"What impacts do mega events have on a tourism destination? How can government manage a mega event for the purpose of promoting tourism in the host country/city?" - publié le 06/02/2011
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
There is no doubt about it, mega-events can completely transform a city. Some undeveloped and completely forgotten places can raise suddenly the attention of a whole country. A war against pollution and waste begins, the mobility is increased,... At first glance, we would say that these events...
The centers of the global economy
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
The objective of this paper is to answer the following questions using the theory of "global economy centers" (Arrighi) as a reference. What countries could potentially become the future center of the world economy? What events/circumstance have put it in a position to eventually become the...
Analysis of Egypt's economic development
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
The purpose of this essay is to understand the origins of Egypt's current economic situation by analyzing its development through the XIXth and the XXth century and try to define the main challenges the country has to face in the next 50 years.
Trading and investment opportunities report for Mongolia
Market study - 15 pages - International economy
The objective of this report is to identify potential investment and trading opportunities for Mongolia in the following five countries: Laos, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, and Sabah (Malaysia). The source of data for identifying the country for potential trading and investment is...
The consumer knife industry: A comparison between the European and the American supply chains
Sectorial analysis - 16 pages - International economy
The subject we are going to deal with is the supply chain of the consumer knife industry. In order to explore and present the supply chain of the consumer knife industry, we compared the European and American supply chains. To do so, we decided to select 2 representative companies on the European...
Why the polish economy manages the recession and crisis better than other european countries?
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
‘Crisis', ‘recession' and ‘economical slump' have become everyday words in the media. We will agree that in ever?lasting media search for sensation, press reports sometimes confuse facts for more or less sensible conclusions and forecasts. But, on the other hand, we were so proud...
Roots and Impacts of the Credit Crunch
Essay - 17 pages - International economy
In 1970, three major events have stimulated the financial market and have lead to a necessary increase of its use and its scope. These events are: - the adoption of a floating change system in March 1973 ; - the increase of the American deficit ; - the American choice of the loanback pension (The...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) - success and failures
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
In order to make the world trade as free as possible, the World Trade Organization (WTO) relies upon principles. Firstly, the non-discrimination principle ensures that no country benefits more from trade than another country. The WTO wants to promote equality among the members. Moreover, the...
The Impact of the Global Economic Recession on the Emerging Markets
Course material - 4 pages - International economy
Developed countries are facing our today's global economic recession with difficulties like the previous financial crises. Are Emerging economies undergoing this crisis differently? According to Minsky and his readjustment of Fisher's theory, today's subprime crisis which affects the...
What effects does globalization have on emerging markets?
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
Following the abandonment of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the US and Great Britain started to spread their market-oriented policies leading to what we call today, globalization. The European Commission defines globalization as 'the process by which markets and production in different...
"The Omnivore's Dilemma", Michael Pollan
Book review - 3 pages - International economy
In the 1930's, the issue of overproduction emerged: farmers cannot sell their surplus, and severe weather destroyed the efforts of these farmers. By the Agricultural Adjustment Act of May, 12th of 1933, the Roosevelt's Administration tempted to help the economic situations of theirs farmers, the...
New economic geography - what does it imply?
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
An economy is a set of human and social activities and institutions related to the production, distribution, exchange and consumption of goods and services. Thus, it corresponds to the organized way a society provides for the wants and needs of its people. In a global context, there are different...
Globalization and postsocialist transformation
Essay - 7 pages - International economy
Globalization is a historical process of liberalization of simultaneously going integrations, separately performing market for goods, capital and labour, as well as technologies and know hows, into one integrated world market. Globalization is often linked to the capitalistic thought and this...
The Union For the Mediterranean (UFM)
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
The Union for the Mediterranean (UFM) is the new framework for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. It is the result of a long evolution since the 1995 Barcelona process, which is the basis upon which was launched the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), now integrated in the UFM. The latter was...
Overview of the greenback decline
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
The US dollar is the currency used in most transactions- whether they are financial or current around the globe. All institutions and individuals use this currency to facilitate dealings and businesses overseas, instead of using their domestic currency. Globally, the US dollar is the world...
