...all people to act freely in how they work, what they produce, what they consume, and how they invest their time and money. It is “an essential aspect of human liberty, without which a person’s rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness may be fundamentally compromised” (Miller, Kim, 2013). Economist/philosopher Friedrich A. Hayek stated that economic freedom is the “prerequisite of any other freedom” (Miller, Kim, 2013). Economic freedom, or lack thereof, is experienced in different levels throughout the world, depending on the degree to which governments restrain them in their countries. The Index of Economic Freedom, created 1995 by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, ranks the economic freedom of every country and reports year to year how the levels have changed. This paper will focus on the relationship between economic freedom and variations in wealth among countries, and will describe specifically how one country from the index has changed over the past 5 – 10 years. The Relationship between Economic Freedom and Variations in Wealth: According to the Index of Economic Freedom, researchers have established that economic freedom is directly associated with economic growth and prosperity (Mitchell, 2013). The wealthiest countries in the world, based on per capita GDP, rank among the highest in economic freedom as well. For example the top five countries average an overall economic freedom score of 78.7 (out of 100). In contrast, the poorest...
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...Have you ever wondered how technology has changed the utilitarian relationship between human and fish? Well, it has had many effects on how we fish and the fishes in the sea as well. As technology has become more and more advanced that has made our fishing more efficient meaning that it has become easier for us to catch more fish. This has and will impact human lives in a very critical way. Along with other of Earth’s resources we have to learn and take care of our environment to keep it in a Holocene state for a very long time. Earth’s resource limited but shared resources have led to much competition among humans. The relationship between humans and fish has evolved over the years along with the new developed technological advancements in fishing. There are many examples around the globe that relationship with fish has changed because of technology. In 1992 the collapse of the Newfoundland Grand Banks Cod fishery in Canada was mainly caused by the technological advancements made in fishing. The Newfoundland Grand Banks was once renowned as the world’s most productive fishing grounds. The first European explorers described the waters as being so full, one just had to lower a basket into the water and it would come up filled with cod. Up to the 1950s the bounty of the Grand Banks was enough to supply local small-scale fishing, as well as feed millions of harp seals. But this happy picture was not to last. The Grand Banks fishery was destroyed by technological advances in fishing...
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...Technology and Social Change Page 1 Leslie Chappell SOC/100 University of Phoenix 03/28/2016 Technology and Social Change Page 2 Americans are faced with increasing change of technology in everyday life. Most of the time, the change happens, and we don't realize how it affects our lives. I remember talking to my grandparents about their younger years; it made me realize how technology changes from generation to generation. Technology is scientific knowledge and the making of tools to solve problems. The technological advances are vehicles, airplanes, radio, TV, cell phones, and computers. The 20th century has changed how people meet, interact, learn, work, and do business. This type of knowledge doubles every several years. Sociologists are concerned how these technological societies will adapt to the social changes that technology continues to bring. Social change is alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values. Sociologists acknowledge the role that social movements play in members to bring about social change. There are ways to understand the nature of long-term social change; it includes looking for patterns and causes which led sociologists to understand the evolutionary, functionalist, and conflict theories of change. According to The Pew Internet and American Life Project, 45% of American adults own a smartphone which is a 10% increase since May 2011. But smartphones are more popular with the young adults and...
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...GADE 3 Innovation Management Lecturer: Lopez, Urko The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation * Gary Hamel - Rodriguez Ugarte, Aitor 15th of February, 2015 INDEX INTRODUCTION 2 1. CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATION 3 2. WHY IS MANAGEMENT INNOVATION SO IMPORTANT NOWADAYS? 3 3. “DECONSTRUCT YOUR MANAGEMENT ORTHODOXIES” 4 4. SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE 5 BIBLIOGRAFÍA 7 INTRODUCTION In this work I am going to analyze the management innovation. To do so, I am going to use Gary Hamel’s article “The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation” as guide to discuss this topic. To conclude with it, I am going to make a short summary about the article mentioning the main points of it. Source: Own elaboration Source: www.sintetia.com 1. CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATION Management innovation involves two concepts within it: Management and Innovation. On the one hand, management is one of the most important elements in an organization. It consists on coordinating activities and making plans for the future with the purpose to adapt to its environment and changes in it. On the other hand, as we analyzed the concept of Innovation in class the other day, I concluded that Innovation is the act of changing or creating a product or way of working in order to adapt to new environments or situations. So, what does Management Innovation mean? According to Gary Hamel “a...
