Socio Economic Factors Influencing Delinquency
Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies
Contemporary delinquency theories can be deployed in supporting economic deprivation as a contributing factor in elucidating many crimes, though it is directly linked to property crimes like theft (Borraz & González, 2011). However, this does not imply that the cause-and-effect association...
Likely evolution of the Security and Economic Dynamics in Central Asia
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Central Asia is a region bordering China to the West, Russia to the north and finally Turkey to the South. Historically, this area has lacked strong political representation and has thus relied on powerful neighbors for all aspects of her development. This paper examines the changing dynamics in...
Monetary and macroeconomics interrelations between countries
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
International finance is a division of financial economic that deals with monetary and macroeconomics interrelations between countries. It is also referred as international macroeconomics. It involves the economic relations between different countries and involving how the...
Economic Theory of Organizations
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
World Vision began its operations in 1950 as a child-focused, community-based, integrated and interconnected Christian relief organization whose aim is to eradicate poverty by providing basic amenities like food and shelter to orphaned children all over the world. Over the years World Vision has...
Human Resource Approach during Economic Downturn
Case study - 15 pages - Human resources
The contemporary environmental dynamisms present new and unpredictable economic patterns translating into new challenges for organizations already struggling to keep pace with the market volatility. While the general entrepreneur agrees that the risks are abound during turbulent times, the...
Electric Cars and the Economics of the Automobile Industry
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
One of the main themes of the contemporary society is environmental conservation. There has been a consensus that the rates of emission of pollutant need to reduce as well as the value of sustainable development and reduced reliance on fossil fuel to reduce the volume of carbon emissions to the...
The economic, territorial, and cultural impact of the European Union on the Danish identity
Case study - 5 pages - European union
Created by the treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Union now has 25 member states. Over the years and decades, it has developed a wide range of policies with an emphasis on economic measures. The member states have had to adapt themselves to this new system of governance and to the...
Results of the American economic meltdown of 2008 as per the video "Inside the Meltdown"
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
The video “Inside the Meltdown” shows the immediate responses of various institutions as a result of the American economic meltdown of 2008. The meltdown occurred as a result of the Great Recession which was beginning to take form at this time. An economic recession is a...
Islamic Economics as a Solution to Strengthen Economy
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
The financial crisis lately become more common since the era of globalization. Countries are experiencing a crisis not only in Latin America, Asia, Europe, but also hit the United States. U.S. financial crisis spread to various countries including Indonesia. Almost all countries that apply the...
Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Sub-Saharan Africa: with its beautiful lush landscapes, diverse cultures, fantastic wildlife and wealth of natural resources there is also a huge amount of suffering. With the highest poverty rates in the world, Africa faces many obstacles on its path to development. Although its resource...
Economics in Mexico
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
Mexico's economy is the thirteenth leading global economy and eleventh when looking at the purchasing power; this is in accordance to the reports of the World Bank (Cantwell et al. 336). Since the crisis that took place in 1994 majority of administrations have made efforts to improve the...
How and to what extent the new economic geography explains industry specialization patterns in Europe?
Case study - 8 pages - Geography
The discipline of economic geography is concerned with the impact of the geophysical, social, and political environments on political activities (Hodder & Lee, 1974). It addresses the influence of location, distribution, and spatial organization of economic activities on...
Applied Investment - Financial and Economic Context
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
Every single investor is interested in maximizing investment returns while simultaneously minimizing risk subjected to the investment. Consequently, investors prefer committing their resources in receptive economic systems free from uncertainties that may hamper their anticipated returns....
Islamic finance and its come back after the last economic crash
Case study - 4 pages - Criminal law
The economic crash took place between 2007 and 2008. It originated from the United States. It is the worst economic crisis that has ever hit the world up to today. It has become a global issue, hitting economies in all countries. It has led to the fall or decline in the economies,...
Girl child education and economic development in Africa
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
The objectives of this essay are to: Discuss reasons why girl child education is essential for economic development in Africa. Discuss reasons why the girl child in Africa is underprivileged in terms of education Discuss the impact of the low level of girl child education on...
Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources amongst unlimited and conflicting end uses
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
In this world that we live in, there exists a problem due to the conflict between the scarcity of resources and the unlimited wants of the people. Economics is concerned with dealing with this problem, as efficiently as possible. Why, then, are resources scarce? The problem of scarcity...
