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This paper discusses the pros and cons of a market economy. The paper claims that in East and Central European societies corruption is widespread, social disciplines and ethics are low, and demand for social justice is weak, therefore social disciplines and ethics should be restored for rolling back de facto briberies and corruption effecting government and semi-privatized institutions. Suggestions are made as to what the government should do to motivate people to play a more active role in business and social life.

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"In a standard neoclassical model of the economy, there are markets for everything, now and for the future; everybody knows everything, and they know the same things; and there are no public goods, no externalities, no transaction costs, and no increasing returns. Since under these assumptions the market generates the first best allocation of resources, state intervention, in any form or fashion, is but a transfer of income; in turn, transfers of income, by causing rates of return to diverge from the competitive allocation, reduce incentives and misinform about opportunities. So, in this case, the market wins round 1."

Tags:microeconomics

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This paper explores the growth and success of multinational organizations today. The paper then discusses the need for a company to be aware of the language, culture, politics and laws of the country it is expanding into. The paper also explains the law of comparative costs in international trade, how the international financial market works, the factors that have affected the process of economic globalization and the role of strategic planning in international business. The paper predicts that the future of international business is bright.

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Abstract
The International Business Imperative
Culture and International Business
National Trade and Investment Policies
Politics and Laws
The Theory of International Trade and Investment
The International Economic Activity of the Nation: The Balance of Payments
International Financial Markets
Economic Integration
Market Transitions and Development
International Business Research
International Business Entry
Multinational Corporations
Strategic Planning in International Business
International Marketing
International Services
International Logistics and Supply-Chain Management
Multinational Financial Management
Countertrade
International Accounting and Taxation
International Human Resource Management
Organization, Implementation, and Control of International Operations, and their Future

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"Revolutionary changes in technologies have provided the mechanisms that propel the growth of international business. The intensification of competition at both domestic and international levels has driven firms to look beyond their domestic markets for new opportunities. The progressive removal of barriers to trade and capital movements has stimulated greater flows of exports, imports and foreign direct investment (FDI). Multinational enterprises have emerged as the key agents of international economic co-ordination. They provide the capability to generate innovations and deliver new goods and services to the market; they also provide the capability to exploit these technological advances at a global level; and they are a depiction of the capacity of international managerial co-ordination to operate efficiently across international boundaries. Furthermore, the growing economic strength of the newly-industrializing countries (e.g. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea) and the opening up of China and Eastern Europe have provided an additional stimulus to international business activities (Wei)."

Tags:language, culture, politics, laws, international, marketing, trade, investment, finance

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This research paper discusses various aspects of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including the reasons why the communist system and ideology in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) failed, the legacy bequeathed by communism to the successor states which emerged, the political, economic and social challenges that arose in those states and how those states responded to those challenges.
A number of inter-related factors led to the disintegration of the Soviet system and empire, including the woeful inadequacy of the totalitarian police state, dogmatic communist ideology and centralized planned economy which evolved after the Russian Revolution of 1917

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This research paper discusses various aspects of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including the reasons why the communist system and ideology in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) failed, the legacy bequeathed by communism to the successor states which emerged, the political, economic and social challenges that arose in those states and how those states responded to those challenges.
A number of inter-related factors led to the disintegration of the Soviet system and empire, including the woeful inadequacy of the totalitarian police state, dogmatic communist ideology and centralized planned economy which evolved after the Russian Revolution of 1917 in preparing the Soviet Union to meet the requirements of the late 20th century, international developments ..."

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This paper examines the ice cream business in Russia in the form of the Ice-Fili company, a mid-sized producer of ice cream in Russia and the top ice cream producer in that country. The paper shows that the Russians have a particular love of ice cream, which makes the market attractive in terms of having a large number of eager consumers ready for an ice cream product (though this is a market that has declined in recent years).

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"Ice-Fili is a mid-sized producer of ice cream in Russia and the top ice cream producer in that country. The industry is embedded in the larger Russian economy and serves the Russian ice cream market. Russians have a particular love of ice cream, which makes the market attractive in terms of having a large number of eager consumers ready for an ice cream product (though this is a market that has declined in recent years {"Russians Refuse to Eat Ice Cream Despite Their Great Fondness for the Product" para. 1]). Ice-Fili has had trouble surviving in the New Russia since the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Ice-Fili must also compete with major international producers of ice cream such as Ben & Jerry's, though that company left the market in 2001."

Tags:russia, ice, cream

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This paper asserts that developing countries are being ruined by major declines in trade and foreign investment. The paper explains that rich countries whose policies had a lot to do with the crisis have an obligation to help those who cannot fund their own bailouts. International Financial Institutions (IFI) need to make it their paramount duty to force change and allow for a greater contribution from rich governments to trigger a rapid financial turnaround; otherwise many millions of the world's poorest people will lose their lives to poverty. The paper concludes by noting that, in the Western world. losing one's job is considered a life-altering, terrible event even if we continue to have food and shelter; for millions of people in poor countries, to lose a job has far worse implications.

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"The reason why OECD will sometimes fail to develop the necessary training programs to enable employment is that there are often too many programs running at the same time hence the quality is lacking. Another problem can be a breakdown in the chain of programs. For example, if the process of determining disabilities or transportation/geographical concerns reduces the opportunity for training to work, then those programs are equally important as the actual job training and the job itself. Should something fail it will create conflict down the line."