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...Platform The world as we know it is changing and expanding. The world is no longer flat. Apple has changed the world in which we live. Apple with over $100 billion in cash and no debt and many great products continues to take over the world. The exploding power of computer hardware and networking technology has dramatically changed how businesses organize their computing power, putting more of this power on networks and mobile handheld devices. The once powerful Dell computer last week said they are considering going private. Move over PC and make way for the smart phone. The world is changing. Dell failed to change and shareholders aren't happy. The new mobile digital computing platforms such as Apple's I-Phone have emerged as alternatives to PCs and larger computers. I-Phones have taken on many functions of handheld computer, including transmission of data, surfing he Web, transmitting e-mail and instant messages, displaying digital content, and exchanging dat with internal corporate systems. The new mobile platform also includes small low-cost lightweight subnotebooks such as the I-Pad. The book says in a few years, smartphones, netbooks, and tablet computers will be the primary means of accessing the Internet, with business computing moving increasingly from PC's and desktop machines to these mobile devices. Well, I got news for you Mr. Book, the world has already seen this changing of the guard. The world is no longer flat, it is the global universe...
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...INTRODUCTION: This research report conducts analysis on security. Technology these days is going up very fast and technology has been changed the route business administered by giving online services to their customers, to secure data in to “cloud” and allowing them to get their data from smart phones and tablets. This process of securing data has given many benefits to small and large business alike. But where the benefits are there will be some risk present. Risk will be like lost of data or to protect data by any attack of security. According to a survey which took place in 2012 about security, the graph of crimes and security attacks is gradually going up every year. As we talk about security it’s a very huge field to do research on it. Security has many different units in a field. One can’t do a research on this topic. The topic I am going to discuss in my research is cyber security. Cyber security these days is important everywhere. Where ever the data is, we need cyber security to protect and maintain our data according to our requirements Cyber crime is far reaching, general and continually joined with different parts of the criminal natural gathering. It runs from the thievery of a specific's character to the complete interruption of a nation's Internet compromise in light of a huge trap against its masterminding and taking care of assets. The definite focus of cybercrime divisions is on information-the information which is stored electronically for resulting and...
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...------------------------------------------------- Axia College Material Appendix A Midterm Exam Answer each question below. Answers should be approximately 100 words per question 1. What are the different forms of social media that exist today? Provide examples of different social media and their primary purposes. Different forms of social media are social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace which you can interact with others in such a level of talking, texting, sharing information about your life, share photos, and talk to family members who live far and near. The internet also has websites that you can play games and interact with others with the same likes and dislikes that you have. Newspapers and articles about the World news are also available to be able to watch and post comments about what you are feeling and believe. Many people from all over access the internet for everything from chatting to buying a gift for someone it have all the advantages of living in the information super highway. 2. What are the greatest benefits of social media for individuals and society? Some of the greatest benefits for individuals and society when it comes to social media are that everyone is able to communicate with one another more efficiently than ever before. Consumers are able to be kept up to date and informed. Businesses are able to have more of an interactive relationship with their consumers by allowing feedback on products as...
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...A modest prediction for the next 100 years People are intrigued by the question over the years by asking what the world will look like since the invention of science and technology. The world has changed in the last 100 years or so but we humans are still driven by same food, sex, and having the feeling of being loved in our society. If you are to eliminate the inventions that were brought by science and technology, most people will be affected because they addicted or stalked with the idea of having electricity, video games, computers, television, and their cars which enables them to move from one place to another. Depending too much on science and technology can be detrimental to our culture or way of traditionally getting things done in the society. During the time of the axial people did stuff manually without the help of machines or something. And a lot of philosophers existed at that time which helped to predict their future success or failures. People from the axial age are said to lack self-reflection or awareness. Our current generation is pretty much messed up because we have eradicated and moved away from the ancient way doing things or thinking. For me I feel that predicting our future is important because first of all we would like to think about the future we would like for ourselves and our upcoming generations. Flying automobiles like cars is an epitome that has been seen in cartoons and movies. It is an interesting concept to deliberate about and also we have...
