...policy solution. The study questions (the bulleted text) should only be used as helpful reference points for your further research on the economic subject of your interest. Accordingly please select your group so that each member can work on different dimensions of your research subject. Economic Issues related to the BRICS China: Facing the 21st Century China is without doubt currently the most dynamic force in Asia; it may be the most dynamic force in the world. Moreover, if China continues along its present trajectory, its growth will inevitably change the face of Asia. How did China do this? Where is China heading? What is happening in China? How did China do this? • What are economic strengths and challenges facing China today? • What is the impact of China's growth on other Asian countries? • What are the critical next steps for China in terms of its currency? What are their problems? India: Facing the 21st Century Some say we need to talk about “Chindia” as the new dynamic growth economy. India alone has shown growth of over 9 percent and is one of the fastest growing nations in Asia. • What are India’s economic strengths and challenges? • How did India achieve its growth? • Where is India heading with regards to China? • What is the impact of India's growth on other Asian countries? Brazil: Should it be part of BRICS? With slow growth and low saving to GDP ratio some question if Brazil should be included...
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...E. B. Du Bois mean by his concept of "the color-line", and how did it come to be defined so strictly over time? The idea of “the color –line” alludes basically to the part of race and prejudice in history and society. Be that as it may, of need, for Du Bois, it requires a multidimensional examination which recognizes and looks to comprehend the convergence of race and class as both methods of mastery and methods of resistance on the national and worldwide level. Du Bois connects with the inquiries of race, racial mastery and racial misuse with the understood recommendation that “the issue of the twentieth century is the issue of the shading line." In 1924, W. E. B. Dubois said this in regards to race relations in the United States. He said, "The issue of the twentieth century will be the issue of the shading line." That is, the overwhelming issue amid the century would be the racial clash in the middle of Blacks and whites. Today, regardless of the advancement our nation has made in race relations, despite everything we have an approaches to go. It was the line that held the best employments in the economy for one gathering of individuals, while denying them to another through both the law and private organizations, for example, organizations and, to its ruin, numerous unions who denied participation and occupations to those on the wrong side of the shading line. Also, it is the same shading line that would reject occupations to those on one side of "citizenship" and...
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...get up in the morning, how they reward themselves, and where they meet. That’s more important to me than just building a company. 3/ What is the secret of Starbucks’ phenomenal success? According to Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation, the company’s success is due to the experience created within the stores as well as the unsurpassed quality of the coffee. 4/ Schultz also attributes his company’s success to the thousands of employees working worldwide. Starbucks’ employee training program churns out “baristas” by educating 300 to 400 new hires per month in classes such as “Brewing the Perfect Cup at Home” and “Coffee Knowledge.” 5/ The Starbucks success story is continuing into the 21st century as the company is quickly expanding into Europe and Asia. This list offers you some idea about your cognitions concerning the coffee shop chain. - When the company started its massive expansion in the early 1990s, the United States had about 200 coffeehouses. In 2003 there were over 14,000 coffeehouses, the majority of them not Starbucks but mom-and-pops that bloomed after the dawn of the $3 cup of coffee. - Continued expansion and visibility have been created domestically as Starbucks has formed partnerships with companies such as United Airlines and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, both of which draw from the same type of knowledgeable...
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...as deco art. It emerged in the 1920 s, with the development of history and the progress of the society, in the context of the vigorous development of new technology, people's aesthetic consciousness were generally awakening. Decoration consciousness is increasingly strengthening. After nearly 10 years’ development, in 1930s, it formed the soft adornment/furnishing art. Nonetheless, for various reasons, soft adornment art was not popular in the World War II. But since the late 1960s, once again it aroused people's attention. Soft adornment/furnishing has reached a more mature degree at present stage. This statement can be used as illustration of the history of soft furnishing art. Cumming (2004) holds the viewpoint that since the 21st century, with the rapid development of economy and technology, and the continuous improvement of people's aesthetic consciousness, there is an increasing demand for the pursuit of fashion and quality of life. Thus, this opinion can be used as an evidence of supporting the crossover of catwalk fashion and soft furnishing fashion. Also, he believes that rendering of the household life can reflect aesthetic sentiment for people to pursue both fashion and quality. According to Liz Barnes (2013, p. 182), the home consumption capacity can be as high as 200 to 300 billion RMB only in Chinese market for a year. It is benefit for this research to show that the fashion household market is huge. Therefore, it has attracted the attention of the fashion world...
