Environment of international trade: The United States of America
Essay - 7 pages - International economy
The United States of America does hold a position of economic supremacy in the world. Its economy is particularly large and complex to define. According to the Central Intelligence Agency's website (C.I.A., 2007), the U.S has the world's largest and most powerful economy with a gross...
Almasah international real estate: The real estate market in Dubai
Market study - 48 pages - Foreign markets
In February, I landed in Dubai for the first time, after having heard so much about it. I was astonished by the number of towers already built at that time but more by the huge amount of cranes and construction sites. Therefore, I decided to do my internship for a real estate broker. I quickly...
International economics: The World Trade Organization
Essay - 10 pages - International economy
Pascal Lamy, General Director of the WTO recently said that “negotiations towards a conclusion to the Doha Trade Round are 70% complete”. Indeed, the WTO trade talks have not been efficient over the last few years. Lowering agricultural and industrial tariffs, reducing subsidies in...
The Russian business culture
Essay - 7 pages - Foreign markets
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia emerged as a nation. A new constitution was adopted in 1993, representing the end of communism. Russia has now a federation style government with a market economy (“CIA”, The World FactBook: Russia, online). Despite important...
Brazil as an emerging market and the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Essay - 9 pages - Foreign markets
With its free market and export-oriented economy, the Federal Republic of Brazil is currently the leading economic power in Latin America as well as a strong regional leader. The country is nowadays attracting many foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows thanks to efficient macroeconomic reforms...
United Kingdom: In and out of Europe
Essay - 10 pages - European union
The United Kingdom has always been in and out of Europe. Such posturing is in keeping with a series of mantras [religious beliefs] upon which Britain's policy towards Europe is predicated. The latter have never been really challenged in the last century. Britain's Europe is a paradoxical...
The making of modern Ireland (1845-2000): the performance of Fianna Fáil in government from 1932-38
Essay - 4 pages - Political life and election
De Valera founded the Republican Party ?Fianna Fail' on the 23rd of March 1926. This party evolved as an initiative to fight for Ireland's independence. De Valera believed that a new political party was a necessity in order to oppose the partition of Ireland (which was established by the...
Introduction to Modern China: the gender relationships of "Raise the Red Lantern" in the context of the Chinese politics, culture and society, associated with its particular historical period
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng D?nglóng G?og?o Guà) was directed by Zhang Yimou in 1991, but it was adapted from a novel written in 1990 by Su Tong. The title of the novel was Wives and Concubines, which tells us probably more about the subject of Raise the Red Lantern. As a matter of fact Zhang...
German vs. Italian nationalism
Case study - 14 pages - Political science
Indeed, in tracing the development of nationalism in the early 19th century, we are confronted with the inherent weaknesses of division, particularism and mass indifference; dubious motives of ‘nationalists' and oft-yieldless attempts to surmount forces of repression- to the point that it is...
The corner meets the school: the inner City's drug culture and its effect on schooling
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
“The school system will have taken its shots, tallied its misses, and closed its files, relinquishing any further claim. The corner will have them all.” - Ed Burns, The Corner Many believe that as the margin of social stratification and inequality in our nation widens, the most...
Presidential association: Effective strategy in the Bob Casey Pennsylvania Senate Campaign
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Of all the competitive races of the 2006-midterm elections, the Pennsylvania Senate race between Bob Casey Jr. and Rick Santorum stood at the top of the list of elections that would prove to have serious implications in deciding the partisan majority of the Senate. Although the race was...
Human smuggling in Russia and Central Asia
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The UN definition of "trafficking", under the terms of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (supplementing the 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime), Article 3(a) states: 'Trafficking in persons' shall mean...
Analysis of the opportunities for a MNC to expand its international operations on Chinese and Indian markets
Case study - 12 pages - Foreign markets
With the biggest two populations of the world, China (1.3 billion inhabitants) and India (1.1 billion inhabitants) became two major participants in the global economy. With the late evolution of their populations, China and India have evolved as the two most important emerging markets and they...
Migration: one of the most important challenges for Europe
Essay - 2 pages - European union
"The European population growth at a level of less than 3% per year [is] only possible through net migration?. Europe is indeed currently absorbing 2 million migrants each year ? proportionally more than any other part of the world. This influx is thus altering the population composition of...
