The Development of the Chinese Economy & How It Affects The Rest of The World
Case study - 7 pages - International economy
This document presents some interesting facts about the People's Republic of China. Located in Eastern Asia, it occupies an area of 3,705,406 sq. miles. Beijing is its capital city. China's population is 1,321,851,888 as on July 2007. Its currency is the Yuan and the official languages...
The Brazilian economy: Consumer X Interest
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
In the previous part, we have seen that, in theory, the consumer reacts negatively to an increase in interest rates. We will seek to verify this part of the chapter the behavior of interest variables, consumption and inflation in the Brazilian economy after the adoption of inflation...
European Union Influence in International Political Economy
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
International political economy is a field that tries to understand global and international problems through an electric interdisciplinary array of theoretical perspectives and analytical tool. It encompasses analysis of political economy in the global trade, international finance,...
Is Wal-Mart good for the global economy?
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
Wal-Mart is the world largest retailer and one of the largest companies in the world, in terms of revenue. It was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and currently it is the largest private employer in the United States, Mexico and Canada. From a financial point of view, Wal-Mart is one of the most...
The e-economy: the end of traditional business?
Course material - 6 pages - Digital & e-marketing
With the development of media, particularly with the Internet, exchanges have been developing all over the world. It has been accentuated by the globalization that drives companies to intensify their exchanges at the international level. Slowly, new modes of trade have appeared, like the...
How did Syria use economy so as to prolong and legitimate its presence in Lebanon?
Case study - 10 pages - Political science
Despite the proclamation of the proclamation of its independence in 1943, Syria still does not admit the loss of Lebanon, and keeps on playing an important role in that country, through its history, its geography, its power and its economy. A short historical review can be useful to...
South Africa - An investment-friendly economy
Case study - 7 pages - Economy general
This paper is devoted to one of the most advanced, broad-based and productive economy in Africa. This paper is about trying to understand how the Republic of South Africa became "one of the most advanced and productive economies" in Africa. We will pay attention to foreign direct...
The economy of Portugal
Case study - 18 pages - Economy general
Portugal joined EU in the 1986 and since then has remodeled its economy in more than one way. Portugal's economy was mostly based on production of agricultural products, where about two thirds of the country was employed in this sector. After joining the EU Portugal has diversified...
European Economy
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The 2004 enlargement of the European Union not only increased its number of member states, but looking at the economic, political and cultural situation of the new member countries, most of them under communist rule until recently, with the opening of the iron curtain and the disappearance of the...
The Tourism sector in Chile: Chilean economy and Implantation of foreign companies
Case study - 8 pages - Economy general
Between 1973 and the early 1990s, Chile underwent a troubled political situation with a dictatorship situation of the government. Logically, the destinations in this situation remain on the sidelines of world tourism. But when the political crisis in Chile had subsided, giving way to democracy...
Without free trade, the modern world economy would collapse
Case study - 12 pages - International economy
Free trade is an economic doctrine which commends free traffic of goods and services between different countries. This theory applies to international levels. The liberal principle according to which we admit we let the market act itself (i.e. we eliminate obstacles and foreign interventions, as...
China in the global economy: A fast growing export country
Essay - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
The economy of China is particularly interesting to look at, because China was still over two decades ago a very poor country, whose planned economy didn't allow any improvement for its citizens' standards of living. But after a series of reforms oriented towards the market and...
Is sustainable business compatible with the capitalist economy ?
Essay - 15 pages - Management
Sustainable development, fair trade, ecology and environment, ethics, ecological footprint; all these terms are nowadays taken up by the media. Over two hundred years, we went through four different approaches towards the environment: exploitation, simply seeking profit from it; preservation,...
What are the implications of the ?New Economy' for corporate strategy?
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
The aim of this essay is to highligh the implications of the New Economy for the corporate strategy, to understand how companies use the Internet in their strategy to enhance their business. To answer this question, I will first explain what the New Economy is and the shifts from...
