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  • How Insurance Company to Encounter the Economic Downturn in Hong Kong

    How Insurance Company to Encounter the Economic Downturn in Hong Kong

    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Since 1997, Hong Kong has been facing the economic downturn that has never been come across in recent decades. The unemployment rate and the number of bankrupts are reaching the new records every month. Pay-cut is just accepted a trend in Hong Kong now. Insurances are regarded as essential protection for everyone, however, it is also a long-term investment. In the other words, insurances cannot or are not supposed to give

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    Essay Length: 752 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Economics of Agricultural Policy

    The Economics of Agricultural Policy

    Abstract Because agriculture makes up over nine percent of world merchandise trade, it is no surprise that agricultural issues are very important to a lot of people. There are many issues currently affecting the world agricultural market. One of the largest debates is over the use of agricultural subsidies and whether the effects are beneficial or detrimental to the agricultural market. Another issue is the prevalent practice of genetically engineering agricultural products. There are

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    Essay Length: 2,792 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Argentina - an Economic Overview

    Argentina - an Economic Overview

    A) Introduction and overview of the country Argentina is the second-largest country of South America (1.1 million square miles). Its population in 2005 was about 38.6 million. Its official language is Spanish. In the 19th century European investments and the integration of Argentina into the world economy were combined to create a modern Argentina, introducing to it modern agricultural techniques. Subsequently, Argentina became one of the world 10Ў¦ wealthiest nations based on rapid expansion of

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    Essay Length: 904 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Monika
  • Chinese Economic Reform

    Chinese Economic Reform

    Chinese economic reform (Chinese: 改革开放; pinyin: Găigй kāifаng) refers to the program of economic changes called "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that were started in 1978 by pragmatists within the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Deng Xiaoping and are ongoing as of the early 21st century. The goal of Chinese economic reform was to generate sufficient surplus value to finance the modernization of the

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    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • East Asian Economic Crisis

    East Asian Economic Crisis

    A large economic downturn in East Asia threatens to end its nearly 30 year run of high growth rates. The crisis has caused Asian currencies to fall 50-60%, stock markets to decline 40%, banks to close, and property values to drop. The crisis was brought on by currency devaluations, bad banking practices, high foreign debt, loose government regulation, and corruption. Due to East Asia?s large impact on the world economy, the panic in Thailand, Indonesia,

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    Essay Length: 760 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • European Economic Community

    European Economic Community

    Britain's entry into the European Economic Community was a source of great conflict in Europe. There were suspicions that French President de Gaulle did not want Britain to enter in order to maintain his country's hegemony over the EEC. De Gaulle spoke of the cultural and institutional differences that would make Britain incompatible with the Six. The British governments motives were even questioned as to whether they only wanted to reap the economic benefits of

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    Essay Length: 867 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Bred
  • Economics in one Lesson

    Economics in one Lesson

    Robert Maclin Microeconomics Economics in One Lesson Henry Hazlitt's book starts with a single lesson-that economics means looking beyond the immediate effects of any act or policy to the consequences of it for everyone. The rest of the book is a series of short chapters giving examples of the application of this lesson. Hazlitt's lesson in itself is great. I wish it were better known. His examples vary in quality. Some are a bit dated;

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    Essay Length: 481 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Economic Barriers to Trade

    Economic Barriers to Trade

    ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO TRADE In this chapter we will discuss economic barriers to foreign trade in great detail. Physical and technical barriers are discussed in lesser detail. I. Economic Barriers Economic barriers to trade consist of the economic structure of a foreign country, its foreign trade policies and strategies, exchange rate regime as well as its macroeconomic policies. A) The economic structure: This refers to the sectoral allocation of resources, its production, distribution and

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    Essay Length: 2,438 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jack
  • Dubai Economic Overview

    Dubai Economic Overview

    DUBAI ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Unlike the other emirates in the UAE(United Arab Emirates), Dubai does not only rely on oil for it’s income. Oil revenues make up just 6% of Dubai’s gross national product. Dubai has relied on, as well as built up its importance as a port and trade centre. Today, Dubai has a reputation of being one of the world’s most luxurious tourist destinations. Dubai’s most famous landmark is the “The Burj Al Arab

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    Essay Length: 420 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Economics

    Economics

    It is to my belief that no one can possibly predict the future of the economy. Because of this we are faced with many questions that cannot be easily answered. Will the economy recover drastically or simply continue to increase moderately? Or could the economy in turn go into a recession? “There's been plenty of good news about the U.S. economy… employment is expanding (2.4 million new payroll jobs in the last year); inflation remains

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    Essay Length: 1,901 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Economic and Political Policies of the United States in Relation to Wto, Nafta, Eu and Balance of Trade

    The Economic and Political Policies of the United States in Relation to Wto, Nafta, Eu and Balance of Trade

    EU and US Relationship The wealth and diversity of American civilization is mainly due to massive amounts of immigration from just about every European nation during the past 500 years. This is also the very reason why Europeans and Americans share common values and maintain close cultural, economic, social and political issues. These values and issues can be seen in the close transatlantic relationship that the EU and the USA share. The USA has always

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: July
  • Economic and Political History: A Comparison

    Economic and Political History: A Comparison

    Conal Fury and Micahel J. Salevouris define historiography as "the study of the way history has been and is written-the history of historical writing". When one studies historiography one studies the changing interpretations of events in the works of individual historians more than historical occurrences. The study of forms of historical writing has led to the identification of various schools of historical thought but mainly it has led to the evolution of sub-branches of history

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    Essay Length: 1,622 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: regina
  • Economics

