...Using Developing Nations as a Resource for International Business Thanks to the versatility of technology and the increased demand for skilled workers the populace in developing nations has become a valuable and cultivatable resource for international business. In fact, there are very few aspects of their lives which have no interaction with developed nation technology and businesses. These people are potentially a very valuable asset for the international business community, as they represent not only a vast, mostly untapped, consumer group but also a source of plentiful, cheap labor. From their earliest moments the international community has begun integrating into their world to educate, train and eventually employ them to create the goods and services the developed nation’s desire. If that wasn’t comprehensive enough, these developing nations are also seen as a research and development (R&D) location where products are launched in order to be tested and refined for sale at a later date in more developed countries globally. International businesses are investing time and funds in nearly every aspect of these nations’ ongoing development, in part, to further their own aim and increase their profitability. Before they are even born one of a multiple of international businesses may have already touched their life through supplementary healthcare, or health screening fort their pregnant mother. Among these many outreach programs for healthcare in developing nations you will...
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...The Role of Women in Developing Nations Development has evolved over time, from referring to improving the way of life to expanding freedoms and quality of life as a human being. Development is the right to choose a fulfilling and successful life. It can refer to several societies and areas as developed or developing. Well-developed nations are considered under the idea that many of the individuals possess many of the human rights, such as high literacy rates, high life expectancies, and good health programs. Many developing nations lack the resources needed to support health programs and educational programs. Though there are many challenges facing development, the most important is the mistreatment. Women make up half of the world’s population and they are mistreated and abused in many developing nations. Much of the time, they do not have rights and are controlled by men. In many developed countries around the world, successful government, increases in profit, and community expansion are sought and conquered by women leaders. Development is slowed in some countries due to the leaders and citizens rejecting change and holding on to tradition (Payne and Nassar). Eliminating exercises such as infanticide, female genital mutilation, and honor killings, these nations could rise above poverty and death and join the developed and successful nations of the world. Women can add so much to a community, so developing countries need to start including them to create better-developed...
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...higher wage and skilled white collar professions following suit (Hill, 2012). 6a. Who benefits from the outsourcing of skilled white-collar jobs to developing nations? Who are the losers? The people who benefit from outsourcing skilled white-collar jobs to developed nation are those whole live in the poor countries as well as the consumers of goods or services being produced in the poor countries. Outsourcing benefits the poor countries by creating and supporting jobs, which results in the country being able to attain sustainable economic growth. It also benefits consumers in developed nations, who can save money when purchasing these goods, which results in them having more money to spend on other goods and services. Having more money to spend on additional goods and services is needed when improving their living standards. The people who are the losers in this process of outsourcing of skilled white-collar jobs to developing nations are the producers in more developed nations, who have lost business to enterprises that outsource (Hill, 2012). 6b. Will developing nations like the United States suffer from the loss of high-skilled and high-paying jobs? Yes and no. Countries like Unite States and other developing nations, may not suffer from the loss of high-skilled white-collar jobs. According to Samuelson, developing nations have historically benefited from free trade and in fact, by introducing protectionist measures (e.g., trade barriers) to prevent the hypothetical harm...
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...Gender Stratification and Women in Developing Nations David Benton SOC/120 March 18, 2011 The purpose of this paper is to analyze gender stratification and its relation to women in Rwanda; also the demographic imbalance in post-genocide Rwanda will be explored. In addition in the following paragraphs the current roles women in Rwanda play in the areas of economics, politics, and social development after genocide will be discussed. In Rwanda in 1994 genocide occurred with mass killings of hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis and Hutu. The death tolls are believed to be 800,000 or more. The three main ethnic groups in Rwanda have a very long history of social differences. Although they had differences they were able to live in relative peace until German and Belgian colonizers encouraged the barely controlled animosity between the Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa to erupt into violence. Habyalimana was president at this time and his assassination started the Rwanda genocide, which became one of the most massive killings in history. The women and young girls of this country were the victims of rape, mutilations, and death. The Hutu’s targeted and killed Tutsi’s and moderate Hutu men which not only was this genocide but it was also focused on gender. During the genocide there were a large number of Tutsi males murdered throughout Rwanda, and even today the scars from this civil war are still being felt and it is evident in Rwanda’s demographic imbalance. It is believed...
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...International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle Author(s): Raymond Vernon Source: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (May, 1966), pp. 190-207 Published by: Oxford University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1880689 . Accessed: 19/10/2014 12:59 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Oxford University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Quarterly Journal of Economics. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 82.219.188.189 on Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:59:41 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE PRODUCT CYCLE* RAYMONDVERNON Location of new products, 191.- The maturing product, 196.- The standardized product, 202. Anyone who has soughtto understandthe shifts in international trade and internationalinvestmentover the past twenty years has chafed from time to time under an acute sense of the inadequacy of the available analytical tools. While...