Tags:injustice, colonial, rule

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In this article, the writer argues that due to the effect of globalism and fragmentation, as a result of globalisation, the future international order is unpredictable. The writer firstly defines the current international order. Secondly, the forces of globalism and fragmentation are looked at as well as their effects on the current international order. Finally, an analysis of current theories of future international orders is made. It is found that due to the simultaneous and contradictory nature of globalism and fragmentation, no theory for the future international order can be said to be likely to come to pass. The writer concludes that due to the forces of globalism and fragmentation, as a result of globalisation, the future international order is unpredictable.

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"All of these theories are based on the idea that the nation-state will still be centric in the future system of international order, however, the force of globalism points to the dissolving of the power and legitimacy of the nation-state, and of borders. These theories also lack the identification two other central themes of globalism: interconnectedness and interdependence. If the world is becoming growingly interconnected and interdependent, then surely a challenge of America by China would lack any reason.
"From these various theories arising from the studies of the forces of globalism and fragmentation, several things can be deduced. Firstly, all of these theories contain serious fallacies. Secondly, these fallacies are largely due to a lack of recognition for the simultaneous and contradictory nature of the forces of globalism and fragmentation. Lastly, no single one of these theories is more valid than the others."

Tags:fragmentation, globalism, global, world, order, nation-state, system

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This paper discusses capitalist economies. It specifically analyses the current global economic inequalities that exist. It then probes two explanations for these inequalities - one given by neo-classical theory and the other by Marxism. Finally, the paper gives some suggestions as to how the capitalist economy can be made more equitable in a globalised world.

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"The other crucial component that must be addressed if truly aiming for distributional equity in the capitalist economy is broadening ownership of capital. This means not only broadening ownership of wealth but giving workers a more direct stake in economic management. Self (Self 2000:209) proposes the promotion of producers' and consumers' cooperatives to achieve this goal, which would act as an effective to competition. To counter any lack of interest on the part of workers to ensure cooperatives' success, Self suggests that workers own individual shares which must be sold back to the cooperative on an agreed formula when the worker leaves or dies. This effectively gives workers a stake in increasing profits and a bonus for any increase in market value. Hence, promoting cooperatives is a valuable means of addressing class conflict, a factor which entrenches inequality and poverty, since it necessarily causes the convergence of capitalist and worker interests."

Tags:profits, trade, growth, development

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The paper attempts to show how the conquerors' exploitation of the New World had global effects. The paper discusses the prominence of direct trading and general contact between the East and West, the global diffusion of plants and animals as well as intercontinental migrations of people. The paper further discusses how multicultural societies consisting of people from multiple continents were both encouraged and created. The paper therefore argues that the discovery and subsequent exploitation of the New World set in motion the first true instances of globalization.

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"Perhaps the most obvious link between the discovery of the New World and Globalization is the fact that it increased direct trade between continents. How this happened can be seen through three factors. Firstly, the Americas were made into a production centre of valuable raw materials for the world market. This came to be by huge gold and silver deposits being exploited, from which over 32 million pounds of silver and 360,000 pounds of gold were exported between 1503 and 1660. This was added to by cash crops which produced sugar, wheat and other common commodities that also became major exports. Secondly, vast ranges of exotic commodities were found, put on the global market and very quickly became highly sought after. These came in the form on Spices, foods and furs of which paprika, tobacco, cocoa, potatoes and beaver pelts were paramount. The demand for these goods created extensive trade among continents that otherwise wouldn't have existed."

Tags:trade, migration, multiculturalism, population

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The paper attempts to show how contemporary globalization (from the end of the Second World War onwards), is, on the whole, a positive force in global politics. The paper analyzes global inequality, transnational environmental issues and the threat of interstate armed conflict and then shows how contemporary globalization has had a positive influence on all of these issues.

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"The inequality between the global south and the global north is perhaps one of the greatest issues faced by the global community today. This issue can be split into two sub-issues. The first sub-issue consists of the underdevelopment of the global south as compared to the global north. The extent of this contrast can be seen in some of the results of the culmination of the World Development Report 2006, the World Development Indicators 2005 and the UNDP 2005. These showed that firstly, while the countries of the global north have approximately 95% of their roads paved, countries of the global south have only 31% of theirs paved. Secondly, while 80% of the global north's population live in cities, this is true for only 43% of the global south. This clearly shows that infrastructure in the global south is largely lacking and the majority of its population is still rural."

Tags:global, inequality, environment, interstate, armed, conflict

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This paper discusses how cultural imperialism is the voluntary absorption of one culture by another. In particular, it looks at the particular case of the absorption of American culture by Australia. It examines how the advent of technology has made the world more accessible to huge numbers of people and how this increased accessibility exposes countries to more of other countries' cultures and ideas. The paper argues that Australia should not take steps to try and limit the amount of American media and popular culture that is being imported and that rather than being detrimental to Australia, cultural imperialism is merely a bi product of globalization.

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"In Australia the issue of American dominance is a popular topic of debate. Terms like "Americanization" and "McDomination" are thrown around opinion columns and talked about in the media. People are referring to the influx of American popular culture that despite peaking in the 1960's, is still going on today. In "the early 1960s as much as 98 per cent of television drama was imported, while today 55 per cent of television drama is local content." (Sheil) The majority of this imported television was of American origin. However by no means does this say that America is losing its influence in popular culture because American music and movies still dominate Australian airways and movie theatres. Currently only thirteen of the fifty songs on the ARIA (Australia Record Industry Association) top 50 singles chart are Australian with the rest being imported, foreign music. "

Tags:globalization, popular, technology