENT ARE LABOUR MARKETS IN SPORT DIFFERENT FROM LABOUR MARKETS IN OTHER INDUSTRIES"? Rottenberg (1956) suggests that "Professional sports are intrinsically different from other businesses". Neale (1964) states "A sports league is similar to a multi-plant firm. Individual teams are 'plants', subject to decisions taken and implemented collectively by the 'firm', at league level". "Labor issues in sports seem distant from the rest of the ...

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Inflation of South Korea

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The half Southern of the Korean cape is occupied by South Korea in eastern Asia. North Korea has bordered to the north, and the ocean of Japan , Eastern ocean to the south and to the east, and the Yellow ocean to the west. The area of South Korea has a square kilometers of 98,480 [38,023 square miles], which makes it slightly larger than the state ...

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Crisis Financiera ASIATICA-1997

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CRISIS FINANCIERA ASIATICA-1997 OBJETIVOS En este trabajo se mirara el por qué los economistas no hicieron predicción a la crisis asiática que hubo desde 1997-2000, ya que por la falta de capacidad predictiva de estos se vio la región Asiática en una depresión económica muy fuerte, aunque en la primera mitad de 1997 se publicaron varios estudios que aplaudían la consolidación del auge económica. * Que hicieron ...

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Karl Marx And The Labor Theory - Essay

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Karl Marx's labor theory of value asserts that the value of an object is solely a result of the labor expended to produce it. According to this theory, the more labor or labor time that goes into an object, the more it is worth. Marx defined value as "consumed labor time", and stated that "all goods, considered economically, are only the product of labor and cost nothing ...

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Unemployment in the UK: An Analysis

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Introduction Unemployment is one of the growing problems in the western nations currently. UK too suffers from the very same persisting problems existing in multiple strata of the society. Even holding a respectable degree is often not an assurance towards obtaining a secured job. Such ill-happening in a way destroys the society and further spreads its roots into the whole economy. There are multiple reasons which ...

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Money and Capital Market in India

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INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM A money market is not a market for money but it is a market for near 'money'; or it is the market for lending and borrowing of short-term funds. It is the market where the short -term surplus investible funds of banks & other financial institutions are demanded by borrowers comprising individual companies and government. Commercial banks are both suppliers of funds in the ...

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Introducing Foreign University in Indian Private Education

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Abstract Private higher education in India has been booming since last decade. The education market in India is worth $40 billion and is increasing at a compounded rate of 16% annually (Technopak, CLSA, FICCI report). New entrepreneurs are rushing into this sector and old ones are expanding. But in this increasing race to acquire profit, what is not focused upon is the deteriorating level of education. Most ...

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Pricing Economics of the Airline Industry

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Introduction: Since its deregulation and liberalization, the airline industry has become more concentrated and one of the most competitive industry in the present world. The most distinctive aspect about the industry today is the high level of variations in the prices charged with respect to factors like dates, time, class etc, the differential pricing strategy adopted and the way airlines actually use them to drive home competitive ...

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Advantage and Disadvantages of Money Free Flow

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Convertible currencies is one which can easily be bought, sold and converted without the need of obtaining a central bank or government agency. There are three types of currencies:- Fully convertible: These can be freely traded without restriction and without required authorization. This helps in development and growth of international markets and also trading in the Foreign exchange markets. Since the currency value is fixed as compared ...

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Moving Average Method: Limitations and Types of

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Forecasting is very essential and important part in business planning. It refers to estimation of the demand for products and services in coming future and the resource necessary to produce these outputs. Estimates of the future demand for products or services are commonly referred to as sales forecast. In other words, forecasting is the art and science of predicting future events. Is is not mere a guess ...

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Globalization and Controversies in Trade Policy

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While the text has shown why, in general, free trade is a good policy, this chapter considers two controversies in trade policy that challenge free trade. The first regards strategic trade policy. Proponents of such activist government trade intervention argue that certain industries are desirable and may be under funded by markets or dominated by imperfect competition and warrant some government intervention. The second controversy regards the ...

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Structural Adjustment Programs in Developing Countries

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INTRODUCTION Development economics can be divided into two broad categories which are "neoclassical economics" and "structuralism". The structuralist sees the world as inflexible. Change is inhibited by obstacles, bottlenecks and constraints. People find it hard to move or adapt, and resources tend to be stuck. In economic terms the supply of most things is inelastic. Such general inflexibility was thought to apply particularly to Least Development Countries. ...