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...Connectivity: Localities being connected with the world by breaking national boundaries; forging of links between one society and another, and between one country and another through international transmission of knowledge, literature, technology, culture and information. 5. Borderless Globe: Breaking of national barriers and creation of inter- connectedness; the ideal of 'borderless globe' articulated by Kenichi Ohmae. 6. A Composite Process: Integration of nation-states across the world by common economic, commercial, political, cultural and technological ties; creation of a new world order with no national boundaries; 7. A Multi-dimensional Process: Economically, it means opening up of national market, free trade and commerce among nations, and integration of national economies with the world economy. Politically, it means limited powers and functions of state, more rights and freedoms granted to the individual and empowerment of private sector; culturally, it means exchange of cultural values between societies and between nations; and ideologically, it means the spread of liberalism and capitalism. 8. A Top-Down process: Globalization originates from developed countries and the MNCs (multinational corporations) based in them. Technologies, capital,...
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...Agenda: Slide Notes Education is one of the primary means for both developed and developing countries to show a response, to offshoring, so their workforces can compete globally for IT jobs. In fact, education has been a primary enabler of offshoring in the developing countries. India has responded rapidly to the educational needs of its software export industry, especially through its private universities and training organizations. The future, however, is one in which the individual will be situated in a more global competition. The brightness of the future for individuals, companies, or countries is centred on their ability to invest in building the foundations that foster innovation and invention. ACM 5 Principles: Slide Notes 1. Page 32 2. Evolve computing curriculum at a pace with the changing nature of IT.-- In nations that are current recipients of offshored work consisting of programming and routine software testing and maintenance, for example, it may be desirable to focus the curriculum more heavily on the lower levels. In countries that are seeing their commodity IT work being offshored, it will be desirable for the curriculum to prepare students for the middle and upper levels of IT work, where the ability to merge computer science and IT with applications and strategy are important. This is likely to lead to an increased emphasis on application knowledge and a reduced emphasis on programming skills. It should be stressed that in all cases...
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...Man has worked hard to improve technology consistently to do various tasks fast and effectively. Many nations have succeeded in building great infrastructure and achieve stupendous progress due to developing of advanced technology before the other nations. Today, every nation strives to get the latest technology for the benefit of its citizens. Technological progress is vital in the fields of business, education as well as health care. Technological advancement has helped to introduce many positive changes in the educational sector. New methods of learning and teaching have made the process simple and more interesting. Computer technology in schools and colleges has helped explain subjects properly and in detail and this has reflected in the overall performance of the students. The Internet technology has been a revolution for the educational sector as it is an ocean of information. Students can search for the concepts which they learn in the books on the Internet and find out more information on the same. This will increase the depth of their knowledge. Distance learning programs have become possible only because of the Internet. Students who cannot attend colleges due to financial reasons or sue to traveling problems can sit at home and study using the online learning methods. Many examinations these days are conducted online which has helped bring in more transparency in the scoring system and complete the tests quickly. The slide shows meant especially for students, are...
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...A Nation is a culture group living within a territory of a political state. A group of people are a nation if: They are a permanent resident of a defined territory, they have some form of government. They have a common culture, and they declare to be and are considered by others to be Sovereign (Perry, J. A., & Perry, E. K. (2009). For instance North American Native Indian peoples which consist of many diverse nations. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is one example of this. Even though the Cherokee nation and other Native American nations live within the U.S. most have retained their own cultures apart from America and live in land areas or reservations within U.S. states. The definition of State is the abstract embodiment, or the symbol, of the political institution. The State is the formal representation of government. One example of State is Scotland. Scotland is a country and is part of the United Kingdom. A Nation-State is a state ruling over a territory containing all the people of a nation and no others. A nation-state has fixed territory, sovereignty, and common cultures. If it doesn’t have all three then it’s not a nation-state. One example of a nation-state is Iceland. Most of the inhabitants are related or are of Scandinavian decent. They have their own national culture and language that is only found in Iceland. Iceland has no cross border minorities this is because it’s not close to any other land, thus giving it fixed boarders. (Perry, J. A., &...
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...will take part, there’s always a chance of taking sides in which will bring more misunderstanding and problem to both parties. So it’s necessary to have an open-mind and an open-heart to bring a better solution that will benefit both parties without needing the help of other leaders overseas. On the other hand, to easily eradicate the conflict, many people believed that it is still best to involve other powerful countries. They said that if an influential leader will pursue to solve the negative occurrence, there is a greater chance that one or even both parties will cease their arguments and will let the stronger nation conclude the issue/s. Thus, bringing the best solution and developing ideas that will resolve and will even prevent the conflict in the future. For an instance, USA as the most powerful country and consequently the leader of the United Nation, will order to layoff the conflict between two countries whose under the said organization, most likely take its instruction and follow future directions to come up with a justifiable...
