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Global Energy's Business Proposition, 2006.
This paper discusses the potential financing strategies for Global Energy's Indonesian market entry project.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 100.95
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This paper analyzes the potential financing strategies for the Global Energy Indonesian Market Entry Project. Discussed are venture capital and joint venture options. In either case, Global Energy will be encumbered with additional corporate governance activity which will have a profound impact on the organization. Because of the characteristics of the Indonesian market, Global Energy must also develop a cohesive exit strategy policy built on several options.
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"Global Energy is one of the recognized leaders in the petroleum and energy industry worldwide. With over 100,000 employees, operations in approximately 110 countries, and a 100 year history in the industry, Global Energy is intent on developing a growth strategy led primarily by entrance into new markets and the development of newer alternatives to petroleum based energy sources. Global Energy's objective is to enter into the Indonesian market on the premise that development of an alternative energy source is, overall, less expensive in that market. Indonesia's rapid economic expansion and shift towards becoming a net importer of petroleum based energy resources indicates that, at the least, Global Energy can expect implicit governmental support. Indonesian Project Financing Financing the Indonesian project is a major undertaking even for a company with the size and scope of Global Energy. "
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Global Energy, 2007.
An examination of the relevant trading bloc for Global Energy to expand into when entering the Indonesian market.
791 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper discusses the expansion strategies of Global Energy as it contemplates entering the Indonesian market. It bases this discussion on the examination of an alternative energy product. The paper focuses on the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) trading bloc. It briefly examines the relevant trading blocs with which Global Energy must either maintain relationships or establish relationships. It describes compliance and financial issues and describes issues related to venture capital and joint venture.
Table of Contents:
Membership Characteristics
Compliance Issues
Trade Transactions
Financing Sources
Trading Bloc Recommendation
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"Trade Transactions
Global Energy's petroleum related products are highly sought after all ASEAN member countries as well as regional non-members have expressed a deep interest in sourcing petroleum products through a regional producer."
"Financing Sources
Financing the Indonesian project is a major undertaking even for a company with the size and scope of Global Energy. The importance of making the proper choice in financing strategies cannot be understated as the choice of financing can determine the success or failure and the profitability or loss of the overall project."
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Global Energy, 2008.
A look at organizational change at the Global Energy company as it enters the Indonesian market.
1,317 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper discusses Global Energy and its new Indonesian division. The particular cultural issues related to hiring and managing a foreign workforce are discussed and the recommendation of an integrated training and indoctrination program is made. Furthermore, the paper looks at how Global Energy should reorganize around a geographically aligned corporate structure and have each division function as an independent business unit.
Outline
Overview
Organizational Recommendation
Challenges
Cultural Variables
Change Resistance
Leadership Recommendation
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"Since Global Energy is a multi-national enterprise (MNE), it must consider the development of its corporate culture with respect to this may, or may not, impact is Indonesian operations. While it is important for Global Energy to consider the cultural dimensions of its new operational market, it is just as important, if not more important, to preserve and evolve its own corporate culture or risk a complete breakdown in business continuity. An example of the effectiveness of intentionally developing a corporate culture to facilitate market performance is the best way to illustrate how corporate culture matters and that there is an ideal paradigm of culture that can be blue-printed and modeled. "
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Global Energy, 2005.
A review of strategic planning of the Global Energy company.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 42.95
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This paper discusses the market entry strategies of Global Energy as it contemplates entering the Indonesian market based on an alternative energy product. The company SWOT and other strategic options are analyzed. Also a contingency plan is put forth based, not on preserving or replicating the Indonesian project, but in safely extricating staff and equipment to minimize additional costs.
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"Global Energy is a recognized leader in the petroleum industry worldwide. With over 100,000 employees, operations in approximately 110 countries, and a 100 year history in the industry, Global Energy is still intent on growth led primarily by entrance into new markets and the development of newer alternatives to petroleum based energy sources. Mission. Global Energy's current mission is to enter into the Indonesian market on the premise that development of an alternative energy source is, overall, less expensive in that market. Also, because of Indonesia's rapid economic expansion and shift towards becoming a net importer of petroleum based energy resources, it exhibits promising growth potential (Gee, 2005). Objectives. Global Energy's objectives are meant to provide clear, actionable, and measurable tasks that are an extension of Global Energy's corporate strategy. 1. Global Energy will continue to develop its alternative energy ..."
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Global Energy in Indonesia, 2008.
This paper provides a summary of Global Energy's business proposal for implementation in Indonesia.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 71.95
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This document summarizes the entire business plan and research relative to Global Energy's market entry project into the Indonesian market. It reviews the regional, national, and local level issues associated with Indonesia and its region such as market entry vehicle and managing for foreign exchange risks. Some organizational issues are discussed and a final project summary characterizes the entire project for senior management.