    Economics

    Q. Critically discuss the issue of externalities, its implications and how it causes market failure in the economy. What should be the government’s role in mitigating this problem? “The word externalities were created by Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), which was developed earlier by fellow English economists Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) and Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) into an important feature of modern economic theory.” (1) In a market economy this generally means that an externality occurs where there

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    Essay Length: 1,989 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Mexico Economic Overview

    Mexico Economic Overview

    Mexico has the second fasted growing economy after China. Most of the people who live in Southern California have some knowledge about Mexican culture. It is also next to the US and that’s why we decided that it would be the easiest to open or move some business to Mexico. Mexico is federal republic operating under centralized government. Operational risk in Mexico is moderate. Broad consensus on the largely pro-market thrust of economic policy and

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    Essay Length: 2,078 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • Japan's Economic Development

    Japan's Economic Development

    JAPAN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In the following paper I will be examining the process of economic development in Japan. I begin with their history in the Meiji period and how that effected their great success in the postwar development. Then I will go through the different economic stages of economic development in postwar Japan. I will examine the high periods and low period in Japan economics, and the factors behind these shifts in development. Last I

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    Essay Length: 669 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Economic Environment of Singapore

    Economic Environment of Singapore

    International Marketing 560 Economic Environment of Singapore Laura L. Erwin-Hall October 12, 2007 "Home to some 4.48 million people (based on the last census in 2005 reported in 2006), Singapore is the fourth most densely populated country in the world and has one of the highest per capita gross domestic products in the world."1 The employment rate is 2.40 million (June 2006), with unemployment at an all-time low at only 2.5 percent. The labor force

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    Essay Length: 3,344 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Monika
  • Debate on the Growth of Economic Globalization

    Debate on the Growth of Economic Globalization

    Team C’s Debate on the Growth of Economic Globalization GMGT520 External Environment of Global Business Week 5 Team Assignment TEAM C: September 17, 2005 Abstract Human societies across the globe have established progressively closer contacts over many centuries, but recently the pace has dramatically increased. Jet airplanes, cheap telephone service, email, computers, huge sea vessels, instant capital flows, all these have made the world more interdependent than ever. Multinational corporations manufacture products in many

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    Essay Length: 2,732 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Economics and Poetry - Cotton and Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

    Economics and Poetry - Cotton and Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

    What really makes economics and society flow nicely together? Economics can be described as the social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Society is described as the social relationships among us. The answer is always changing as well as the economical and sociological thoughts behind it as well. This paper will relay a couple economic views from the poem “Cotton And Corn: A Dialogue” by Thomas Moore

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    Essay Length: 1,902 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Service Quality at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

    Service Quality at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

    Introduction As tourism industry has been increasing dramatically during the last two decades, hotel industry is at war. In global competition, hotel chains are required to offer not only standardized facilities, but also standardized services. To meet the different needs of customers in each individual country while maintaining the same standards of services, global marketing strategy plays a critical role. Being a leader in upscale hotel chain industry, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel took a unique path

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    Essay Length: 1,590 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Artur
  • Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Information: In the 1920's, things were really rocking in the US and around the world. The rapid increase in industrialization was fueling growth in the economy, and technology improvements had the leading economists believing that the up rise would continue. During this boom period, wages increased along with consumer spending, and stock prices began to rise as well. Billions of dollars were invested in the stock market as people began speculating on the rising stock

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    Essay Length: 613 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: regina
  • Compare and Contrast the Social, Political, and Economical Histories

    Compare and Contrast the Social, Political, and Economical Histories

    For centuries the African-American has been thought to be inferior due in part to the color of their skin. In fact “Environmentalists, attributing black skin to the effects of the tropical sun, assumed each race was peculiarly to its geography and climate.” (Rogoff, 1997) Most of the issues that African-Americans were faced with in southern states were that they not only considered inferior but also considered a piece of property that a white man would

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    Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Anna
  • Situation Analysis Hilton Hotels

    Situation Analysis Hilton Hotels

    Situation Analysis of Hilton Hotels? Each member of Team D has learned how an effective marketing forecasting can be in creating a demand and a need for a product/niche. There have been numerous lessons learned during these six weeks. We all seem to agree that there needs to be an effort to try to create an effective market forecast for demand. That one needs to have an effective sales trend in place to aide in

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    Essay Length: 493 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Hotel Analysis

    Hotel Analysis

    The use of the statement of cash flow is a relatively new wrinkle in financial reporting. This statement, however, can be a useful management tool CASH FLOW is the life blood of a hotel. To manage a hotel's assets properly, the hotel's management must understand cash flow. The Financial Standards Board (FASB) has mandated that companies issue a statement of cash flow (SCF), in addition to the traditional income statement and balance sheet. The SCF

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    Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Bred
  • Economic Indicators

    Economic Indicators

    Economic Indicators For the individual who watches CNN a great deal, the term Economic Indicators well recognized. However, for the individual who chooses not to make CNN a primary station, the term Economic Indicators can be extremely confusing. Economist often use very unlike terms when referring to the fluctuating economy. Economic Indicators happens to be one of the many terms that they use. So, what exactly are Economic Indicators, and what purpose do they serve?

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Steve
  • Prison Economics

    Prison Economics

    Prison Labor and Economy Introduction The U.S. prison population, already the largest in the world, grew by 3.4% annually between 1980 and 2004, leaving corrections facilities at 40 percent over capacity. Inmates in federal, state, local and other prisons totaled nearly 2.3 million at the end of last year. According to a recent study, there are more people behind bars in the United States than in any other country. Over 80,000 of these prisoners hold

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    Essay Length: 1,004 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Artur

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