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New Public Management (NPM) in Developing Countries

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Over the last three decades, many developed countries implemented the New Public Management (NPM) model. Following the paths blazed by developed countries and the pressures imposed by the international donor agencies, many developing countries too have been trying to carry out public sector reforms along the logic of NPM. The focus of which was to create institutional and organizational contexts which are to mirror what is seen ...

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Work Conditions in the Unorganised Sector

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Organized Sector/ Formal sector: The sector which is registered; follows Government rules and regulations have employees and employers union is called organized sector. Regular wages and hours, which carry with them employment rights, and on which income tax is paid. Unorganized/ Informal Sector: The informal sector or informal economy is the part of an economy that is not taxed, monitored by any form of government or included ...

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Strategies Adopted by Tata Steel, India

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INTRODUCTION OF THE TATA STEEL: TATA STEEL is one of the major companies in INDIA. TATA STEEL is also known as TISCO. (Tata Iron and Steel Company). Tata steel is producing the 31 million tons of the crude capacity every year. Tata steel is the largest private company in India which is ranked number one in the domestic production of the steel in the country. Tata steel ...

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Managerial Economics and Organizational Structure

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Always Round Tire tries to base its promotions on seniority (where education and training requirements are not necessary). The company finds that this system seems to work most of the time with shop floor supervisors and team managers. However, the system breaks down for higher-level positions. Why? Answer Always Round Tire uses the principle of seniority because it is simple to apply at ...

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Profit Maximisation And Business Behavioural Patterns

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1) Every business holds 'profit maximisation' in high regards but 'profit maximisation' does not always influence a business's behavioural patterns. 'Profit maximisation' is the process in which a company aims to have the best output and price levels, so that the business can receive the highest rate of return. Through this method one cannot explain business behaviour or managerial priorities, but there are a few managerial theories ...

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Analysis of Training Methods

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TRAINING METHODS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report studies the various training methods and their importance in the success of a training program. The different types of training methods - on the job training, off the job training and technology based training are discussed in this report, with their advantages and disadvantages. Training can no longer be viewed as a support system, like a good benefits program or a ...

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Importance of the Handicraft Industry

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Introduction Handicrafts are unique expressions and represent a culture, tradition and heritage of a country. The Handicraft Industry is one of the important productive sector. Various attempts have been made to define this broad and diversified industry. The following definition strives to cover diversity and complexity of Handicraft Industry. Defining Handicrafts: Definition According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/Information Technology Community (UNESCO/ITC) International Symposium on ...

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Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assignment will examine one of the most important concepts in the whole of economics - elasticity. It is the responsiveness of one variable (demand or supply) to a change in another (e.g. price). This concept is elementary to comprehending how markets work. The most common elasticities used include price elasticity of demand, price elasticity of supply, cross-price elasticity of demand and income elasticity of ...

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Trade and the Economy of Albania

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Introduction Albania passed a difficult period of transition distinguished by the efforts to establish an economic system oriented to the free market. Despite the difficulties of the transition process the economic and social crisis of 1997 and Kosovo crisis in 1999 Albania made progress in the macro-economic stability and structural reforms. On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on Albania's international trade of goods face ...

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Sales Analysis Of Top Glove Corporation Berhad

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1. INTRODUCTION Top Glove Corporation Berhad founded by the husband and wife team of Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee-Chai, as a company chairman and Puan Sri Tong Siew Bee, executive director. Establish in Malaysia in 1991, Top Glove operated with only one factory with three second-hand production lines. Nowadays, it is known as the world largest rubber glove manufacturer. Top Glove embarked an impressive expansion plan with ...

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Effects of Mergers: Causes of Opposition

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Analyse the possible effects when a merger of two large companies occur and discuss why there is sometimes opposition to such mergers. The objective of firms varies according to the size of the businesses. Developing countries mostly comprise of large firms while developing countries contain large and medium size firms. Large firms exist for two main reason including economies of scale and to ignore opposition from competitive ...

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UK Grocery Market: Competition or a Price War?

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Introduction: Many economists claim that competition is a force for good in the long-run. A market with fierce competition can exist but, on what grounds? Bigger retail players always have a tendency to get rid of the smaller ones to increase the market share. Is the structure of the market affecting the decision of buyers? Are the small grocery retailers in UK losing ground? Is the poor ...