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...What are the differences and similarities between ethnic tensions and conflict in the United States and ethnic divisions in the developing world? Ethnic tensions and conflict in the United States and ethnic divisions in the developing world are similar in that it is a profound social problem in both places. It is different because the population of America is more heterogeneous than in most developing nations, which leads to different ethnic dynamics. Discuss the effect that modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict. Early modernization theorists, who were quite optimistic about the positive effects of literacy, urbanization, and modern values, clearly underestimated the extent to which these factors might mobilize various ethnic groups and set them against each other (Handelman, 2011). Modernization challenged traditional religious, national, and tribal identities by undercutting traditional ethnic practices and values. A huge part of current modernization is globalization, which pose an even greater challenge (Handelman, 2011). Globalized culture can create a backlash and increase tensions between neighboring communities as not everyone can ethically identify with each other. It may be argued that the spread of western world brands will eventually reduce or eliminate the differences of dress, food, and customs that currently separate different ethnic groups. (Handelman, 2011) What are some reasons that might explain why major civil strife related...
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...articles, and discuss my opinion about the article. In the article “The Clash of Civilizations”, Samuel P. Huntington believes that the fundamental source of conflict in the future will be a conflict on culture. Huntington strongly believes that 8 basic civilizations will clash in the future. These civilizations are Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic Orthodox, Latin American, and possibly African. Huntington defines a civilization as the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of cultural identity people have short of what distinguishes them from other species. Civilizations can be seen as a cultural entity with commonalities in language, history, religion, customs, institutions, and may contain several nation states. Huntington believes these conflicts will occur because the world is becoming a smaller place, there is a rapid growth of civilization-consciousness, cultural characteristics and differences are less mutable and less easily compromised and resolved than political and economic ones, and an increase in economic regionalism. In this article, Huntington also explains how he thinks fault lines will become the battlefield of the future. Fault lines are on a local level and occur between adjacent states belonging to different civilizations, or within states that are home to populations from different civilizations. Huntington also...
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...Discuss the importance of multicultural unity in developing a culture of peace in the Mauritian Nation. Mauritius is one of the polyethnic country that has the most peaceful and stable democratic government. Mauritius is also known as a multicultural unity and being that the Mauritian population enjoys a rich ethnic background, consisting of Hindus, Muslim, Tamils, Africans, Malagasy descents and Chinese. The main religions are Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Mauritius is a small country where religious festivals, rituals, customs and traditions abound in all their splendors. In any multicultural society, the degree of tolerance and respect plays an important role in determining whether a multicultural society is an advantage or not. The presence of tolerance in a society amongst members of different backgrounds and ethnic groups can ensure a stable political situation as well as a stable economy. This enables the society itself to cultivate friendship amongst members of different cultures and helps the country to grow and prosper. The Mauritian population should develop an attitude of sharing. The national output should also be equally distributed among people of different communities. It is not fair when one community is richer than the other is. Similarly, it is not just when one community is the victim of exclusion. Whenever there is injustice, in a multiethnic country at the expense of the weaker races, there is bound to be rebellious against the authorities. Then...
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...Daylon Owens Professor Tighe Global Business 5/16/16 Global Marketing in Africa We have talked about power house global business and nations who lead the way in marketing but I want to talk about a place in this world that has potential but seems to be neglected when It comes to business and always moving forward. What do global marketing and Africa have in like manner? Both make a case for gigantic potential for development. We're looking at developing significance in global organizations' techniques and sight lines for business sector extension. Seven of the 10 quickest developing economies on the planet are in Africa, and its five percent development rate is driving whatever is left of the world. Furthermore, with regards to global marketing endeavors, globalization is an arousing power driving organizations down the way of universal advancement. I expect more computerized accentuation. Web access is expanding around the world. In business sectors where wireless securing is developing at a fast rate, outpacing landlines and mobile phones serving as the indispensable connection to trade, it bodes well that marketing would travel in that course. Yet, I accept social standards are still important when building up a marketing technique. Indeed, even with incredible administration and awesome ability, associations need individuals who are socially sufficiently capable to explore today's global business scene. Associations must develop...
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...more with different nations. Others utilize the statement to speak to a particular hypothesis that speaks to "westernization" of the world, determined by huge, self-intrigued organizations. Globalization is a general mix over the globe; this joining can be partitioned into financial, political, social, and past. Whether one needs to take a gander at it as another sensation or one that has existed for a considerable length of time, unavoidable or purposeful, great or awful, as people we are becoming more entwined with one another, even from over the world. Now and again, we have effectively searched out these associations, and at different times we have opposed these associations in light of the influences they have. What are these influences and what is all the civil argument over concerning globalization? There is much verbal confrontation existing about whether globalization ought to proceed down the way it has been on, whether it ought to change with the goal that the influences will be abated, or whether it ought to stop all together. Debating the issues of globalization is not the primary reason here, in spite of the fact that on occasion it will be important to present both sides of the contention that is presently occurring. The principle expectation is to look from a wide range of plot at how things have changed over the globe in light of our developing associations crosswise over nations. Changes have happened not just in the economies of nations due to overall exchange...
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