The Yuan under the pressure of the International Community Should we revaluate the Yuan?
Essay - 65 pages - International economy
In three decades, China has transformed from an economy based upon agriculture (low effective and auto centered) to an economy based upon mass industry and export. The wish of Xiaoping to open the country is completely reached (on an economy level) but his wish to develop China from the inside by...
Les gouvernements, la mondialisation et ses effets
Worksheets - 1 pages - International economy
Emerging debates come up everywhere, from USA to UK, but also in regions as historically statist as Scandinavia and Southern Europe. The reason why many voters are in fury it is due to the influence and the effectiveness of government grows. It would be easy to argue that the financial crisis is...
Google, la Chine et ses hackers
Essay - 1 pages - International economy
“We detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google.” It's with this sentence that David Drummond the Legal Chief Officer of Google has qualified the attack on the...
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its consequences
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
The agreement NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) defines a free trade area of 430 million inhabitants trained by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Signed by the presidents of these three countries on October 7th, 1992 in San Antonio (Texas), the treaty came into effect on January...
The EU, Africa and economic partnership agreements:Unintended consequences of policy leverage. Christopher Stevens
Text commentary - 2 pages - International economy
This article argues that Economic Partnership Agreements will hinder the process of regional integration in Africa as African countries may be encouraged to reinforce rather than eliminate barriers to the free circulation of goods between them, because of the choices they make in the details of...
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
Essay - 8 pages - International economy
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a multilateral trading system; in other words, it is shaped by multilateral agreements between member states based on four principles. The first principle is transparency on trade exchanges and WTO decisions. Members have a transparency obligation such as...
La Chine : le pouvoir BRIC dans le monde
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
Once upon a time, Jim O'Neill, head of economic research at Goldman Sachs, signed the report which is considered as the birth act of the BRIC's concept. Today, each BRIC countries are not equal. As David Rothkopf wrote in 'Foreign Policy': “Without China, the BRICs are just BRI, a...
Can Gulf investment be a significant driver of economic development in the wider region? - publié le 28/03/2010
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
Countries of the Arab Gulf benefit from the high incomes they get from the mining and the selling of natural oil and gas that the ground offers them. The high incomes, combined with their small population are the reasons that explain why the income per inhabitant is higher than that of the other...
Research Paper: Airbus vs. Boeing - In which company a potential investor should rather invest in ?
Case study - 10 pages - International economy
The demand for Air travel has increased tremendously over the past thirty years. From a human perspective, it has proven to be an ideal way to connect remote areas of the world, which would otherwise have more limited possibilities for economic development. For example, air transport helps...
La crise économique et financière
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
In the beginning of last year, everybody knew every day the bad news which were broadcasted by the media about the losses job, recession, insolvency, crisis… People had to wonder on their means of consuming. In fact, the economic crisis has its origins in United States banking institution....
The financial crisis and the automobile industry
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
Since the beginning of the world financial crisis in 2008, the automobile industry like all the other industries has been strongly impacted by the situation. The slump of the car sales was a huge setback for the majority of the constructors. During these difficult times, marketing departments...
Foreign agricultural investments and human development in Africa
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
In a time where feeding the world has become an urgent problem, highly populated countries 'delocalize' their food production in order to feed their populations. Africa is one of the most attractive targets, a phenomenon enhanced by the fact that African countries are thirsty for foreign...
Evaluate the impact of global recession on international trade and investment with respect to the country of your choice.
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
In the last few years, the International Business has been hit by a global recession. Economists were talking about the current situation of some countries, companies or economic issues more or less close to a situation of recession. These comments were relayed by lots of public media and it...
The recent economic crisis both confirms and challenges differing views of globalisation
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
Globalization is the process of making businesses, philosophies, cultures and technologies on a worldwide basis, and where the global economy is characterized as being an interconnecting market place. According to George Stonehouse and his co-writers in 'Global and Transnational...
Can Gulf investment be a significant driver of economic development in the wider region?
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
Countries of the Arab Gulf benefit from the high incomes they get from the mining and the selling of natural oil and gas that the ground offers them. Those high incomes, combined with their small population explains why the income per inhabitant is higher than in the other states. According to...