Outline:
Overview
Expansion Project & Objectives
Trading Blocs & Related Data
Major Currencies
Indonesian Compliance Issues
Trade Transactions
Market Entry & Financing
Trading Bloc Support
Fund Repatriation & Exchange Rate Risks
Organizational Recommendations
Structure
Organizational Challenges
Cultural Variables
Change Management & Training
Leadership Recommendation
Project Summary
References
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"The global energy market is growth industry and Global Energy is one of the recognized leaders in the petroleum and energy industry worldwide. With over 100,000 employees, operations in approximately 110 countries, and a 100 year history in the industry, Global Energy is intent on developing a growth strategy led primarily by entrance into new markets and the development of newer alternatives to petroleum based energy sources. Global Energy's objective is to enter into the Indonesian market on the premise that development of an alternative energy source is, overall, less expensive in that market."
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The Global South and the Global North, 2007.
An analysis of the impact of globalization on the inequality between the global north and the global south.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper looks at globalization and discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work while permitting other people (predominantly individuals residing in the global north) to become wealthy.
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"To start with, it is commonly known that powerful multinational corporations in the global north habitually take their manufacturing operations from Europe and/or America and deposit those aforementioned manufacturing operations in global south countries where they can avoid the onerous regulatory regimes, high corporate taxes, and high wage costs they associate with the north. At the same time, the movement of jobs and plants to the south has the unhappy effect of not only costing workers jobs in the north but also of reducing the south to the subordinate position of being "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for multinationals that are looking for cheap human resources that can be utilized in a working environment that is more permissive than the highly-regulated work environments of America and/or Europe. A good example of this phenomenon can be found in the IT sector where skilled U.S. workers are losing jobs to individuals overseas (Sosbe, 4) - presumably because the "cost of doing business" vis-a-vis wage expenses is lower in global south nations which do not have a strong tradition of labor activism or of government involvement in employee-employer relations."
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Globalization and Global Labour Patterns, 2005.
An analysis of the factors leading to globalization and global labour patterns.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 172.95
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This paper discusses globalization and global labour patterns. The paper argues that in a globalized world corporations are determining the labour conditions in both developed and developing countries. It suggests that the corporations are essentially making cheap, unskilled and flexible labourers.
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"Globalization and Global Labour Patterns Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in politics and economics. In "Note on Terminalogy" David McNally defines globalization as, "The mainstream term for the new world Economy of the past twenty years" (McNally 9). How exactly has the world economy changed? While discussing the political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades Teeple explains, A system of highly integrated world trade was an irreversible fact by the end of the 1970s, confirmed and hastened by the new means of transportation and communications, whose increased productivity were transforming the worldwide distribution of products and hence the global conditions for valorization (Teeple 71)."
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Processes of Globalization and Shared Global Culture, 2005.
A discussion on whether the processes of globalization are producing a shared global culture.
2,028 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 104.95
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The paper states that it is not complicated to find some globalized places such as airline terminals, international hotels or CNN business news revealing the effects of globalization and its repercussions on our understanding of culture in the modern world. The paper relates that through the growing of global interconnections and the processes of ideas and global goods crossing national borders, cultures fuse across the globe. The paper also discusses the presence of English as an international language, and a homogenization of culture. The paper confirms that, culture is a set of values and practices characterized by its particularity, which nevertheless needs universal criteria as a reference to justify this particularity. It is also crucial to define culture as an "encompassing" concept and to keep in mind that it is difficult to know what is cultural.
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"In addition, a shared global culture is also relevant as a global dissemination of an American or Western culture. Indeed the processes of globalization are providing fuel for a cultural imperialism, that is to say a global culture liable to be a hegemonic culture. Thus the assertion of a shared global culture seems to be linked to what Friedman describes as "the increasing hegemony of particular central cultures, the diffusion of American values, consumers goods and lifestyles" (Friedman, 1994: 195). The diffusion of dominant standard icons and references such as MacDonald's, Coca-Cola leads to think about an obvious Americanization. In a word, cultures are both confronted by a global dominance of the western culture and by the practices of global capitalism. The result is probably a decrease of cultural differences: a process which undeniably worked to the advantage of the USA and others Western nations. A striking example of this tendency of cultural imperialism is the United Nations Educations Scientific and Cultural Organization's call for a "new world information and communication order" and its politics on global culture."
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U.S. Energy Policy & Solar Energy, 1991.
