...ranks since 2010 as the world's second largest economy after the United States. It has been the world's fastest-growing major economy, with consistent growth rates of around 10% over the past 30 years. China is also the largest exporter and second largest importer of goods in the world. The country's per capita GDP (PPP) was $7,544 (International Monetary Fund, 94th in the world) in 2010. The provinces in the coastal regions of China tend to be more industrialized, while regions in the hinterland are less developed. As China's economic importance has grown, so has attention to the structure and health of that economy. China’s population can be divided into roughly 3 parts: farmers (about 700-800 million), rural migrants (150-250 million) and urban residents (250-350 million). Demographically and politically, China’s rural sector is the most important. The Chinese Communist Party owes its initial success to rural residents; Mao Zedong depended heavily on soldiers from rural areas in his battles against both the Chinese Nationalists (Kuomintang) and invading Japanese soldiers. Biggest Challenges to China’s economy Since 1978 the Chinese economy has maintained economic growth at an average of nearly 8%. By western standards this is remarkable. The UK, by contrast, has grown at an average rate of 2.5%. However, despite the impressive figures there are many serious economic problems resulting from economic growth. 1. Pollution/ Environmental Degradation/ Corruption/...
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...There is a pressing challenge amongst countries these days to develop their economies. The goal of all governments is to improve their citizens' quality of life which can be achieved through economic progress. With the threat of the global economic recession, this goal has become particularly difficult. In order to combat this challenge, some countries have resorted to engage in economic partnerships with other countries. This is where the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes into the picture. So what is the TPP? According to the Washington Post, the TPP is a giant free trade deal between the U.S., Canada, and ten countries in the Asia-Pacific region that's been in the process of negotiation for nearly ten years now. Under the agreement,...
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...7/18/2014 7/18/2014 Course: GBMP 528 Prof: Cesar Polvorosa Akshita Solanki 823-977-798 Armanpal Kaur 825-084-346 Gagan Verma 825-058-316 Kashish 825-107-238 Navrubal Kaur 825-091-481 Nikhil Pankantiwar 824-063-440 Rahul Teckchandani 824-521-108 Rajwinder Kaur Sidhu 825-002-736 Course: GBMP 528 Prof: Cesar Polvorosa Akshita Solanki 823-977-798 Armanpal Kaur 825-084-346 Gagan Verma 825-058-316 Kashish 825-107-238 Navrubal Kaur 825-091-481 Nikhil Pankantiwar 824-063-440 Rahul Teckchandani 824-521-108 Rajwinder Kaur Sidhu 825-002-736 World Geographies & Cultures: Saudi Aramco World Geographies & Cultures: Saudi Aramco Country Profile Name of Country: Saudi Arabia Source: CIA Factbook (Factbook) Demographics: Population: 27,345,986 * note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.) Population Growth Rate: 1.49% (2014 est.) Major languages: Arabic (official) Major religions: Muslim (official) 100% Life expectancy: (at birth) male: 72.79 years ; female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) Literacy Rates: total population: 87.2% ; male: 90.8% ; female: 82.2% (2011 est.) Government: Type of Government: Monarchy Head of Government: King of Saudi : King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (since 1 August 2005) Geography: General features : Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen Climate : harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes Surface area:...
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...CHINA’S ROLE Trades Issues China is one of the world’s largest economies and an important trading partner for the EU. It’s also one of the biggest traders in the world, it is now the EU’s second trading partner behind the United States and the EU is China’s biggest trading partner. It’s being said that the EU is now committed to start trading relations with China. However, China needs to ensure to trades fairly, respects intellectual property rights and meets its WTO obligations. It’s well known that China is placed in a good position talking about trades, but this doesn’t mean that China is going to settle for this. This country has many possibilities to continue expanding their connections around the world, but of course there are always boundaries that are there to be crossed. One of these opportunities it’s the one mentioned before with the UE. So in order to open these doors with the UE, China wants to propose to support the national security, transparency and sustainable trade. These with the hope of demonstrate that China is committed to conduct business responsibly. Environmental Degradation The cost of environmental degradation in China was about $230 billion in 2010, three times that in 2004. This is based on costs arising from pollution and damage to the ecosystem and it is a high price that China is paying for its rapid industrialization. China is looking forward to transform from the explosive growth of the past 30 years to the sustainable...