Impact of the department of education on the US economy
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The US economy is largely influenced by consumers and producers. Government activities, however also play a huge role in molding the US economy. This is because the government is the one tasked with guiding the overall pace of the economy, maintain its steady growth, increase...
The Informal Economy in Eastern Africa - Definitions, Impact and Challenges
Essay - 20 pages - Economy general
The first studies concerning the informal sector were conducted back in the 1970s. It was first considered as a marginal phenomenon, comprising activities not totally distinct from the formal sector. Since then, more institutions showed interest in this very specific part of the economy...
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...
Globalization: Knowledge-based economy in Europe - published: 06/10/2010
Essay - 31 pages - Economic politics
It is a fact that today's European economy is strongly impacted by globalization. European firms have the opportunity to go to the global market. In order to be successful and to achieve a local and international development, those companies have to adapt and to reinvent their strategies....
Assessing the impact of oil on the Norwegian economy
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Describing Norway as a wealthy nation almost comes close to using a truism. In terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita, Norway was the 19th richest country in the world in the seventies, and is now ranked second among worldwide, just after Luxembourg. (Halvorsen & Sterno 2008 :28). The picture...
Multinational Corporations and their Consequences on the International Economy
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Multinational corporations are those businesses that have a direct ownership of assets, which they run in more than one state outside their country in which they are built-in, and also they generally retain their headquarters. It means that these corporations have roots in their state. However;...
Africa and its integration into the global economy - Benefits and risks
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
According to the economist Jacques Attali, "the 21st century will be the century of Africa." Does it mean that Africa will be the next gold mine? According to the World Bank, the share of Africa in world GDP would be 5.2% in 2014. Africa is also great potential (ability, possibility) as Mediapart...
Devaluation in Open Economy
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, the global economy has undergone massive transformation emerging from the desire to run the national economies under financial strength arising from the expanding international trade. Ordinarily, the international trade demand use of foreign exchange to leverage the absence...
The Regionalization of World's Economy (An analysis)
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
The establishment of areas of integration in world trade: The establishment of large regional areas reveals two trends. Within NAFTA, regionalization has led to an intensification of trade within the zone, while in the EU, trade stagnated. Regionalization does not imply a strong increase in...
Knowledge Economy
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
It is to analyze the market by incorporating the notion of knowledge, long ignored economics. Have focused on issues of social interactions (exchanges) that are at the heart of concerns. Indeed, microeconomics (the theory of individual shares) standard (Walras, French economist of the nineteenth...
Islamic Economics as a Solution to Strengthen Economy
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
The financial crisis lately become more common since the era of globalization. Countries are experiencing a crisis not only in Latin America, Asia, Europe, but also hit the United States. U.S. financial crisis spread to various countries including Indonesia. Almost all countries that apply the...
1870-1914: Global economy, nationalism and the First World War
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Though Professor Davies was essentially right in his description of a prosperous late 19th century in the wake of the Industrial Revolution which brought major industrial and scientific discoveries, the outbreak of the War in 1914 was not regarded as a surprise. The German state has often been...
The entrepreneur's path to global expansion: Global economy
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
The first step for an entrepreneur is to define what are its opportunities and resources. Selling existing product or service in new geographic markets.Demand for a new product or service or for an existing product.Possibility of product-line extension. Better access for the company to resources...
Globalization and economy (negative effects)
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Globalization has been defined in various ways by different scholars. In economic terms, globalization refers to progression of incorporating different isolated national markets of capital, labor and commodities into a single world market which different investors across the globe can exchange...
The European economy 1870-1914
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
The end of the 19th century is for Europe a period of industrialization, especially characterized by a series of innovations in transports. When continental Europe started to industrialize, it emulated British industrialization. Transports were easier. There was a national market in Britain...
The diversification of Oman's economy to oil alternative sources of income
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Oman relies heavily on oil for its economy which contributes a large proportion of the GDP of this country although it's not a large producer like its neighbors who heavily rely on oil in their economies. To reduce the gap left by oil in the GDP, agriculture and fishing play a major role...