This paper reviews the potentialities of solar energy as an alternative fuel and discusses the need for federal funding into research and development of the relevant technologies.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 128.95
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"U.S. energy policy is a matter of ongoing concern. Our society makes use of massive amounts of energy of various types, and the need for energy is growing. Energy policy is tied to a number of other policies, from the economic to foreign affairs. The costs of energy have an impact on every aspect of society, and energy policy relates to foreign affairs in that the dependence of America on foreign energy sources creates a situation whereby the nation can be held hostage to the whims of external powers. In such an atmosphere, more and more concern has been raised that the United States discover a source of renewable energy, something that will not be depleted as will fossil fuels, something that is cleaner and safer for the environment than are fossil fuels, and something that is still economically viable, producing sufficient energy at a cost ... "
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Globalization and Global Survival, 2005.
This paper discusses the effects and dangers of globalization.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 114.95
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This article examines the cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects of globalization. The writer then looks at the related challenges and dangers. The writer discusses how the existence of international monopolies together with the third world sweat shops and additional factors endanger global survival. The writer further discusses that globalization's exportation of environmentally and perhaps socially unsustainable Western materialism to populous developing nations such as India and China is also worrying for the future of the planet.
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"Evidence of increasing hegemony by an ever shrinking number of multinational conglomerates is fuelling increasing concern regarding global cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects from such inequitable distribution of power. The creation of international industrial monopolies and massive fortunes of unprecedented size, accompanied as it is by equally massive down-sizing, unemployment, environmental degradation and the exponential increase of Third World sweat shops and child labor, seems to be leading to disaster on a global scale."
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Energy Efficiency and the National Energy Security Act of 2001, 2001.
2,230 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 112.95
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This paper discusses the National Energy Security Act of 2001, designed to protect the energy security of the United States and reduce America?s dependency on foreign oil. It provides a complete analysis of the bill itself, as well as a report on the opposition to, and support for the bill. This leads to a broader discussion of partisan politics and the political system in the United States.
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Nuclear Energy: Failed Source of Energy, 2002.
This paper explains how the United States' nuclear power program failed.
2,770 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 132.95
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This paper explains the reasons behind the halt in nuclear power plant construction in the United States. Factors in the decline of nuclear power plants include raising costs, disposal of nuclear waste, concern for safety, declining public opinion and governmental programs and decisions not favorable to the nuclear power industry. Footnotes.
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"After a period of rapid growth in the nuclear power industry, resulting in over a hundred nuclear power plants being constructed in the United States alone, in the early 1970?s the industry began to slow and even began to decline in the 1980?s, while the rest of the world continued to increase their nuclear industry capacity. In the mid-1970?s the Atomic Energy Commission predicated that by the year 2000 there would be more than 1,000 nuclear power plants in the United States.[1] No new nuclear power plants have been ordered in the United States since 1973 and several plants have gone off-line since.[2] Between 1990 and 1995, 20 additional nuclear power plants came online outside of the United States, with an additional 36 under construction. Furthermore, Robert Newman, the President of ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Systems, in a October 6, 1996 New York Times article suggested that his company had been approached by the government of China with a plan to build as many as 150 nuclear power plants over the next 40 years.[3] Currently, there are over 437 nuclear power plants operating around the world.[4] Hence, while the rest of the world is increasing their dependence on nuclear power, the question becomes, why is the Untied States making a rapid reversal in its dependence on nuclear power? Several tangible factors have been suggested: the rising costs of construction of a nuclear power plant, the increase in time that it takes to construct a nuclear power plant, the disposal of low grade and high grade nuclear waste, public safety of living near a nuclear power plant, declining public support for nuclear power, and the fear of nuclear power plants contributing to the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world."
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Benefits of Alternative Energy, 2008.
This paper looks at the global energy crisis and discusses the benefits of alternative energy.
779 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 44.95
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In this article, the writer notes that it seems as though the US is falling deeper and deeper into a global energy crisis. The writer discusses that several possible energy alternatives exist, though additional funding is still required for the research and development of such sources of clean, renewable energy. The writer argues that, due to America's rising demands for energy, and the negative impact this demand for energy has on the environment, the United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives. The writer notes that such initiatives in changing our way of life take a substantial amount of time and resources; however, the benefits of renewable energy are incredible. Through the utilization of clean, renewable energy, the negative effects of global climate change will be reduced. The writer concludes that in an effort to preserve the healthy and well-being of the population in the future, additional funding toward the use of alternative sources of energy must be initiated.
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"This movement simply urges automobile manufacturers to improve fuel efficiency by the year 2020, while ignoring the possible crisis of a petroleum shortage. The federal government must become aware of the limited time to take action in an increasingly dominant issue, and introduce new strategies of energy production and conservation.