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Culture and the Turkish economy

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Introduction Peculiarities of running business and transnational communications are directly related to the culture of the country. Globalization of the economy has undoubtedly become a commonly accepted phenomenon. Even small and medium businesses, wanting or not, face problems of international business relationships: be it the purchase of equipment, materials or other trade and procurement activities, search for partners or investors, not to mention the direct competition with ...

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Development of the Petroleum Industry

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Historical background Petroleum In the beginning of the XX. century carbohydrates became more and more important in the world because they were pure, easily manageable, cheap, have huge energy capacity and were available in big amounts all over the world. Petroleum can be used as a source of energy as well as a raw material in the manufacturing of plastics and fertilizers, and only very few commodities ...

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Mixed Economy Approach to the Allocation of Resources

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An economic system is the system of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services of an economy [CITATION Abo101 \l 2057] . The factors of production (Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship) needed for any economic system to function are scarce [CITATION Abo101 \l 2057] and as a result the resources must be allocated efficiently and effectively to get the optimum benefit. The mixed economy is a combination of two economic ...

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Strategic Plans for Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda

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Justification of the Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation Right from the years 1998-1999, the Government of Rwanda initiated a planning process aimed at transforming the economy and reducing poverty which would lead the country to be categorised among medium income countries After mapping up some basic future prospects in the 2020 Vision, the Government put in place a National strategy for Poverty Reduction (June 2000- June 2002). ...

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Price Elasticity of Supply and the Factors Affecting It

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Supply Supply refers to the quantity that producers want and able to provide for the market at a given price in a given time period. (Murrad), The basic law of supply is that as the price of a product rises, producers expand their supply onto the market. S3 S1 S2 On a supply curve, price and quantity, rising together are said to have a positive relationship assuming Ceteris Paribus. ...

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Factors to Determine Price of Goods or Services

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KEY ECONOMIC FACTOR TO DETERMINE PRICE OF GOOD OR SERVICE AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL ENABLE THE COMPANY TO PASS ON COST INCREASE TO CUSTOMER AND PROTECT PROFIT MARGIN (1750 words) Price determination depends equally on demand and supply; it is truly a balance of two market component. This essay will first explain key economic price determinant factors such as demand and supply drives and relationship between demand ...

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Keeping Track of the Business Cycle

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Business Cycle is the term which is being used by economists to designate a periodic increase and decrease in an economy's production and employment. Since the revolution of the industrial era of the 1800s, the level of production in industrialized capitalist countries has changed from high output and employment to low output and employment. Economists started to analyze the business cycles because they had a significant impact ...

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Microfinance Sector in Ethiopia: Strengths and Weaknesses

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Microfinance Sector in Ethiopia Strengths Weaknesses The delivery of Microfinance services to urban and rural poor is one of the effective instruments to promote poverty alleviation, food production and food security. MFIs have good outreach, mostly in terms of number of clients reached. There is a significant amount of saving mobilized among the clients. MFIs have in general demonstrated good repayment rates. MFIs have in general ...

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Impact of Political Stability in India on Economic Growth

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Political stability helps in making economic decisions and reducing the risk of imbalance in the economy. In May 2004, elections brought the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into power. Growth, stability and equity are mutually reinforcing objectives. The quest of the UPA Government is to eliminate poverty by giving every citizen an opportunity to be educated, to learn a skill, and to be gainfully employed. The economic strategy ...

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Anti-poverty Employment Programmes

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1Several attempts has been made in the name of anti-poverty employment programmes and social security schemes to uproot the deep rooted Indian poverty .But the real objective to create income generating activities is missing All most all special anti-poverty employment programmes and social security measures directly serves the purpose of short term consumption needs as a remuneration or direct transfer payment There is the need of inclusive ...

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Financial Systems of Ghana and Nigeria

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Since the idea of Adam Smith's invincible hands also known as invincible hand of the market, the allocative power of the market has been generally recognised. These ideas have been reinforced by the apparent failure of Keynesian theories of government intervention to stand the test of time. As a result of the adoption of SAP (Structural Adjustment programme) by most developing countries including Ghana and Nigerian which ...

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Quantitative Easing: Impacts and Risks

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INTRODUCTION The Financial crisis of 2008-09 submerged the governments and central banks globally, financial crisis affected trades all over the world. During the earlier economic slowdown, traditional tools were used such has regulation of fiscal policy, setting the low interest rate on short term government debt. Equilibrium in the money market is achieved by changes in interest rate (John Solman, p621). But even after reducing the interest ...