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...multinational whistle blowing policies and procedures. Second, enforcement of existing rules and regulations. Third is incorporating the social responsibility and supply chain sourcing into their strategic objectives (Halbert, 2015). Each of the ways in which United States’ businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor practices has their own purpose. For the first way which is to adopt firm multinational whistle blowing policies and procedures. An example of it can be observed on strict whistle blowing policies that assist culture when it comes to compliance issue. For the second way which is the enforcement of existing rules and regulations. The example of this can be seen on practices in the Southeast Asia and Thailand, wherein the issues of the 21st century is the main focus. Lastly is the issue on incorporating the social responsibility and supply chain sourcing into their strategic objectives. An example for this, organizations should ensure that their suppliers are accountable to fair labor standards. Considering the effect of worker rights on global and developing economies, take a position on whether or not the United States government should regulate the global workforce of the United States corporations. Justify your response. When it comes to the effect of worker rights on global and developing economies, the United States government should regulate the global workforce of the United States corporations. Through this, they were able to enforce and...
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...1.) When will you be one of those managers or leaders? Will it be a mere 24 hours after graduation or five, ten or fifteen years from then? - In my opinion, I think Cavanaugh is true about the method that most of the school of business often teach to students for becoming leaders of tomorrow. As a business students at Quinlan School of Business, I’ve always been taught to be a good leader whenever I join into real business world. Once, my business ethic professor, Al Gini, said “To become a good leader, a leader should teach his follower to become a good leader too”. Besides, during the ethic class, professor Gini gave us many cases about bad leadership, such as Enron, Ford Pinto case, and so on. With all of the lessons that I gained in business school, I have learned that schools of business nowadays prepare their students to become future leaders by acknowledging today’s businesses problems. I believe that I can become one of those leaders after I graduate. Because, to become a manager, we mustn’t have a job first in order to become manager. We are the managers of our life. Although we start from the smallest thing in our life, we are the leaders of it who make the decision either it’s good or bad. 2.) What are the issues that you will face in, say, 10-15 years for which we, in the Quinlan School of Business, are to prepare you? - During my study in Quinlan School of Business, I realize that there may some issues that I will be faced with. For example, those issues...
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...productive areas to yield viable outcome. Rarely has the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation. The postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea. But neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st century global economy. Never has the world seen the simultaneous, sustained takeoffs of two nations that together account for one-third of the planet’s population. For the past two decades, China has been growing at an astounding 9.5% a year, and India by 6%. Given their young populations, high savings, and the sheer amount of catching they still have to do, most economist figure China and India possess the fundamentals to keep growing in the 7% to 8% ranges for decades. (Cravens, 2013) Barring cataclysm, within three decades India should have vaulted over Germany as the world’s third-biggest economy. By mid-century, China should have overtaken the U.S as No. 1. By then, China and India could account for half of global output. What makes the two giants especially powerful is that they complement each other’s strength. An accelerating trend is that technical and managerial skills in both China and India are becoming more important than cheap assembly labor. China will stay dominant in mass manufacturing, and is one of the few nations building...