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...Opposed to Air Pollution Crystal Rowley SCI/275 March 11, 2012 Rosemarie Rowe Opposed to Air Pollution Atmospheric issues have become increasingly worse throughout the years. One issue, such as air pollution, needs to be addressed in a serious and timely manner. All citizens of the world need to take accountability for their contribution to air pollution. It is time to reverse and reduce the amount of pollutants currently being released into the atmosphere. Air pollution is caused from many actions. Such actions include the burning of coal and agricultural or prescribed burning, power plants, cars and planes. Keep in mind these are just a few sources that are contributors to the pollution of the atmosphere. When these sources are being used, they release harmful gasses (e.g. carbon dioxide) into the very air that keeps all living organisms alive. The atmosphere is composed of many gasses naturally. Ozone is one of these gasses and helps protect life from the harmful ultraviolet rays produced by the sun. The “good” ozone is located in the stratosphere. However, there lies a different ozone layer closer to the earth’s surface. This ozone is caused from pollution and is not beneficial to plants or humans. In fact this layer of pollution can actually be seen “hovering” over entire cities. This ozone is considered to be the “bad” ozone. The “hovering” of this pollution is a result of temperature inversion. Temperature inversion is when there is an abnormal...
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...operations. Environmental changes which are not directly involved with the company but do influence it can be put in six categories: economic, technological, political, cultural, natural and international changes. These changes and their influence on PepsiCo Canada are described per category. Management R. L. Draft, M. Kendrick, N. Vershinina, the general environment page 85-91. Economic In March 2012 Canada’s economy was ranked 11th of the world with a GDP of $1,759 billion. Canada is a wealthy nation with a very high standard of living and is also one of the world’s top trading nations. Since the 2008 world financial crisis Canada has emerged as one of the strongest developed economies in the world. The GDP growth of Canada in 2010 was more than 3% even though most of the World’s Western countries were in an economic recession. The stability of the Canadian economy even during a World financial crisis makes Canada a great country to operate in for a multinational like PepsiCo. http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-20-economic-superpowers/20120312.htm http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/canada/?page=full Technological The last decade many technological advancements and new innovations have been implemented in people’s life. This is also greatly affecting businesses. Internet, mobile phones and interactive TV are just examples of the many changes in technology that have occurred in the last years. One of the biggest opportunities...
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...Case: Corporate Level Strategy Hitachi: A Global Strategy for Social Innovation The Challenge In 2006, Japan-based Hitachi Ltd. committed to a new corporate strategy to stabilize business performance and create a foundation for long-term growth based on its vision of contributing to the solution of fundamental global challenges. The company had grown into 900-plus business units, serving diverse sectors, including power systems, appliances, transportation systems, advanced materials, construction equipment, data centers, and much more. Ultimately, Hitachi wanted to ensure that the new strategy aligned its businesses around the common theme of “social innovation,” and provided a platform for innovation and sustained growth. Hitachi asked BSR to help create a strategy for social innovation that would strengthen commercial performance and contribute to solutions to significant global challenges linked to sustainability. Our Strategy We focused our efforts on the need to support Hitachi’s global strategy of increasing revenues outside of Japan, creating a truly global organization, and aligning innovation with society’s current and future needs. To do this, we designed a program that provided Hitachi with a wide range of perspectives on global environmental challenges from both inside and outside the company to sharpen the company’s focus on a key set of priorities in corporate responsibility and social innovation. It comprised three steps: 1. Finding gaps and doubling down...