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The Role of SME’S in Egypt's Development

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Abstract : Big business was often seen as the way to a country's economic growth as in the past large scale firms cabable of mass production of goods and services have been the symbol of modern economy ,by this measure Egypt's economy has seemed locked in the past ,the country's private sector was dominated by a plethora of small workerers . Trend of the Egyptian government is ...

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Economic Development of FATA Within Pakistan

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Introduction 1. Situated midway along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan is a wedge of rugged terrain, dotted with sparsely populated valleys, home to a dozen Pakhtun tribes and hundreds of clans and sub-tribes. This mountainous land, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), is made up of seven 'political agencies' and six smaller zones, called 'Frontier Regions', which separate the tribal agencies from the rest of the ...

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Strategies for Competing in Global Markets

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In recent years, with the breaking up of economic barriers, globalization has taken prominence. Expansion of organization in to external markets enables it to take advantage of global skills, competencies for gaining suitable competitive advantage. This paper examines some international business strategies. INTRODUCTION This paper examines the globalization of markets, features, and reasons for globalization of markets, advantages and disadvantages of globalization of markets. Strategies for competing ...

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Economic Impact of the Great Depression

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The great depression is known as the worst and longest economic crisis to have ever hit the western economies (Rothbard, 2000). During the 1930s, almost the entire plains of the US were experiencing drought. A lot of crops were damaged due to the high temperatures, insufficiency in rainfall, high winds and the infestation by insects on the crops. It is argued that this depression in the agricultural ...

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Dependency Theory in Developing Countries

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DEPENDENCY THEORY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY Dependency theory is a theory of how developing and developed nations interact. Dependency perspective focuses on reform efforts on inequalities in the international system rather than on domestic policy. It is an opposition theory to the popular free market theory of interaction. Rudiger Dornbusch (1992) lists "improved resource allocation" due to the price mechanism, "access to better technologies, inputs and intermediate goods", ...

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Price Earning Ratios Comparison: Coca Cola And Pepsi

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Earnings per Share: In 2006, the Coca Cola's EPS was lower than its main competitor. In this year, Coca Cola made a donation of approximately $100 million to Coca Cola Foundation; it also incurred $185 million of additional operating charges. These two outstanding expenses had reduced its profitability in 2006. In 2007, Coca Cola's EPS rose by 20%. Because Coca-Cola Company generated between 70-75% of its revenue ...

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Tourism and Airline Industry in the UAE

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In the following report we highlight the economy of the UAE and analyze its source of capital. We look at the various sources of income for the Emirates and what role does Tourism and Airlines industry play in the oil-dominated UAE economy. We also discuss the UAE economy prior to the financial crisis and how it performing in the international market again, focusing on the Tourism and ...

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Global Forces and the European Brewing Industry (PESTEL)

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Introduction Though the average percentage is usually considered to be 4.5% alcohol by volume (ABV), this is however, not sacrosanct and may vary according to style, taste and preference across regions. Beer forms an integral part of many cultures and can be adopted as a lifestyle drink if consumed moderately and under restriction. Nevertheless, excess consumption of the same is likely to lead to various unremitting diseases. ...

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Achieving Ethical Sourcing in the Apparel Industry

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Globalisation and price conscious consumers coupled with ample labour at a very cheap price have contributed towards apparel manufacturing moving in to less developed countries. As a result, developing countries involved in manufacturing gained the technological expertise, foreign investment, employment opportunities and economic growth whilst organisations enjoyed the benefits of cost advantage. However, with disclosure of labour exploitation in manufacturing plants led to the creation of various ...

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Analysis of Electricity Consumption in Malaysia

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ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the factor that effect the electricity consumption. Electricity consumptions (EC) need to be study in order to avoid the electricity shortage that occasionally hampered its economy growth in the future because many study find that increase in GDP will lead increase the electricity consumption and Malaysia as the country that right now under development to 2020 need to know their EC ...

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South Africa’s Comparative Advantage: EU and SADC

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SOUTH AFRICA'S POSITION IN WORLD TRADE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE WITHIN THE EU AND SADC INTRODUCTION "The South African economy has undergone a gradual process of trade reform in the last three decades, the ultimate aim being to improve resource allocation by shifting policy towards a more competitive, export-oriented focus, and more specifically to diversify exports into non-gold items" (PETERSSON, 2005). Over the ...