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...POPULATION, THE STANDARD OF LIVING RISES. An economy’s standard of living grows over the long run because of (a) increases in the amount and quality of resources, especially labor and capital; (b) better technology; and (c) improvements in the rules of the game that facilitate production and exchange, such as tax laws, property rights, patent laws, the legal system, and customs of the market. The per-worker production function shows the relationship between the amount of capital per worker in the economy and the output per worker. As capital per worker increases, so does output per worker, but at a decreasing rate. Technological change and improvements in the rules of the game shift the per-worker production function upward, so more is produced for each ratio of capital per worker. Since 1870, U.S. labor productivity growth has averaged 2.1 percent per year. The quality of labor and capital is much more important than the quantity of these resources. Labor productivity growth slowed between 1974 and 1982, in part because of spikes in energy prices and implementation of costly but necessary environmental and workplace regulations. Since 1983 productivity growth has picked up, especially since 1996, due primarily to information technology. Among the seven major industrial market economies, the United States has experienced the third highest growth rate in real GDP per capita over the last quarter of a century and most recently produced the highest real GDP per capita. ...
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...Grade Received - "A" Discuss the ways that health can be conceptualized by a society. What are the determinants of health in humans? What is the connection between how a society defines health and how it pursues health? Has increased access to technology changed that perception over the last decade? Discuss the connection between health policies, health determinants, and health. Abstract Health policies, health determinants and health are all categories that are intertwined with one another. As technology becomes more advanced within the health industry, society’s perception on healthcare may change for the better or for the worst. And with the new technology, new policies arise. Deliberate the ways that health can be conceptualized by a society. The World Health Organization makes a concept of health in a way that a patient should be cared for in all aspects of their well-being. This not only includes the physical concepts but also the social and psychological components of their health. What this means is that society should not only conceptualize health but also pursue health in all of the areas mentioned. There are many influences to our health whether it is our beliefs, the economy, social and cultural way of living, physical environment and the circumstances that we are dealt with. With that being said, health is the basic and dynamic force that affects the way we live our life. An example of factors that...
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...1. Introduction “The only constant is change”, as Heraclitus points out (Brainyquote.com). There is no doubt that the world has changed over time physically, economically, and culturally. As the world has evolved, so has business, and as business has evolved so has auditing. The concept of auditing is as old as civilization. The need for a knowledgeable, external, third person to verify transactions or accounts and detect fraud has been present since the advent of trade and accounting. Thus the goal of auditing, in this sense, has not changed since. Teck-Heang Lee observed that “auditing serves as a mechanism to monitor conduct and performance, and to secure and enforce accountability (Lee 2008). All in all, an audit function plays a crucial role in maintain welfare and stability in society.” However, what has changed is how the roles and responsibilities of auditors have changed to reflect the needs of the business environment of the time. As such, auditors and the auditing profession have always played a very important role in business and, more recently, in society in general. As business in today’s world becomes more dynamic, accounting (and therefore by extension auditing) must also evolve to become more dynamic. The evolution of auditing is a complicated history that has always been changing through historical events. This can be seen in the shift in the role of external auditors from a cyclical audit approach to now more of a top-down risk-based continuous audit. The...
