Political Economy

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    Historically the State Has Been the Main Engine of Development

    The concept of the state in relation to development has been analyzed under different theories. First of all the state refers to a modern and western way to operate under a unify authority in each field in order to achieve the interest of the whole society. The state’s principal charge was to accelerate industrialization, modernizing agriculture, providing infrastructure that are necessary for the urbanization and improve living condition (i.e. health, education, welfare). Growth-oriented states

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    Economic

    likely to influence the organization’s supply and demand levels and its costs (Kotter & Schlesinger, 1991; Johnson & Scholes, 1993).  A PEST analysis is one of them that are merely a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political, economic, social-cultural and technological forces. All these factors are beyond the control of the company and it plays an important role in determining the success of the company. Applying this analysis can be conducted on each company, whether

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    Against the Dead Hand

    Against The Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism Soviet-style Communism has fallen. The dream of centralized, top-down control over the course of economic development. That dream has now expired in universal failure. It died in the United States and Western Europe during the stagflation of the 1970s. It died in China when Deng Xiaoping declared that "it doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice." It died in Latin America during the debt

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    Pride & Prejudice

    actual outcomes of sports mega-events, and about why hosting is so often the project of political and business elites. It also raises questions about the economic impacts of tourism, in the years after the event. The paper highlights a number of parallel developments in the pursuit of hosting major international sports events in Canada and Japan. In both countries, Olympic hosting has been the project of political and corporate elites, and in both countries large claims were made for the economic and

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    Globalisation

    world giving rise to many opportunities although there are numerous risks. However, globalisation has much significance as it affects all our lives. It has benefited many as barriers have been lowered and it has fostered the increased integration of economies. According to Allen and Thomas (2000) ‘Globalisation is a ‘process which embodies a transformation in the spatial organization of social relations and transactions- assessed in terms of their extensity, intensity, velocity and impact-generating

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    Toyota Pest

    TOYOTA PEST AND SWOT     PEST (examined from the perspective of what Toyota will do for Indiana as well as the vice versa)   Political Toyota had a lot of help from the local government, including tax breaks.  on the flip side, Toyota is expected to 'sell' Indiana and its assets to the world. U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar commented on Toyota producing Camrys in Indiana:   I applaud Governor Daniels and the Indiana legislature and all who are working together. First of all, to provide support for

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    Is There a Resource Curse in South Africa?

    to which the South African has indeed become reliant on the primary sector for sustaining its economy, with emphasis on the mining and agricultural components of the primary sector. However, I also extend on Collier’s (2007) argument by incorporating the views of other authors. An important view and one also central to my argument is that of Grimsley and Hay’s (2004), who refers to a “balanced economy” (p. 97) in the context of the “equity and mutual benefit” (p. 98) for the society as a whole

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    Project

    Date: 4th September, 2009 Junaid khan Course Instructor, School of Business, North South University Subject: Submission of the Intern report. Dear Sir, I am very pleased to submit this report, which has been prepared for the requirement of the course of BUS-498. I tried my level best to complete this report properly and to write an efficient term paper within all the constraints. In spite of the various difficulties faced in preparing this project, I tried to be as thorough as possible. I

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    Global Economic Environment in: Business and Management Global Economic Environment Global Economic Environment Generally, Global Economic Environment Is Influenced by Various Factors Such as Technological, Environment,

    environment is influenced by various factors such as technological, environment, political, socio-cultural, and demographic that directly affects businesses. Economic environment refers to the nature of economic systems and policies, distribution of income and wealth, and level of income. Indeed, economic environment has a complex and very dynamic nature; it is continually changing along with the changes in political situations and government policies. Global Economic Environment Mainly, global

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    The Business Environment

    Management, Marketing, Research & Development, Finance, Others (e.g. vendors) b) External Environment: Non-Controllable Environment * The Economic Environment: Free enterprise (Capitalist) economy / Socialist (Centralized) economy / Mixed economy Free Enterprise (Capitalist) Economy: An economic system of government in which: 1) private ownership of property exists 2) capital (modal) ownership can provide income to the owners 3) relative freedom of competition

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