The labor market in Spain
Essay - 19 pages - Economy general
Today, a lot of desires or worries of the European population are linked with the employment. From the question “What would you do when you grown up?” to the social claims and the general strikes. The reason is simple: a job provides a means to live but above all, work is presented as a...
Energy choices in Europe: the case of electricity
Essay - 14 pages - Economy general
Energy is a vital element for the economy as a whole as every sector demands its usage constantly. It is not an end-product by itself, but a pre-requisite for most of the economic activities. A sudden increase in energy prices or a disruption of supply can entail heavy economic repercussions. An...
Is the Washington consensus dead ?
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
“The Washington Consensus has been dead for years,” said the World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn at the opening of a conference on ‘Scaling up Poverty Reduction' in Shanghai on 25 May, 2004. “It's been replaced by all sorts of other consensuses. But today we're...
Is the Washington consensus dead ? - publié le 29/08/2006
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
Sometimes the messenger of the content assumes more significance than the content itself. One such instance is that of the Washington Consensus. According to the World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, "The Washington Consensus has been dead for years. It has been replaced by all sorts of other...
Airbus, A380 - Company profile
Case study - 41 pages - Economy general
Airbus is one of the world's leading suppliers of commercial aircraft. This 100-seater boasts a major portion of the market share of annual deliveries worldwide. Its market share has grown from 15% in 1990 to 52% in 2003. On December 31, 2003, its backlog of orders (1,454 aircraft) stood at...
Turkey's potential EU membership
Essay - 16 pages - Economy general
The European Union is preparing for an enlargement phenomenon. After having successfully grown from six to 25 members, the European Union is now marching ahead. However, there are some countries which, because of their history of their geographical, economic and political situation, cannot easily...
The economic results of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union - publié le 21/08/2006
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
Two years ago, the European Union was joined by 10 new members whose 8 were former communist countries (plus Malta and Cyprus). The fifth enlargement has been the most ambitious in the history of the European Union. It was the largest ever in terms of number of countries (10) and population (75...
The economic results of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
Two years ago, ten new members joined the European Union out of whom eight were former communist countries. Malta and Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. The fifth enlargement has been the most ambitious in the history of the European Union. It was the largest ever in terms of number of countries (10)...
Mercantilism
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Mercantilism was both an economical policy and different theoretical ideas. It was typically a European phenomenon which reached its highest development in the seventeenth century. It slowly disappeared during the eighteenth century. Thus, mercantilism covered the period from the Renaissance to...
The political influence on organization decision making towards corporate social responsability: a socio economic approach
Essay - 30 pages - Economy general
This research will look at the political influence on organization decision making towards social responsibility. To do so, a combination of social and economic theories will be used. In chapter three, the political field and the political actors in this research will be discussed. Chapter...
The political influence on organization decision making towards corporate social responsability: a socio economic approach - publié le 27/07/2006
Essay - 30 pages - Economy general
This research paper will look at the political influence on organizational decision making with respect to social responsibility. In order to do so, a combination of social and economic theories will be used. In chapter three, the political field and the political actors studied in this research,...
Knowledge, growth without scale effects, and the product life cycle - publié le 27/07/2006
Dissertation - 260 pages - Economy general
For several reasons, knowledge cannot be treated like any other commodity. One of these reasons is the nonrivalrous nature of knowledge, which means that one person's use of certain knowledge does not diminish another person's use of the same knowledge (at the same time). This important property...
Knowledge, growth without scale effects, and the product life cycle
Dissertation - 260 pages - Economy general
For several reasons, knowledge cannot be treated like any other commodity. One of these reasons is the non-confrontational nature of knowledge, which means that one person's use of certain knowledge does not diminish the relevance of another person's use of the same knowledge (at the same...
Define and explain the concept of an income elasticity of demand for a product
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Would you expect the income elasticity for potatoes and DVDs to be large or small? If the supply of oil is price inelastic in the short term, what would you expect the impact of an outwards shift in the demand for oil to be? What might happen in such a situation in the long term? In economics we...
Assess the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in international politics and in influencing development in Latin America
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
The first clause of the Articles of Agreement which form the bond member states are attached to under the IMF asserts that 'The International Monetary Fund was established operates in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement that was originally adopted and subsequently amended'....
