Benefits and Distributional Effects of International Trade
Case study - 4 pages - International economy
Analysis of the impact of free trade on developing countries and the distribution of its benefits among different regions and groups.
Free Trade Theories and Criticisms
Case study - 3 pages - International economy
Analysis of classical free trade theories by Ricardo and HOS, and examination of criticisms and benefits of free trade policies.
Liquid Gold and Locked Markets: Inside the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
Case study - 2 pages - International economy
Maple syrup is more than just something tasty from Canada; it's a product worth a lot of money. The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (previously known as FPAQ) has a big hold on the world market. Sources show that back in 2011, they were responsible for almost all of Canada's maple syrup...
How Did the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 Affect Different Banking Systems in the World?
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
Subject: Discuss how the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 affected different banking systems in the world. After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), many commentators suggested that global financial integration would reverse and the banking system would need to change. Although the collapse in...
Differences From ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures
Case study - 3 pages - International economy
One hundred ninety-three nations work together and share airspace for their mutual advantage through the International Civil Aviation Institution (ICAO), a United Nations institution (ICAO, n.d.). Since its founding in 1944, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has supported...
The role of derivatives and derivatives securitization in the 2007 subprime credit crisis and the ensuing financial crisis
Case study - 4 pages - International economy
The subprime crisis of 2007 is one of the major crises of the 20th century, along with the crisis of 1929, was unprecedented. The economic consequences have been disastrous and have largely contributed to the weakening of the banking sector, which then has to take drastic measures in order to be...
The State of the Questions Regarding Human Rights and Development in Chile, a Developing Country
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
As part of our research, we undertook an in-depth study of a specific subject that captivated us and aroused our keen interest. This research turned out to be an exciting exploration, as it enabled us to deepen our knowledge and develop expertise in a Chilean particular field. Chile represents...
Taiwan's Semiconductor Shortage: Origins and Geopolitical Future
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
Semiconductors have become a central factor in our 21st century. As technology is used in all fields of human activity, from refrigerators to laptops, from electric cars to artificial intelligence, and from solar panels to military weapons, the need for electronic chips has grown and the demand...
Global Business Economics and Finance - AmRest Holding SE
Case study - 13 pages - International economy
AmRest Holdings SE is a public limited company with operations in the global bar and restaurant industry. The firm's headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. AmRest enjoys market dominance in Eastern and Central Europe. It operates several subsidiary firms, including Burger King, Pizza Hut,...
Country Report - Indonesia
Case study - 20 pages - International economy
With a population of 273 million and a gross domestic product (GDP) 1 of approximately 1 050 billion, Indonesia is the fifteenth largest economy. Indonesia is currently relying on economic openness and free trade to catch up economically. It is aware that it has fallen behind its neighbors...
Fiduciary duties and corporate governance failures exposed by the subprime mortgage crisis
Case study - 5 pages - International economy
Corporations' directors are expected to make decisions that produce the best outcome for their businesses. As such, law has a role to play, and it does so differently depending on the legal system concerned. Common law jurisdictions generally refer to directors as fiduciaries . Directors have...
Sexual tourism will always be part of Thailand's economy
Case study - 7 pages - International economy
Many facts show that Thailand is worldwide known for its sexual tourism and unfortunately this kind of tourism has an economical interest. According to the Taipei Times (2003) prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1928. However, it plays a major role both in the Thai society and the...
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...
Study of regional free trade areas
Case study - 13 pages - International economy
The free trade area was founded on 26 March 1991 in Asuncion with the Treaty of Asuncion. There are 5 members (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina since 1991 and Venezuela since 2006) and 5 associate members - Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. The motto is 'Our North is the...
« Building a sustainable career »
Case study - 4 pages - International economy
cover letter career management cv specific job GLOBAL CAREER VISION I want to have a career in... - A multinational company - In a Sales Department or an Export Department - I want to deal with technical products - I want to travel a lot - I want to work with South America - I am motivated by a...
"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...
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...
Economic investigation : variations of the prices of flights
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
By analyzing the graphs, some factors which influence the price of flights can be found: - The distance: longer the distance between the departure airports from the arrival airports is, the greater the price of the ticket will be. This factor could be considered as logic because longer the...
Can India be called: « The future superpower »?
Case study - 4 pages - International economy
Nowadays, Western countries are facing the ascendance of new economic rivals, especially the two Asian giants: China and India. India is described as an emerging global power through the eyes of the journalists in the financial press, who emphasize its successful Bollywood movie industry, its...
China and foreign direct investments: policies and strategies
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
China experimented 25 years of soviet dogma leading to its isolation from global trade. The turn-around initiated in 1978, along the strategies of four modernisations, introduces a set of policies to attract FDI, but also to control, monitor, and manage them. FDI has been used as a vehicle of...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006)
Case study - 16 pages - International economy
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment. Since...
What kind of lessons can we draw from recent international financial crises in Asia and in Latin America ?
Case study - 5 pages - International economy
It was nearly a decade ago that is probably sometime in July 1997, that the financial markets found themselves in a mess. It was understood that the consequence was the aftermath of two major crises. The baht (Thai currency) collapsed, and in its wake, the Indonesian rupiah, the Malaysian ringitt...
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...
Eleven years after the Asian crisis, what policy lessons? - publié le 17/05/2009
Case study - 3 pages - International economy
During the thirty years that preceded the financial crisis in Asia, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, there were some remarkable economic performances in terms of fast growth, weak inflation, macroeconomic stability and solid public finances, high savings, opened economy and rich exports....
Germany: the present economic situation of the new federal states, one and half decades after the unification
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
At first sight, it seems easy to believe that the German reunification is an economic failure. The fall of the economy, the strong disparities in the country as well as the incapacity of East Germany to develop can demonstrate this assumption. However, it appears better for us to affirm that the...
Globalisation or internationalisation ?
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
For about thirty years now national economies have evolved towards a world economy which has transformed relations between countries. When it first appeared, the word used to define the development of free trade was internationalization. This can be described as "a process of interactions which...
Study on Moroccan Labour law and labour Resources and Costs
Case study - 19 pages - International economy
Morocco has created a favorable environment for investors as the result of an extensive program designed to attract business to the country. Multinational corporations that have invested in Morocco benefited from those competitive advantages on several fronts. This study gives detailed...
Sustainability of economic development in China
Case study - 15 pages - International economy
Napoleon Bonaparte had once said "When China wakes up, the world will tremble". Three centuries later, indeed, China is considered, today, as a frightening economic power. China's growth has been exceptional since 1978. Developing countries can grow rapidly with good policies and...
Management advice for relocating the production facilities
Case study - 50 pages - International economy
We are going to explore the possibility of shifting the production from Germany to a country either in ASEAN, NAFTA or MERCOSUR region, in order to reduce the cost of production. The countries that have been chosen are Brazil, Singapore and Mexico. Brazil has the highest GDP of Latin America and...
Jeffrey Sachs' theory of poverty through the example of Bolivia
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
Many theories have tried to explain why some countries fail to thrive economically. These theories have often focused on one aspect of each country to explain poverty on the basis of geography, political stability or lack of institutions. We will try, in this study, to explain why markets in...