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Effects of Legal and Illegal Immigration on Microeconomics

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Scott Mundy  There are many effects of legal and illegal immigration and how it effects today’s economy. There are many views on how immigration is effecting the way the United States economy is hurt, and is prosperous depending on which political party you ask. The effects of immigration isn’t such an easy thing to determine. It can take years of study and there can ...

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Effectiveness of WTO in Nepal and Brazil

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A Comprehensive Study on the effectiveness of WTO in Nepal and Brazil Chapter 1: Introduction to the World Trade Organization Following World War II, many developed countries sought to establish an open and non-discriminatory trading system with an aim of increasing the economic well-being and improving the standard of living in all the countries. Aware of the role played by trade barriers in the economic depression ...

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Significance of GDP to Wealth and Wellbeing

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Significance of GDP to wealth and wellbeing: Reassessing Pigou`s Paradox In performance oriented countries, systems of measure are used to steer allocation of resources to its citizens. This metrics are meant to establish how the country does on average, with relations to its citizen`s wellbeing. Pigou on, The Economics of welfare-The National Dividend, posed a Paradox; thus, if a man marries his housekeeper or cook, the ...

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Determinants of GDP in an Economy

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Research Ethics Introduction GDP (gross domestic product) is the main indicator of any economy’s growth. Every country’s economy works for improving its GDP because it is the type of indicator which shows overall state of affairs the Economy is in or rather the conditions of the State in terms of its Economic Growth. GDP is considered as the national income of any country. GDP is the ...

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Social Security Expenditure in Switzerland

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Erhan Payidar A Guideline for Social Security and Social Insurance Research You need to attach this list to the final draft of your paper AND verify inclusion of these items in your research in order for your submission to be considered. For your assigned country collect the following Data/other information: 1. Social Security Expenditures: A historical perspective and a graph for it. The graph above indicates ...

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Comparison of Market System Encouraging Competition

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THE COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES WITH A MARKET SYSTEM1 The Comparison of countries with a Market System Tony Lucas Market system encourages competition between corporations. Besides permitting everybody to have property, there'll be simpler rules and procedures like red tapes for investors to take a position within the country, that encourage a lot of investors to take a position within the country. This could ...

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Economic Development in South Asia

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Economic Development in South Asia and the Impact of Globalization ISHRAT HUSAIN I would like to answer a couple of main questions using this thought paper as a way to convey my analysis regarding the economy of South Asia. The first question is: How have the economies in South Asia been and what are their forecasts for the future? And the second question is: ...

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Analysis of National Income of Qatar

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Since 1939, Qatar has relied on the oil sector and was vulnerable to change in oil prices. Qatar’s growth was supplemented by natural gas sector with the discovery and exploitation of offshore North Field, the world’s largest natural gas deposit. The hydrocarbon sector is a major contributor to the National Income of Qatar. Oil and gas earnings revenue is expected to continue to be generated with ...

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Analysis of Firm's Losses

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MOHIT WADHWANI PRASHUN KUMAR JHA SHASHIRAJ R TANVI BANSAL Part I (10 marks) You run a small firm. Two management consultants are offering you advice. The consultant A says that your firm is losing money on every unit that you produce. To reduce your losses, ...

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History of the International Monetary System

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  Evolution of the International Monetary System The information in this section is based on Md.Azim Ferdous’ published work History of International Monetary System from the University of Dhaka, and Dr.Kenneth N. Matziorinis’ published work A Brief History of the International Monetary System from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) as well as other relevant articles and readings. Over the past one-hundred years, some very important events ...

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Marine Products Export Analysis

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Submitted by: Group D16 Rahul Singh  J N P Yasaswini  Amit Kumar  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Marine Products, now a days have been a major expanding industry in the global markets and the growth of seafood sector has been recognized as crucial factor because of its extensive demand. India is now looking into this sector as a rapid revenue maker because of intense improvement in its ...

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Economic Freedom Definition Essay

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Economic Freedom Economic freedom is defined as “the absence of government coercion or constraint on the production, distribution, or consumption of goods and services beyond the extent necessary for the citizens to protect and maintain the liberty itself (Peláez, 2008; Peterson, 2013). It means that the people of the country are free to work, produce, consume, and even invest in their own way which they think ...

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Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Growth

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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Fiscal decentralization and its impact on economic growth have turned into an interesting subject until today since studies regarding fiscal decentralization are not only considered from the economic viewpoint, but also another perspective such as politics, graphic, and other subjects. The reason conduct of this study about fiscal decentralization and its impact on economic growth is that because sometimes the findings ...