How far do you agree that the crisis experienced by China in the late 1980s was due to "the inevitable consequences of the policies of economic liberalization by Deng Xiaoping"?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Shortly after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 came the rehabilitation of Deng Xiaoping. During the latter's reign, China experienced a crisis in the late 1980s, the 1989 Tiananmen Crisis, during which the army attacked students who held a demonstration demanding political liberalisation. This...
Economics and Social Policy: The Keynesian Perspective
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
At the onset of civilization, it has always been the aim of surviving societies to establish a kind of welfare state- one that is able to deliver the basic necessities and services to its inhabitants through various modes available. The delivery of services includes, but not is limited to, those...
What is a gift? What are the political, economic, religious, and social implications of the gift?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Supposedly, a gift is the free act of willingly donating to someone something that was yours without expecting anything in exchange. It is a thus doubly a free act for it is up to the giver to decide whether he wants to make a gift or not and the receiver has no obligation to reciprocate. The...
Indian economic crisis
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The roots of the 1991 currency crisis in India can be seen during the entire decades that precede it. As a matter of fact it lies in the large and persistent macroeconomic imbalances that developed over the 1980s. A close examination of the government expenditures, over the 1980s, suggests that...
A critical review of Downs, A. (1957) 'An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy', Journal of Political Economy, 65(2): 135-150
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
In his seminal work “An economic Theory of Political Action in Democracy” Anthony Downs suggests that traditional economic theory is united in its exclusion of the impact of government as an economic agent. He sets out to address this issue by creating a model that...
The foundation of classical economics
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
Adam Smith is one of the most influential individuals to have ever lived. His insights and new ideas into the discipline of economics have cemented his place in history as one of the greatest economists of all time. Smith was born in Kirkclady Scotland in 1723, he attended Glasgow...
Facebook, Economic Environment and Lawsuits
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Most companies do not establish in the market as fast as they would wish. It takes time to create a niche in the market place and get loyal customers who would boost the company. However, the reverse has been the case with Facebook Company (Collier, 2010). Since its foundation, Facebook has...
Economic advantages and disadvantages of immigration into the U.S
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Immigrants to the United States have historically elicited passionate debates on whether they are of economic benefit or an economic burden to the country. Those who hold the view that immigrants are of economic benefit have advanced views including that with the coming of...
Will the economical collapse of Greece cause the end of the Euro?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The euro zone is now frantically bracing itself for the imminent fall of the Greek government. Faced with the possibility of Greece vouching for a fully fledged non-payment of debt and euro zone departure as opposed to a debt deal, the outstanding euro zone members have to choose whether to...
Economics: Taxes and subsidies
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
There are two types of tax systems that work simultaneously in an economy. These two systems are called direct and indirect taxation. Both of these systems have different effects on the economy in terms of an incentive or disincentive. Direct taxation is levied on the income of people. They pay...
Environmental, economic and social impacts of Cruise ships in Stockholm
Case study - 20 pages - Management
Sweden is a country located in the Northern Europe. Its capital is Stockholm. The city is situated near the Baltic Sea therefore it is accessible to holiday cruise liners as well as other maritime traffic making the port one of the busiest in terms of traffic among other Scandinavian cities....
When Mao died his only legacy was the political and economic devastation of China. Arguments in favor and against this proposition.
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Revolutionary communist, philosopher and theorist, Mao made a significant impact of what is today in the People's Republic of China. In order to understand the complexity of Mao's regime, it is necessary to look at the context and period of history in which Communist China emerged as a nation....
Assess the effects that corruption may have on economic development. How do you reconcile the anecdotal evidence with the theoretical ideas?
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
Corruption is the abuse of public trust for private gain. This definition is rather universal and many argue that it is vague and that there is variety of corruption, one being corruption under economic sense. Corruption is an ancient phenomenon which is very hard to suspect and even...
Can the onset of the fall of fertility in Europe be related to the economic and social circumstances of the individual countries at the time?
Case study - 10 pages - Modern history
Understanding the onset of the fall of fertility in Europe requires understanding of changes in mortality as it is understood that "the beginning of mortality decline generally precedes that of fertility". The 'demographic transition' saw the average number of births per women fall from...
