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16 Jan 2009
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The role of trade in the economic development of Eastern Asia

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

At the end of the last century, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea attained higher rates of economic growth than other developing countries. It could be because of a close correlation between export expansion and economic growth, but are they automatically associated? What is the...

16 Jan 2009
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Brazil as an emerging market and the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

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...

15 Jan 2009
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Distinguish between equilibrium and cyclic unemployment, and outline the private and social costs associated with each type

Essay - 4 pages - Economy general

Unemployment is seen as a plague in many countries. Plus, we are often told about how to tackle it and given some figures spelling the number of unemployed people. But what does this really mean? Governments do not tell much about unemployment's features and the real consequences it entails....

15 Jan 2009
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The role of e-commerce within the global economy

Essay - 3 pages - Economy general

Nowadays, the business world is driven by two economic trends: globalization and the adoption of information technologies. Those changes are entirely linked. “Technology is both driven by and a driver of globalization, as both forces continually reinforce one another” (Bradley et al.,...

15 Jan 2009
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Failure of Social Security

Essay - 6 pages - Economy general

Since the era of what is known as Reaganomics, this country's social security has been in jeopardy for some time. Our forefathers wanted our government to be able to aid in the comfort of our golden years. This generation of baby boomers may be the last ones to benefit from our founding fathers...

15 Jan 2009
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The hospitality industry

Essay - 6 pages - Economy general

In today's highly competitive business environment, budget orientated planning is insufficient for a large corporation to survive and prosper. Indeed, rapid-paced changes in trade, technology and investment patterns are elements that are impacting each business in one way or another. That is...

15 Jan 2009
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Financial markets in Emerging Economies: Comparison with developed economies

Essay - 12 pages - Economy general

The financial markets of emerging economies have seen a huge growth in the last few years. These markets are attracting large investments from the developed world, especially because of higher expected return. At the same time; investments in emerging markets are considered to be riskier than the...

15 Jan 2009
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Anti-dumping: A growing problem in international trade

Essay - 13 pages - Economy general

Since the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, free trade has been widely adopted and has enabled countries to enjoy prosperity. It was aimed to foster free trade by reducing tariffs and by settling an international mechanism to solve international trade disputes....

15 Jan 2009
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Is the Lisbon strategy an unattainable project?

Essay - 8 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...

15 Jan 2009
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The Chinese century, the rising economy and its impact on the global economy, the balance of power, and your job, Oded SHENKAR, 2005

Essay - 7 pages - Economy general

China is at the heart of the present-day economic debate. China is indisputably booming economically. Its enormous growth rate attests of this evolution; all economists agree on this assertion. What seems more debatable at the moment is the impact this rise could have on the global economy, and...

15 Jan 2009
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Discuss PPP, its theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

Essay - 4 pages - Economy general

In an international and globalize environment such as the national economies are growing in, it is hard to measure and evaluate the performances of each one in comparison with the others. Indeed, currencies are different all around the world and to what we can or cannot afford or in a foreign...

15 Jan 2009
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Co-economic climate in Japan

Essay - 7 pages - Economy general

For this economic coursework we have chosen to speak about Japan. We think that Japan is a really interesting country to speak about because of its economy which is one of the greatest in the world nowadays. The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of...

15 Jan 2009
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Multinationals, Asian success and the global economy

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

For more than thirty years, Asian countries have known an amazing period of growth, and have now a real and consequent influence on the economic world. However, these countries, like all other developing countries have to face the problem of funding resources in order to develop their economic...

15 Jan 2009
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Fair trade in Europe: overview and perspectives

Essay - 36 pages - Economy general

Fair trade is a movement born after the Globalization. It's a consequence of the growth of exchanges. To develop their economy, countries have been forced to trade with their neighbors and the territories around them, etc…Finally countries have abolished their barriers and established...

15 Jan 2009
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The protected designation of origin

Essay - 7 pages - Economy general

The concepts of free movement of goods and competition are enshrined in European Union law. However, it is possible to seek to obtain a “protected designation of origin” (PDO) for certain goods. Once obtained the PDO does indeed protect the specified goods from elements of competition....

15 Jan 2009
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Are regionalism and globalisation compatible or contradictory trends?

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

Nowadays, it is paradoxical to see the development, in a global world, of several types of regions. This process began after the Second World War, with the development of the international trade flows between economies. The creation in 1957 of the European Economic Community, by the Treaty of...

