Is the Lisbon strategy an unattainable project?
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
In March 2000, the European Union Heads of States and Governments met at the European council of Lisbon. This statement was the basis to what is called the “Lisbon strategy” or “Lisbon process/agenda”, a politic but mostly economic development plan for the members States of...
The pricing of Discretionary Accruals: Empirical Evidence from Tunisia
Essay - 13 pages - Economy general
The accounting literature is replete with studies on earnings management. In general, these studies suggest that managers mislead the market by manipulating the accrual component of earnings. A few studies, however, suggest that the presence of discretionary accruals does not necessarily imply...
Mahathir's legacy and the stability of Malaysia
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Nowadays, Malaysia is known as a model of rapid development. Indeed, in the middle of the twentieth century, the economy of this country is agriculture-oriented and nothing hints any economic boom to come such as the one which occurs a few years later. The economic growth starts to soar as soon...
The economic power of the Chinese Diaspora
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
China's economic growth is a much debated issue and is said to change the face of the world and presently world economic patterns are being reshaped. A couple of figures can easily help to understand how deep these changes are. Over the past 10 years, the Chinese economy grew by 10% a year on...
The spatial aspects of the modern division of labor and its role in the process of globalization
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
The division of labor in the early 1930s initiated the second industrial revolution. Henry Ford got the idea of splitting tasks between as many people as possible to reduce the time required to go through each stage of the production. Nowadays some argue that we are experiencing a third...
Basic features of the evolution of the world economy
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
Knox bases his analysis on the core-periphery framework, the core mostly being the traditional triad (USA, Europe, Japan) and the periphery, most of the other nations in the world. However, this statement would not be complete if it was not for the semi-periphery highlighted by Knox where changes...
Race and Minorities - Promising Practice
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
The Urban Enterprise Center was created in 1995 to improve the social relations in Seattle after the celebrations dedicated to Martin Luther King two years prior where the offices of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce were stormed and the local citizens made themselves heard. They made...
Globalization and commerce
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Globalization is the production and distribution of products and services of a homogeneous type and quality on a worldwide basis. “Globalization is the activity whereby “distinct” national economies are subsumed and re-articulated into the system by essentially international...
Issues in and around Liberal Theory: What is Liberalism?
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
“In this essay I shall propose a theory about what liberalism is”. Dworkin's project is here clearly exposed. And, as most political thinkers when they try to define a coherent theory at the fundaments of actual political movements, “I face an immediate problem. My project supposes...
Market research firms in Russia: a comparative analysis for the benefit of foreign companies willing to set up there
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
If an international company wants to settle in Russia, it should choose a market research firm to carry out a consumer research study in order to identify market performance and dynamics, solve marketing and sales problems and point out growth opportunities. Such firms operating on the Russian...
Foreign direct investments: Issues and impact for developing countries
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
In the context of globalization, the increasing interconnection of markets and the geographical burst of the production chain can represent an opportunity for developing countries to join the world economy to enhance their growth. The resilience of foreign direct investment (FDI) during financial...
The results of the "Lisbon agenda" - the attempt to make Europe the world's most successful knowledge-based economy are generally thought to have been disappointing. What steps should be taken by the European Union, and by national governments - publié le 20/04/2007
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
In March 2000, the Lisbon Strategy was launched to overcome a series of weaknesses in the European economy: long-term structural unemployment, a poor employment rate, and under-development of the service sector. In an often-quoted sentence, it has therefore assigned the EU "a new strategic goal...
Discuss the shift away from the conglomerate form in the advanced industrial countries, and its persistence in most emerging markets performance? - publié le 20/04/2007
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Western business strategies are often held as models for emerging countries. Despite General Electric being the largest worldwide conglomerate, such success stories have become rather rare nowadays in the United States and Europe, although this is not true in Japan for cultural and historical...
Discuss the shift away from the conglomerate form in the advanced industrial countries, and its persistence in most emerging markets performance?
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Western business strategies are often held as models for emerging countries. Despite General Electric being the largest worldwide conglomerate, such success stories have become rather rare nowadays in the United States and Europe, although this is not true in Japan for cultural and historical...
The results of the "Lisbon agenda" - the attempt to make Europe the world's most successful knowledge-based economy - are generally thought to have been disappointing. What steps should be taken by the European Union, and by national governments
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
In March 2000, the Lisbon Strategy was launched to overcome a series of weaknesses in the European economy: long-term structural unemployment, a poor employment rate, and under-development of the service sector. In an often-quoted sentence, it has therefore assigned the EU “a new strategic...