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...Current trends in Management of Agribusiness in the 21st century with respect to technology and their effects on Globalization By Christine Owondo e-mail - ch_owondo@yahoo.com Box 50685 – 00100 Nairobi -Kenya Date - 17th May, 2012 Q1. Discuss the current trends in management of Agribusiness in the 21st century with respect to technology and its effects on Globalization. The 21st century has widely been referred to as the “technology era”, largely due to changing trends in technology. New developments in agribusiness have emerged which have entirely transformed, not only the agricultural sector but the entire business environment. These include areas such as management and leadership, technology, changes in the environmental factors – ecological factors and the like. Traditionally management was viewed as an insignificant part of the organizational structure. Decision makers in the 21st century are more aware of the need to utilize resources more efficiently, both Human and non-human. In both cases there has been an improvement from the old to current. In management Managers had adopted a dictatorial rather autoritarian kind of leadership to achieve goals, mainly preferring a top down approach to work, resulting in high staff turnover and employee dissatisfaction. Decision making was less participatory. In the 21st century, the tall structure has been flattened so that bureaucracy is reduced. There is a more participatory approach to...
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...A SHORT HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS By Gary Giroux September 1999 Preface Overview: Accounting toward the 21st century: Where are we now? How did we get here? 1. From the Ancient World to Pacioli The First Cities Trade Tokens: The First Accounting The Sumerians Complex Tokens and Clay Tablets Cuneiform Writing and Beyond Money, Banking and Credit The Dark Ages and the Rise of the Italian Merchants Luca Pacioli: The Father of Accounting 2. Britain and the Industrial Revolution Prior to 1750 Ironbridge Textiles The Steam Engine Wedgwood and the Importance of Cost Accounting Early Cost Accounting Transportation Development of the Accounting Profession 3. American Big Business and Cost Accounting Early Developments in Manufacturing and Accounting Rockefeller Morgan and Carnegie Cost Accounting in the Era of Big Business Alternative Systems in Asia and Europe Relevance Lost: The Critique of Johnson and Kaplan The American Response 4. Financial Accounting and the Structure of Accounting Regulation The Great Crash and Government Response The New Role of the Accounting Profession The Financial Accounting Standards Board Earnings Management and Economic Consequences Accounting Principles and the Conceptual Framework 5. Auditing Auditing in the U. S. The Big...
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...Vietnam Population Mix: * The population is surpassed only by Indonesia as Southeast Asia's most heavily populated country. However, Vietnam is the region's most ethnically homogenous country with the Vietnamese making up about 90% of the population. * 85% of Vietnam's ethnic-minority population belongs to indigenous groups - the largest of which are Thai and Hmong - who have been settled in the mountainous regions of the country for many centuries. * About 3% of the population is ethnic Chinese living in the urban centers of the South. * With an estimate 2014 population of 90,493,352, it is the 13th largest populated country in the world with a growth rate of 1%. * Population density is 272.4/kmsqr. * Vietnam's median age increased from 18.2 years (1980) to 28.5 years (2010). Its life expectancy increased from 58.9 years in 1980-1985 to74.3 years in 2005-2010. China and Thailand have the highest old-age dependency ratio (11 in 2010) while that of Vietnam is around 9. Current median age is 29.2 years. * Vietnam’s population is rapid aging and is going to be a new challenge.44.8% of the population lies in the 25-54 years age category. * 31% of the total population is urbanized with a rate of change of 3.03%. Ratio Percentage: Total dependency ratio: 41.3% Youth dependency ratio : 31.9% Elderly dependency ratio: 9.4% Potential dependency ratio: 10.6(2014 EST.) Provinces of Vietnam: * Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces and 5 municipalities existing...
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...India@2025: Perils, Promises and Prospects Since the independence India has always witnessed swing of fortunes. Seen as a leader of Third World countries in during 1950s, the country soon slumped into a food deficient nation in mid 1960s after a severe drought. It was followed by Green revolution where India turned the tables. The seventh decade of twentieth century saw populist campaigns like Garibi Hatao and imposition of emergency in 1975 to restoration of democracy in 1977. Not so long ago in 1991, India witnessed its worst economic crisis. But on the pretext of sound recoveries and deep seeded principles of democracy, India entered twenty first century as an emerging global power. And post 2008 global slump, India displayed remarkable resilience especially in financial sectors when compared other economies. With rising literacy rate cutting across genders and rising per capita income, the future is no less than promising. And if one goes by the words of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru where he says “The achievements we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that awaits” It’s the right time to analyze and anticipate the challenge that awaits us if we aim to appear as a global giant by 2025 and devise a roadmap to tackle the same. One of striking feature of the great Indian story has been the paradox it has displayed. Despite being in the League of Nations who survive well the global recession and enjoys the optimism...