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...Climate change has damage the planet beyond repair. Melissa Giannotti (1100 words) ‘Unless we announce a disasters, no one will listen’ (J.Houghton, 1994). The continuous struggle to halt climate change and save the world is perhaps the biggest challenge the humanity has ever faced. The world-threatening rise in temperatures, the extinction of species and the flooding of oceans, is coming under challenge as never before. The world has known about global warming since the late 1970s, but since that time a little has been done to halt it. This essay sets out to examine why is too late to find a solution to save the planet. The first thing to get straight is to define the meaning of climate change. Climate change involves any changes in weather patterns, such as colder, wetter, cloudier, and windier condition. According to McGuire (2008,a), over the 4.6 billion year history of our planet, the climate has constantly changed in response to several factors. Until now, many have argued that since the industrialization has started, more greenhouses have been added to the atmosphere, causing the warming Earth’s climate. In fact, research conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) states that the warming of the climate system is certain. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any previous decade since the 1850. For instance, the evidence demonstrate a clear increase in warming of 0.85 [0.65 to1.06]°C over the period 1880 to 2012...
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...progress. The main object which changed tourism and in the same way the whole world is the Internet. The Internet changed booking habits and information gathering in tourism immensely. After years of evolution the Internet developed from stiff websites into a global, interactive, costumer participating Network. Many vacations are getting booked via Internet. It became a modern marketplace, a digital shopping Centre. The Electronic commerce structure developed. Shopping via Internet turned out into a every day life task. E-commerce sales reached the 1 trillion dollar mark in sales in 2012. (E-marketer, (2012) After the launch of the model company of E-commerce websites, which programmed a former Apple employee “Though Pierre” in 1995, many more companies followed EBay’s footprints into this branch, like Amazon, Zalando or Redcoon. (About.com, 2013), And it got not only a big topic for buying contestable products, the costumer can purchase also a great variety of services in the Internet, among other things, tourism products. E-commerce is a market with exceptional growth in global revenues, especially in the travel segment. But will E-commerce continue to grow and how will it develop in tourism? This leads to my hypothesis, which is following “E-commerce will play a big role in future tourism” Development of the tourism e-commerce sector In Germany, in 2004, 53,5 per cent of the citizens over 14 years use Internet sometimes. In numbers over 35,7 million people. And tow thirds...
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...The increasing role of technology in libraries has a significant impact on the changing roles of librarians. New technologies are dramatically increasing the accessibility of information, and librarians are adapting to the evolving needs of users that emerge from the adoption of these new technologies.[54][55] Digital librarians have become ubiquitous in the Information Age, so much so that a new word has been coined for such digital curators: Cybrarian, which is a portmontau of the words cyber (Internet) and librarian. A cybrarian- the term being used first by Michel Bauwens, who is the Information Officer at BP Nutrition in Antwerp, Belgium- is someone who concerns themselves primarily with the role that technology plays in a traditional library setting.[56] One of the most significant examples of how technology has changed the role of librarians in the last 50 years has been the move from traditional card catalogs to online public access catalogs (OPACs).[57] Librarians had to develop software and the MARC standards for cataloguing records electronically.[58] They had to purchase and run the computers necessary to use the software. They had to teach the public how to use the new technologies and move to more virtual working environments. The same could be said of other technology developments, from electronic databases (including the Internet), to logistical functions such as bar codes (or in the near future RFID). Many librarians provide virtual reference services (via web-based...
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...Consumer Behavior and iPhones Cell phones have essentially become a necessity in most all generations over the past decade. Over the past few years cell phones have become more than just a means of telephone communication due to such strong advances in technology. Now, other than being a form of convenient communication, cell phones have also turned into cameras, computers, and even GPS navigators. The new fad in cell phones are called “smartphones,” which are high-end mobile phones built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than contemporary cell phones. The first smartphones were devices that combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone or camera phone. However, today's models also combine the functions of media players, digital cameras, video cameras, and GPS navigation units. They also typically include touchscreens and web browsers that can access and display standard web pages, and high-speed data access via Wi-Fi and mobile broadband. Years ago smartphones began as an opportunity for business individuals to receive e-mail and keep up with clients, but they are now becoming a phenomena for regular consumers and individuals starting as young as teenagers. The consumer using smartphones is getting younger in age everyday. In fact, to demonstrate the youth of smartphone consumers, my little cousin just got an iPhone for her tenth birthday. Due to the increasing popularity of smartphones...
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