As we enter an age where change is forever accelerating, adjustment has become apart of our daily life. Change is constantly happening, and if we as an individual cannot keep up with the pace of change, we are left in the dust. As a marketing firm, how well we adapt to change could very well deter...

Microeconomics In Shankar Gupta's article, "Environmental Regulations not Cheap," he argues that further action taken by environmentalist causes, burden business activity, family incomes, developing countries, and also that there is no feasible way to enforce global laws to protect the e...

A special interest group is an organized subgroup of a society. Special interest group belongs to the public sector. Some special interest groups are very powerful politically. These organizations devote large amounts of money, and time to make sure that government representatives hear th...

Competition or Bust The world in which we live is a extremely competitive environment. It is nothing less than a doggy-dog world, where only the strong survive. It was become a fast-paced ruthless business environment. Those who cannot cut it can pack up their bags and find a job shining shoe...

White Mountains Insurance, is a Bermuda-based holding company with US insurance and reinsurance. This company made possible other businesses such as Travelers Property Casualty, which makes up part of Citicorp. Last Monday, the US insurer White Mountains Insurance, decided to purchase the CGNU (th...

MARKET ANALYSIS A. Target market Who our real customers are? The ice-cream industry has changed dramatically the last two decades. The target market used to be children between 5-17 years old. Nowadays such limitation doesn't exist. The "Scandal" products are mostly consumed b...

Environmental EconomicsPART ONE1. The word environment is a general term for all external conditions, influences and forces that affect and modify the life and development of all organisms.2. Our standard of living is measured by the quantity of resources used. The environmental standard of living i...

Effects of Taxes Taxes are needed in order to securely administer and fund different governmental organizations, as well as construction and other universal infrastructure services. Many proponents of taxes suggest that taxation is way too extreme within the present day economic tre...

The three most important ways the government should intervene with the economy is through social programs, health and safety controls and environment protection. Government funded social programs are essential for an economy and a country as a whole to prosper. Some of the social-insurance program...

The three most important ways the government should intervene with the economy is through social programs, health and safety controls and environment protection. Government funded social programs are essential for an economy and a country as a whole to prosper. Some of the social-insurance program...

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Aim The purpose of this report is to analyze the business process in Asia by planning a business venture in China. The report will present and apply knowledge in terms of the strategic business planning and development process. 1.2 Background With nearly 1.3 billion peopl...

Greening the Budget and Earning a Double Dividend in the Process Q1. How Do you reconcile the introduction of environmental-based tax rate differentiation as well as new environmental taxes with the traditional objectives of fiscal reform: tax simplification, fiscal neutrality (not affectin...

We are decided to start up a shoe production company that named "SPEED UP limited company". The capital we have is RM50, 000.00. So we are decided to build up at private limited company. We don choose partnership because we want the risk to be minimized. All of this is being done after we ...

Subsistence and Economics "A way of life." Many people use this expression as a way to talk about their subsistence and how they perceive their everyday life. What they fail to recognize, however, is the fact that their way of living is connected in a much broader category than they think. ...

Introduction Between 1997 and 1998 the currencies of Indonesia, Thailand, and South Korea lost over a third of their value, while the currencies of the rest of Asia lost over one-fifth their value. This economic downturn was fueled by many variables. Pinpointing those variables may be impossible. Th...

Paper Assignment 2 New ideas about the future of US trade policy have been on the table for many years. Economists are constantly thinking of how to better balance the market to make trading beneficial to all. And in a world, where over half the market is controlled by less than ten countries, a ...

Many employers today face significant challenges when it comes to finding and retaining talent. There is a growing population of retirees, and an up and coming younger workforce with different attitudes about work. In today's global economy, job opportunities can be rather ubiquitous too. It&ap...

How much for a Life? The article on 'How much for a Life' looks at the ethical view of an individual life in an economic way. To say that every person on this planet is worth the same amount, give or take a few million, is putting all individuals on an equal plain. One woul...

Environmental Impact of New Technology Things like SUV's and Jumbo Jets may be a good thing now, why they get us around from place to place very quickly. But from using these "modern" conveniences we are actually harming the environment. The pollutants released from these and many ...

How would you characterize the contemporary international political system? Today no matter where you live, you are threatened by global environmental changes, spread of infectious disease, opportunities and dislocations associated with the globalization of the economy and human security. We are...

The United States offers a stable economy for the semiconductor industry but one that is not growing as rapidly as some of the other key markets. In 2004 the GDP for the United States was estimated at $11.75 trillion with a GDP growth rate of 4.4%. The United States is not expected to experience a...

The importation of drugs from neighboring countries like Canada may not only affect the health of the American citizens, but also the whole American. According to one's budget, it is a wise idea of cutting off the extra expenses, and buying the good quality products and services at a cheaper p...

1. Mobil's plastics business was worth more to Tenneco because it more closely fit their corporate strategy of product development and market expansion. Tenneco is very focused on global expansion and Mobil's plastics division provided them with products that lend themselves well ...

DIRECT LINKAGES Geographical proximity has facilitated capital flows, as north east Asian manufacturers of labor intensive exports moved their factories south to take advantage of the skilled labor which helped a lot Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. From policy view point these linkages have been ...

In the modern world, countries like Canada and the United States tend to move from the left wing to the right wing. Is this a good thing? Adam Smith's laissez-faire theory, "The Invisible Hand", explains the fact that the selfish of all individuals of a society ultimately combine to benefit all of...