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...to change. The process is compounded when you are a multinational business trying to reshape your thumbprint. That in itself can take years Unilever managed to change and they no doubt are yet continuing to perfect that change. As we can only get better. A DECADE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AT UNILEVER Change while yet simple to say is one of the most difficult processes to perform. It takes proper timing if known, and having the best tools to make it happen. When you are a large multinational firm, the task will have challenges. While it took some effort to complete, Unilever, historically one of manufacturings’ oldest multinational firms was facing a reoganizational change that reshaped them for the challenges of the 21st century. Orginally incorporated in 1929,...
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...THE OF THE ST CENTURY 21 THE OF THE 21 CENTURY ST Other Best-Selling Books in the Rich Dad Series Rich Dad Poor Dad What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Classes Do Not Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing What the Rich Invest in That the Poor and Middle Classes Do Not Rich Dad’s Rich Kid Smart Kid Give Your Child a Financial Head-Start Rich Dad’s Retire Young Retire Rich How to Get Rich Quickly and Stay Rich Forever Rich Dad’s Prophecy Why the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History Is Still Coming… and How You Can Prepare Yourself and Profit from It! Rich Dad’s Success Stories Real-Life Success Stories from Real-Life People Who Followed the Rich Dad Lesson The Business School for People Who Like Helping People The Eight Hidden Values of a Network Marketing Business Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Credit Cards Turn “Bad Credit” into “Good Credit” Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens The Secrets About Money—That You Don’t Learn in School! Rich Dad’s Before You Quit Your Job 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business Why We Want You to Be Rich by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump Provide Insight on How to Improve Your Financial Future Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ How to Get Smarter with Your Money Rich Woman: A Book on Investing for Women ...
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...• (How to maintain work-life…) In the fast moving life, there are many pressures that new-age couples have to deal with- running a home, doing daily chores like cooking/cleaning, raising children and handle the tight deadlines at work! Ever wondered how the 21st century couples can deal with all this? How can they divide their daily work, make sure their children get the right amount of attention and time and also be productive at work? Today, technology not just makes your life easy and simple, but also brings a work-life balance. There are many working couples, who constantly stay connected on mobile Internet- using email, social networking websites. Nitin Desai got married a year ago and both he and his wife Shweta are working for long hours. They are constantly in touch with each other over a lot of household issues on Google Talk. Anita Sharma and Anand are a busy couple, travelling to their respective offices- one in Mumbai's Cuff Parade and the other in Bandra. Also, they have a 10-year-old child to take care of! But technology has kept pace with this couple. Using Yahoo! Messenger, Anand and Anita divide and discuss home-related activities while sitting in office- who's buying grocery, pick up the child from school, etc. On her way home, Anita checks her son's homework using Office 2010 on her smart phone, which allows her editing of documents on her phone. Anita is also a bit cautious of what her son is surfing on the Internet. She has put in security/tracking...
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...practices and virtual environments may have changed the nature of the relationship to materiality and indeed to text itself – there is still a strong link between material wealth and the availability of digital communication tools. Humans have always acted through certain mediums as well as directly on the world, and even though the computer and the Internet may act as powerful spatial manipulation tools, they are still dependent on a material medium and thus are still subject to cultural and economic constraints. Since the start of computing there has always been a strong bias towards English and its use as a standard. This is very understandable as computing and the Internet both began in English speaking countries, however in the 21st century we need to make sure that all nations have an equal opportunity to use and develop digital products and culture equally. Questions are also raised as to whether these...
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