Economic consequences of the last European union enlargement
Essay - 27 pages - Economy general
The idea of a united Europe was once just a dream in the minds of philosophers and visionaries. Already in 1620, the Duke of Sully imagined "a body politics of all the States of Europe which could produce between its members an unalterable peace and a perpetual trade". In The 19th Century, Victor...
Banana War
Case study - 6 pages - Economy general
I have found this argument interesting because it is important to introduce to the public, the serious situation in which they are forced to work as workers of the third world. With this, I want to denounce the serious violations of the rights of the workers working in multinationals, that...
Airbus - Boeing War
Case study - 7 pages - Economy general
The 27 of April 2005, at 10h29 the A380 plane has taken off for the first time of the airport of Toulouse. The A380 property of AIRBUS, company which conceives, develops, builds, sells and ensures the technical support after sale of the planes of the same name. On the other side of the Atlantic,...
Conditions of the labor market that encourage foreign investments in Central and Eastern Europe
Essay - 17 pages - Economy general
Today, a well known economic phenomenon is that the foreign investments in the Central and Eastern Europe have been flooded, since 1989. Amongst many other economic data, we could include that in 2003, 29 billions dollars were invested by foreign companies. This figure is not easy to achieve,...
The Argentina Crisis - The IMF's Guinea Pig
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
In 2001, Argentina, the former model pupil of the International Monetary fund of the nineties, declared default in all its public debt. This is one of the most harrowing economic crises in the history of Argentina. Several crisis-fighting actions like the freezing of bank accounts or the...
Environmental Economics: global warming
Essay - 14 pages - Economy general
This essay is about the climate change and the direct and indirect effect on our environment, not only caused by human activities. The increased concentration of the greenhouse gases which include carbon-di-oxide and others, over the last 150 years has dramatically progressed. This fact, caused...
The Baltic States: a golden opportunity for French food exporters?
Market study - 17 pages - Economy general
The 1st of May 2004, ten new countries came into the European Union. These states have seen their economy dramatically change in many aspects of international trade since this date. From the custom point of view to the currencies issues, it significantly facilitates the goods exchanges of food...
Cradle-to-cradle design - published: 11/02/2006
Dissertation - 45 pages - Economy general
Faced with the increasing damage inflicted on the planet by industrial development, environmentalists have traditionally argued that we need to put a halt on economic growth. This approach has neither been realistic nor efficient. Fortunately, a new way of thinking has emerged with respect to the...
Comparison between the ports of Antwerp, Le Havre and Rotterdam
Presentation - 46 pages - Economy general
Le Havre harbor is simple in meaning and it represents a harbor. Le Havre Harbor occupies a predominant position in the European terrain. In fact, Le Havre is believed to be ?The European Door'. A door through which trade is facilitated globally. Le Havre is articulated by complex and varied...
Comparison between the US and Japanese banking systems
Dissertation - 11 pages - Economy general
The Japanese and the Americans have different perceptions of time. This difference exists as part of their culture and the values they advocate. The cultural, political and historical background consequently leads to two different banking forms: the bank-based and the market-based systems. Until...
Environmental Regulation and its Effect on Competition
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
The following text provides a brief discussion of the development of new technologies and how they affect the environment. After explaining the effects, the focus shifts to response mechanisms, which the society has created, to limit the impact of innovations on environmental factors. These...
National systems of innovation: comparison of France and USA
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
We are going to see through this essay several point of comparison in national system of innovation between France and USA. We will focus on several points in order to explain the differences between both countries. We will talk about the role of the system of education, then the government...
What are the major problems inherent in the Common Agricultural Policy? Assess the extent to which the 2003 reforms have dealt with these problems.
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
The Common Agricultural Policy was, together with competition policy, the great early success story of the EU. It is perhaps the aspect of European integration which has most impressed itself on public consciousness. Indeed, the “CAP is one of the most pervasive of all EU policies, one of...
The Sustainable Development Policy within the European Union
Dissertation - 27 pages - Economy general
In this dissertation, we are going to focus especially on political aspects of the given concept, especially within the EU. The ways and means by which this theory can be turned into a reality is one of the themes of this dissertation. It also evaluates the ambiguities inherent in the concept and...
Europe versus America
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
There exists a wide gap between European and American economies. The GDP, GDP per capita as well as productivity levels are much higher in the US than in Europe. These figures show the extent of American dynamism which cannot be denied. And after the 9/11 events, many felt that the American...