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...From the frontlines of demand and supply > Summer 2008 ViewPOINT It Isn’t easY Being green “The volume of global trade has more than doubled in the last decade – reaching six times the rate of growth of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP),” according to Mastering carbon measure emissions as a first step to limiting them. In many cases, it may be more cost effective to shift to lowercarbon practices now rather than wait for the inevitable regulations. As companies decide how to reduce the damage being done, it is understandable that they focus on the lowest hanging fruit first – their direct impact from their immediate operations. Increasingly, however, there will be an expectation to look beyond the emissions from an office block or a factory, to the extended supply chain. This adds its own complications. “There are questions about how and where boundaries are drawn when it comes to carbon emissions,” points out Iain Walpole, company environment manager of Castle Cement Limited. “For example, a UK-produced cement might produce 800kg CO2 direct emissions per tonne. If you then included the transportation of raw materials and electricity within the footprint, the total would be larger. As such, a cement produced in a similar plant in China would have the Insight and analysis from IBM Global Business Services But it’s worth it. Ben Schiller considers the climate change that’s driving business. same direct emissions, but the CO2 from transporting this tonne could...
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...PepsiCo’s operations. Environmental changes which are not directly involved with the company but do influence it can be put in six categories: economic, technological, political, cultural, natural and international changes. These changes and their influence on PepsiCo Canada are described per category. Management R. L. Draft, M. Kendrick, N. Vershinina, the general environment page 85-91. Economic In March 2012 Canada’s economy was ranked 11th of the world with a GDP of $1,759 billion. Canada is a wealthy nation with a very high standard of living and is also one of the world’s top trading nations. Since the 2008 world financial crisis Canada has emerged as one of the strongest developed economies in the world. The GDP growth of Canada in 2010 was more than 3% even though most of the World’s Western countries were in an economic recession. The stability of the Canadian economy even during a World financial crisis makes Canada a great country to operate in for a multinational like PepsiCo. http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-20-economic-superpowers/20120312.htm http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/canada/?page=full Technological The last decade many technological advancements and new innovations have been implemented in people’s life. This is also greatly affecting businesses. Internet, mobile phones and interactive TV are just examples of the many changes in technology that have occurred in the last years. One of the biggest opportunities especially...
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...The effects of pollution and how students can help to reduce pollution ? | | Pollution means contamination and there are many different types of pollution such as environmental pollution and noise pollution. Environmental pollution is the biggest challenge facing humanity as pollution of the air and sea directly affects our lives. The human existence can come under threat if pollution level increases to hazardous level. In fact, some country frequently faces the haze-related pollution yearly due to wild fires in their neighboring country aggravated by the practice of open burning in our country. Factories too are culprits as they emit pollutants and hazardous waste substances either into the air or into the sea. The increasing number of vehicles which emit the dangerous carbon monoxide and green house gases add to the danger we face from pollution.The earth's atmosphere is constantly being exposed to hazardous materials due to rapid development and human activity to advance their lives. The industrial west like America and Europe is the biggest culprit as they are the world's biggest polluters.Students can play a ole in helping to reduce pollution and create a healthy atmosphere for us to engage in activities without fear for our health. They can contribute to reducing the emission of harmful gas into the air by either walking or cycling to school. Most students go to school either by car or school bus and the carbon monoxide released by these vehicles is very harmful when...
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...metrics are in a constant state of evolution. The quest for sustainable development started with environmental concerns, and climate change has now become one of the biggest developmental challenges. As the Brundtland Commission had discovered...
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...subsidiaries in dozens of countries. Founded in 1923 by Walter and Roy Disney, the company was known then as The Disney Brothers Studio. Over the years, the name changed, additional companies were added, and the vision statement grew to focus on three fundamental pillars: “generating the best creative content possible; fostering innovation and utilizing the latest technology; and expanding into new markets around the world” (The Walt Disney Company, 2014). Disney has many strengths, one weakness, many opportunities for growth, and a few threats that create a challenge for this global leader. This paper will discuss these items as they relate to the operational and strategic goals of the company. Disney’s strengths include having a significant customer base for its cable channels, having many diversified entertainment businesses, and having increased profits in the past decade (The Walt Disney Company, 2012). The biggest weakness that Disney has identified is that 75% of their revenue in 2011 was generated from customers in the U.S. and Canada. This is an opportunity for expansion of their operations to bring Disney entertainment to other parts of the world (The Walt Disney Company, 2012). The opportunities that Disney can develop include expanding their presence in emerging economies including Russia, China, Asia Pacific and India. Additionally, the distribution agreement they signed in 2012 with Comcast will allow them to expand their presence in the cable television market...