The reasons for Britain's slow economic growth in the 1970s
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Britain already had experienced economic difficulties in the 1960s, but the concerns did not grow since the overall standard of living was keeping on rising. On the contrary, the 1970s proved to be much more worrying economically, as they presented a sluggish and lasting economic performance -the...
Amaranth's bankruptcy
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
Amaranth was founded by Nicholas Maounis, former Paloma Partners manager, in 2006. Initially, Amaranth was supposed to adopt a multistrategic approach to diversify its investment risks in multiple markets. Brian Hunter was waiting for a geopolitical contest, due to the situation in the Middle...
Liberalism: What are the main concepts of liberalism?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Liberalism is a philosophy, or political movement that has, for an aim, the development of individual freedom. Since the concept of freedom evolved over time, liberalism evolved as well. However, some core assumptions never changed. First, let us consider how all the core concepts of liberalism...
Comparison between the economic cycles and the growth rates in the USA and France
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The business cycle is a constant in all the world economies since the Industrial Revolution occurred. By “business cycle”, we mean the fluctuations of the growth rate of the economy, which always works on the “Peak - Recession - Trough - Recovery” scheme. The main cycle is the...
Globalisation
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
« Globalisation » is a word that comes up much more often than others in debate topics. For some, nothing better than globalization (and the liberalizing process that comes with it) could happen to us. On the other side, globalisation's detractors hold it responsible for a great number of the...
How can the change in demand following an increase in the price of goods can be broken into a substitution effect and an income effect?
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
We expect people to change their consuming behaviour when the price of a good change, but on what is this change going to be based on? Preferences are determined by the tastes of a person, so they do not depend on the person's real income. If the price of a good changes, the person will make a...
Development in Senegal: A difficult development despite numerous assets
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
Presently, Senegal is one of the most important economies in Western Africa and, after the political issues in Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria, one of the few countries which can reach the goals of the UN Millennium project in 2015. Nevertheless, we have here the example of a long-term low economic...
The employers' organisations in Britain: The case of the CBI
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
I decided to speak about employers' organisations in Britain because of a personal and very simple interrogation: I was actually wondering what the equivalent of the French MEDEF in Britain was. At first sight, I discovered quickly that this equivalent is the CBI, The Confederation of British...
Financial analysis and valuation of Neuf Cegetel
Presentation - 21 pages - Economy general
Neuf Cegetel recent proactivity in external growth is not fully valued at current share price, which should also better reflect organic opportunities, leading to a 14% upside. Synergies are not fully valued Recent operations (merger with Cegetel, IPO, acquisition of AOL internet subscribers base)...
How 9/11 was used as a pretext to the mass wave of layoffs following the attacks
Essay - 22 pages - Economy general
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the American population had its eyes fixed on Wall Street with fears that after such an attack, the world's economic superpower might not recover. Stock exchange shares were expected to undergo a sharp drop, the airline industry was ailing, as well as the...
Critically review the opportunities and challenges that the Internet had brought to a particular industrial sector
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
In 2006, the total e-commerce spending by customers and businesses would reach and even surpass five trillion Dollars according to e-marketer (2004). This astonishing number confirms that e-commerce and e-business must be taken into consideration now by firms in order to be competitive. Even if...
Legal and practical issues on on-line arbitration
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
At times, the GATT conferences have become headlines on the general news, and are not only reserved to the specialised news, no one can be unaware that, exchanges tend to become global. This globalization concerns several fields: human first of all, there is no need anymore of a recession or a...
The French decline
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
France has the sixth largest economy in the world, it is the fourth biggest exporter of services and the third largest investor abroad. It is a permanent member of the UN security council and a declared nuclear power. In addition to that, France is a mainstay of the European Union and a...
Russian and French Economies
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
Russia is the biggest country in the world and is ranked 7th for its population with 143 million of inhabitants. The country is today one of the 10th most important economy in the world. In fact, Russia is situated at the 14th world rank concerning its total GDP for 2005 with approximately 763...
Discuss the main factors that determine product prices in the UK - publié le 28/02/2007
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Predicting firms; behavior and reactions to events is central for current microeconomics. Economists have put forward many theories to analyze the behavior of firms, main decisions of economic interest related to outputs, investment, and technology and above all prices which are the object of...