Foresight for transport: EU enlargement and transport
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The 2002-04 FORESIGHT for TRANSPORT project was a program of the EC whose primary objective was "to set up a strategic dialogue in the form of a foresight exercise on the influence of non-transport factors and policy on transport? and to develop a procedure for monitoring these external impacts....
Were Bulgaria & Romania ready to join the EU? A discussion on the EU membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union. Bearing completely different economic and socio-political features than most of the older EU members, particularly their Western partners, Bulgaria and Romania are the poorest among the EU-27 member states. Since they started altering their...
Critically analyse the decision in the House of Lords' decision in the American Accord
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The globalisation of trade brings with it greater risks than internal trade, with the differences in business practices, application of local law, combined with external political factors . The four main risks applicable when dealing with global trade are foreign law and the ambiguity of what...
Is there a link between drugs and crime?
Essay - 21 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Recent drug policy in the UK has been shaped by the general presumption that drug addiction is a key contributory factor to rising crime. The literature review demonstrates that whilst empirical evidence clearly supports a link between drugs and crime, the use of drugs is one part of a complex...
The different stakes of European enlargement (Pestel and Swot analysis)
Essay - 16 pages - European union
From the first step in its creation in 1957 by the Rome treaty, Europe went through successive enlargement phases. In the current scenario, Europe has become an important player in the international market, due to its critical size. However, it is hard to estimate its power in the international...
Implications of the European economic integration on the centrally-planned economies
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Former Communist countries joined the EU in 2004 and in 2007. Having different features in their surrounding region as compared to the older EU members, centrally-planned economies were - and still are - challenged to alter their political and economic environment in order to align with the EU...
International economics: essay on the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
‘We are living a transformation which is going to reconstruct population and economy for the coming century. There will be no more national products and technologies, no more national firms, no more national industries, no more national economies. Only individuals, which constitute nations,...
Asian australian trade issues: comparative study of Asia and Western business logic
Essay - 4 pages - Foreign markets
The differences between Western and Asian behaviors are very significant, especially if we focus on the aspect of organizational behavior. The Asian values are fundamentally very different from the Western norms; and therefore it becomes quintessential to identify the main characteristics of the...
Religious Persecution
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In recent history, religion has become more tolerated in the world. However, many religions continue to be persecuted for their beliefs despite their popularity throughout the world and despite the injustice of denying this basic civil right of life. People of all races have followed structured...
Asian pacific business since 1997: Samsung and South Korea
Case study - 13 pages - Foreign markets
Everybody knows Samsung, Toyota, Sony, LG or even Hyundai which are very famous brand all over the world. Those very successful companies have similarity. Indeed, all of them come from the Pacific Rim. The Pacific Rim is defined by "far Eastern countries and markets bordering the Pacific Ocean,...
Creating Colette in Shanghai
Essay - 2 pages - Foreign markets
By sticking to the original concept and in tandem with the new emerging Chinese market - How to recreate Colette's lifestyle store in Shanghai is a question that needs to be analyzed. First step is to start with the company analysis in order to underline its strengths and weaknesses and prepare...
Auto pollution: No solution?
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
For the sake of natural resources and the welfare and prosperity of the population, motor vehicle fuel economy and emission standards must be raised. The dangerous and complicated problems that we face both today and tomorrow with motor vehicles should not be ignored and cast aside, but solved as...
Military Extended Child Care Agency (M.E.C.C.A.)
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Military Extended Child Care Agency (M.E.C.C.A) is an agency that would be used to assist Soldiers and their family members with extended child care services. Most military child care agencies or centers operating hours are from 5:30 am to 6:00 pm. These hours are not acceptable or...
The Partisan handling of political scandal in the House of Representatives
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
When a political scandal breaks it has a way of dominating the national discourse between the political parties. Seemingly regardless of the nature of the scandalous content, once that label has been affixed within days media news outlets are saturated with condemnations, protests of innocence,...
Philadelphia Quakers as an Anti-Racist Organization
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There is no question that Quakers strive for racial justice, for their shared history and social beliefs explicitly call for ongoing anti-racist action. Given Philadelphia Quakers' early influence on U.S. governmental framework and their ongoing reputation for egalitarianism, an investigation...
Ford Motor Company, Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation analysis of the Japanese-American trade relationship using the gravity, Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin Models
Presentation - 28 pages - Economy general
Why is the trade balance debate important? Technology has minimized trade barriers World economies more integrated International exchange vital to industries such as agriculture and auto manufacturing. Drives many economic and political policies i.e., taxes, tariffs, interest rates Blamed for...