15 Jan 2009
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The foreign direct investments in Canada (2007)

Essay - 9 pages - Economy general

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) interact in the global market, creating lots of jobs all around the world. Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is the way by which they interact, investing abroad until representing the largest source of external finance for developing countries for instance (United...

15 Jan 2009
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The increase of power in China and India

Essay - 6 pages - Economy general

Globalization is the increased mobility of goods, services, labour, technology and capital throughout the world. This process has speeded up over the years, especially with the growth of new information and communication technologies. Through these changes, we can see the growth of emerging...

15 Jan 2009
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Is today's globalization different from globalization a hundred years ago?

Essay - 6 pages - Economy general

Michael D. Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, says, in Globalization in Historical Perspective (2002), says “globalization has become a buzzword of the new millennium”. Indeed the term globalization is now...

15 Jan 2009
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The objectives of the macroeconomics policy critical and assessment in the South African economy

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

Although South Africa is regarded as an “economic powerhouse” in Africa and has a strong modern industrial and financial base, it faces severe developmental challenges: poverty, high level of inequality, unemployment…” (Fourie and Burger 2003: 4). The Human Development Index...

15 Jan 2009
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France's balance of payments analysis

Essay - 2 pages - Economy general

We are going to focus here on the latest France's balance of payments. The document used is mainly the balance of 2006 which was published on June 19th 2007, but will the previous years will also be useful to define the trend, and especially the 2005 balance because some information are not...

15 Jan 2009
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Evaluate the evolution of the world trade system

Essay - 7 pages - Economy general

Before the creation of a world trade system in 1947, the countries had protectionist economic policies or preferential trade agreements for the Empires as the one of Britain and France. In the 1930s, these policies clearly showed their limits with the economic depression and the World War II. As...

15 Jan 2009
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From Washington to Post-Washington Consensus: A Global Analysis

Essay - 9 pages - Economy general

During the 90s the Washington Consensus was the most popular economic framework used not only by Latin America but by countries all around the world. As Naim (2000) expresses, the term Washington Consensus soon acquired a life of its own, becoming a brand name known worldwide and used...

15 Jan 2009
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Despite its oil wealth, account for the instability of the Persian Gulf region

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

The Persian Gulf region is known for being a very important area in terms of geopolitics. It holds up to 57% of the world's crude oil reserves and produces 27% of the global oil.Useless to say how vital to the world energy supply this region is and how extreme the tensions generated by this...

15 Jan 2009
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The Quality Concept

Essay - 5 pages - Economy general

The quality concept in an industrial sense was first seen in Japan after WW2. In a ruined country, American economists settled an action plan to rebuild the entire economy system. Their first task was to define this notion. For Juran, "quality is the aptitude to employ" and For Crosby, "the...

15 Jan 2009
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The Monterrey Consensus The Conference on Financing for Development

Essay - 3 pages - Economy general

The International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) took place between the 18 and 22 of March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico. More than 170 countries adopted a commitment designed to “eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development” in the...

15 Jan 2009
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"How should we define globalization?"

Essay - 4 pages - Economy general

Defining the concept of globalization is very controversial and much disputed among economists, sociologists and political observers. There is no single concept of globalization, and commentators are unable to agree on the empirical evidence for its extent. These divisions are, however,...

15 Jan 2009
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What do you consider to be the major differences between Adam Smith's and David Ricardo's theories of international trade?

Essay - 4 pages - Economy general

The basic concept underlying all international transactions is that foreign markets are extensions of domestic markets, in the sense that goods and services produced domestically, and whose quality is reflected in the strengths of the supply and demand curves, can also be sold internationally....

13 Jan 2009
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How and why has the adoption of free market economic policies affected the consolidation of democracy?

Essay - 6 pages - Economy general

“Economic factors have significant impact on democratization but they are not determinative.” (Huntington 1991: 59). To Huntington, there is a clear link between economy and democracy as a form of regime, bond that few people could deny nowadays. Actually, this bond can be shown by the...

13 Jan 2009
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The Evolution of Consolidated Financial Statements published by Publicly Quoted French Companies: The Shift Away from local GAAP to the Adoption of International Standards

Essay - 11 pages - Economy general

Contrary to the Anglo-American approach, France offers, in terms of accounting, an environment representative of those of many countries in continental Europe. Nonetheless, France offers a typical system, where, because politicians and executives are part of a close and tight elite network, the...