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...Bandi Mohit Sai Kumar MBA-IB, Sec: A 1226112109 The World's Greatest Coal Arbitrage: China's Coal Import Behavior and Implications for the Global Coal Market Summary China is home to the world’s second largest proven coal reserves after the United States. In addition, prior to 2009, China was a net coal exporter. Coal is a cornerstone of the Chinese economy, representing 77 percent of China’s primary energy production and fueling almost 80 percent of its electricity. Moreover, China is the world’s top coal consumer, accounting for nearly half of global consumption in 2010. Over the past decade, China’s domestic coal output has more than doubled while its coal imports have increased by a factor of 60—the country’s dependence on other nations’ coal exports is growing. In 2009, the global coal market witnessed a dramatic realignment as China burst onto the scene, importing coal from as far away as Colombia and the United States. With 182 million tons (Mt) of coal sourced from overseas suppliers in 2011, China has overtaken Japan as the world’s top coal importer. Moreover, as the world’s top coal consumer, China’s imports could rise significantly again by 2015. China’s recent move from being a net coal exporter to a net coal importer portends significant changes on the global stage, especially in terms of climate change. Understanding China’s rising coal imports is crucial for managing their global impact. Introduction In 2009 the global coal market witnessed one of the...
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...Lucas Miguez Mr. Sucena Biology 2 November 2015 Organic Agriculture The human population is growing rapidly and is expected to reach its limit somewhere around nine billion (J. Foley "The other inconvenient truth" ). We are already using more than forty percent of the world’s land for agricultural purposes and agriculture is the single biggest contributor to climate change (J. Foley "The other inconvenient truth" ). Some people want to convert the land that we aren't using to grow more food, but that would greatly affect the world’s biodiversity by causing even further deforestation and would only contribute to climate change. Therefore, researchers are working to find a solution to increase the output of food while not further damaging the environment and biodiversity or significantly increasing costs. Many possible solutions have been raised with different advantages and disadvantages. One such idea is organic agriculture, which focuses on minimizing agriculture’s effect on the environment. Like all of the much-hyped solutions, however, there are drawbacks to this approach (J. Foley "The other inconvenient truth" ). The main goal of organic agriculture is the minimization of farming’s effect on the environment, but there remains a need for more crops to feed our growing population (J. Foley "The other inconvenient truth"). Because of this, the organic agriculture advocates are encouraging the practice of precision agriculture. As stated by McGinnis:...
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...Alex Nguyen Ms. Gaspers Honors English 3-2-15 The Real World of Recycling Imagine a world where the water supply, ocean vitality, and temperate eco system have all lost their genetic diversity because we taint their home with our waste. Imagine if Earth’s natural resources were diminished because we couldn’t do one simple task. What if I told you, you could do something as simple as putting paper, bottles, jugs, and cardboard into a blue bin called a recycling bin. What if I told you that “consumers recycle only one of every five plastic drink bottles used” (Barnes 1). A culture of littering was nearly accepted by older generations. Today, Americans represent “5% of the world’s population but generates 30% of the world’s garbage” (UtahRecycles 1). This shows that we talk way more than we actually show in the U.S. I believe that the U.S Government should enforce recycling classes so that students will be more educated and think twice when they recycle because people feel that recycling is optional and not needed. It would inform you about what to recycle, how to recycle, and what not to do. Oregon State University has already begun online classes for students interested in recycling. Classes would be required just like taking a health class and enforced to 6th graders and only have to be for a semester because just like taking care of our own bodies, we need to take care of the Earth’s body. First, taking a recycling class can show you that recycling requires minimal...
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