"Among the nationwide demand for energy, automobiles top the list, and are of great concern. Carbon emissions, produced in a large part due to the millions of cars on the road, forms the basis of the issue knows as global warming. To many, is seems evident that climate change greatly threatens the Earth's future well-being if changes are not made."
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India and Nuclear Energy, 2006.
This paper discuses extensively the global use of nuclear energy, especially in India.
6,995 words (approx. 28.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 253.95
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This paper explains that, over the last fifty years, the most significant shift in India's energy consumption was the replacement of non-commercial energy with commercial energy, generated frequently
from oil, which is being compromised by the ever-increasing cost of oil. The author points out that India's nuclear power program is poised to take off rapidly because of the accelerated rate of growth of India's economy and its ever increasing need for reasonable priced energy. The paper relates that the Indo-U.S. agreement on the Nuclear energy is largely a result of President Bush's strong commitment to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, to cutting back emissions of greenhouse gases and to cutting radioactive nuclear wastes, which marks the beginning of a new era of geo-politics to rebuild a balance of power in Asia vis-a-vis China and Pakistan. Many charts and tables.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Current Global Nuclear Energy Scenario
Nuclear Energy in India and Its Economics
The Economics of Nuclear Power in India
Indo-U.S .Nuke Deal: Opportunities and Challenges
Implication at Home
The Impact on Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy
Regional Issues
Impact on the Middle East and Israel
Impact on Brazil, Libya, Argentina, Ukraine and South Africa
China
Proliferation Crisis in North Korea
Pakistan
Perceptions of India about Non-Proliferation
Issue of Separation of Civilian and Nuclear Facilities
Concluding Remarks
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"India, however, breached the international taboo on "going nuclear" in 1998, by testing a series of nuclear explosive devices on May11 and 13 and officially declaring itself a new "nuclear weapons power". These events triggered Pakistan's nuclear explosive testing response two weeks later. Thus, suddenly emerged two self-declared, non-NPT nuclear weapons states radically changing the efficacy of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. This was followed by economic sanctions on both the countries. The problems in the US-India relationship arose from the 1994 Glenn Amendment to the US Arms Export Control Act. The Glenn Amendment requires that the US respond to the Indian nuclear tests with seven steps that are almost automatic in their application to India and Pakistan."
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21st Century Energy Demands, 2006.
Examines globalization and the demands for energy in the 21st century.
5,100 words (approx. 20.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 206.95
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According to recent reports, supplying enough energy on a reliable basis at prices that will not cripple the global economic growth has become a challenge with consequences that are difficult to predict. The paper shows that, although this will provide new opportunities for oil and gas companies, pipelines, generators, utilities and others in the energy business, it also carries serious risks. The paper shows that the demand for energy is growing, not only in the developed economies of Europe, Japan and North American, but in developing countries as well. In fact, the fastest demand growth is in China and other emerging markets, thus from one side of the globe to the other, societies are needing and demanding more fuel. The paper examines how the world is able to deal with increased energy demands in the 21st century.
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"There is no avoiding the fact that the success of globalization is underscored by dramatic increases in consumption, and with increased consumption comes environmental degradation (Marber pp). Current and projected damage to the environment can impede economic progress, and climatic changes attributed to greenhouse gas emissions and pressure on natural resources have become serious problems (Marber pp). Resource scarcity is an issue the world will have to confront as two to three billion more people consume like middle class Americans over the next fifty years (Marber pp)."
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Energy Sources, 2004.
An analysis of our current sources of energy and exploration of the alternative sources of energy that exist.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper examines how the energy crisis that plagues many American cities has been at the center of much debate. It looks at information about current energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, wind energy, nuclear energy, and fossil fuel. The discussion also covers alternative energy sources, such as solar energy, hydrogen energy, and biomass energy. It seeks to explain the expense, transportation, production, and storage of these energy sources and focuses on issues of practicality, such as current availability and renewal. It also discusses efficiency and environmental ramifications.
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Introduction
Current Forms of Energy
Hydroelectricity
Wind Energy
Nuclear Energy
Fossil Fuel
Alternative forms of Energy
Solar Energy
Hydrogen Energy
Biomass energy
Efficiency, Practicality and Environmental Ramifications
Conclusion
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"Wind Energy is also a current source of electricity for millions of people. (Blackburn, 1987) Utilities can use the energy from the wind to propel vessels or to pump water. (Blackburn, 1987) wind energy is rather inexpensive especially in remote areas. (Blackburn, 1987) According to an article in the Geographical Review, wind energy is extremely efficient and is now the fastest growing source of renewable energy. (Pasqualetti 2000) Blackburn (1987) asserts that wind energy can produce energy for a cost of 12-15? per kilowatt hour before tax benefits come into consideration. (Blackburn, 1987)"
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