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Impact of the Recession on India

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ABSTRACT The word ‘Recession’ denotes a temporary period of economic decline during which trade and individual activities are reduced .Till date, the world has witnessed a number of economic recessions that bought the trade market to a standstill and left the economists and analyst with valuable lessons to be learnt for future .Globalization and liberalization have contributed a lot in making the entire world a close ...

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Effect of Outsourcing on the Economy

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Ben Boesch Despite the United States long standing role in the global economy the shift from a superpower to subcontractor was not a gradual one as the nation outsourced its industry to low wage nations. This cost cutting strategy of sending work to lower priced locations has not only influenced the economy of the nation, but has also affected the capacity of the American ...

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Gap Analysis of Pakistan’s Mineral Policy Development

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CHAPTER 3 Selection of developing countries comparable to Pakistan Introduction In order to perform a gap analysis of Pakistan’s mineral policy development environment with other mining favorable countries, we require to formulate certain criteria. These criteria will determine that only those countries are selected whose environment is similar to Pakistan. Mining operations represent an economic activity in which many decisions involve risk and uncertainty. There are many ...

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Human Capital Analysis of Malaysia

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ERIC TEH YEW HONG Introduction A country’s economic is closely linked to the existence of what types of human capital within a society or a country, this is because human capital has a large influence on the earnings and income distribution of an individual in a society or a citizen in a country. Thus, the key to success of a development program in a ...

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Effect of Globalization on Market Processes

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This is the concept is well established in the current market process, Globalization is the international process and activities. Generally globalization means countries interrelated and integrated each and other. But academics and professionals provide different definition to globalization as follows, (Suny Levin institute) Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven byinternational tradeandinvestmentand ...

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Monopoly Market and Egypt Air Analysis

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Abstract: This paper crucially illustrates the main characteristics and definition of the monopoly market including the main advantages and disadvantages. In addition to the X-efficiency and how the monopoly system works. On the other hand, this paper included an example that considered from monopoly market in Egypt, which is Egyptair. Nevertheless, included the history of Egyptair, the financial information, the market share and why Egypt air ...

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UK Government Pricing for Alcohol

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MYEONGHO AHN  HA WON SEONG  SOOBIN CHOI  Introduction Due to the multi-buy promotions, such as two for the price one, the government consider of minimum price of alcohol. There are serious concerns that minimum pricing will impact upon the poorest in society to extent than the rest, while lining the pockets of producers, brewers and retailers rather than raise much-needed tax revenues. The UK’s ...

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Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea | Analysis

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KELVIN MARK NALUIS AUTHOR AUSTERITY THE HISTORY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA BY: MARK BLYTH Mark Blyth is a Professor of International Political Economy at Brown University. He is the author of Great Transformation: Economic ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century. August 5, 2011 is a typical Friday to each of us regular people. But then, an unthinkable event happened. The United States ...

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Effect of Economic Reforms on Growth and Equity

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MBA I - RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT Q2. ‘Economic reforms have taken into account growth but ignored equity.’ Do you agree? Justify your answer. Ans-The term economic reforms broadly speaking indicates necessary structural changes to external events. It needs reduction in country’s defrayment to the amount parallel to its financial gain and thereby reducing its business deficit significantly. They were introduced in 1991 by the congress government LED ...

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History of Economic Thought

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Economics has evolved from just the study of money to the study of how a nation is run. Every political and economic decision is carefully scrutinized upon the flexibility of the economic theory. Economics as an entity is at a crossroads because the sole purpose of its existence is for the propagation of human life. The greatest myth of all time is that economists try to ...

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Effects of Sponsorship on Consumer Behaviour of Stakeholders

01 Dec 2017

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1. Title How does Sport sponsoring in soccer affect the consumer behavior of stakeholders in Germany 2. Background Sponsoring is a bipartisan relationship in business between a sponsor and its stakeholders and the other way around for mutual benefits. (Olkkonen, 2001). In this line sponsoring can be defined as “an investment in cash or in kind, in an activity, in return for access to the exploitable ...

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GST in Malaysia

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MALAYSIA BUDGET NO LONGER REALISTIC   GROUP MEMBERS: NAME 1) JUSPINNE PHILIP 2) MUSLIHAH NADHIRAH HANUN BINTI MOHD RAFI 3) WAN VENG FUNG 4) AYAMIE ABDULâ€ÂSALAAM KUNDANDO 5) LOH ZI QING 6) TAI YEN WEI ...

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