Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government DISCUSSION PAPERS POLICY AND GOVERNANCE S ervice exports from a small city-state: The case of Port of Singapore Authority Jayarethanam Sinniah Pillai 05-20 Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY http://apseg.anu.edu.au © Jayarethanam Sinniah Pillai 2005 The Policy and Governance Program at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government publishes a series of Discussion Papers on a range
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Part I: Story: Russian in USA: United States of America and Russia are two very powerful countries who constantly have political problems between each other. The tension between these two countries affects their populations. Native Russians do not like Americans and Native Americans do not like Russians. I am a Russian living in the U.S. right now and I would like to share my feelings and thoughts about discrimination. I was worried about discrimination in the U.S before starting my college career
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< Academy oi Management Executive‚ 1993 Vol. 7 No. 1 Cultural constraints in management theories Geert Hofstede‚ University of Limburg‚ Maastricht‚ the Netherlands Executive Overview Management as the word is presently used is an American invention. In other parts of fhe world not only fhe pracfices but the entire concepf of management may differ‚ and the theories needed to understand it‚ may deviate considerably from what is considered normal and desirable in fhe USA‚ The reader is invited
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Sheila Sim Mrs. Virginia Link-Pease English 122 02 October 2010 Steroid Use in Sports Should Be Banned Day by day professional athletes are being praised for their ability and accomplishments in their respective sports. The professional athletes that are succeeding the most are generally using performance enhancing drugs‚ other known as anabolic steroids (Mayo Clinic). Anabolic steroids are drugs which imitate the effect of the male sex hormone‚ Testosterone. The cells producing protein increase
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in America‚ and has significance in the world. Its name‚ the United States Constitution. It guarantees numerous rights and freedoms to these beautiful people that we refer to as “Americans.” We have the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ press‚ assembly‚ and to petition the government. We have the right to bear arms. We have the right not to quarter soldiers if we choose not to do so. We have the right to freedom of being searched. We have the right to
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drastically since the first records of civilized society were recorded. The evolution of consumerism in the United States can be understood by dividing it into three basic components; trade‚ monetary policy and the digital economy. These types of economies can also be described as the agricultural economy‚ the industrial economy‚ and the post industrial economy. At first‚ consumerism in the United States was established as trading between Indians and settlers for crops and labor. This was also known as
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Guns should legally be banned in the U.S.A Guns should be banned in the U.S.A Why should people have ownership of a gun? Isn’t it obvious that guns are dangerous! Anyone can shoot anyone and cover it up as “Self-defence”. Guns kill people. In the wrong hands a gun is deadly. Having guns just creates an atmosphere of fear. It grows a culture for a need for protection‚ power‚ fear and violence. You do more damage to yourself and the world by having guns. Why would you continue to allow guns if
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Introduction Instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of the producers as well as the consumers in an agriculture -dominated country like India. Farmers’ direct exposure to price fluctuations‚ for instance‚ makes it too risky for many farmers to invest in otherwise profitable activities. There are various ways to cope with this problem. Apart from increasing the stability of the market‚ various factors in the farm sector can better manage their activities
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Reasons Why Animal Testing Should be Banned The activity of animal testing is of cruelty and sometimes unscientific. Money spent on animal experimentation is wasted in many cases; due to inability in obtaining accurate results‚ and all this at the cost of the animals’ well-being. Here are a few arguments against animal testing that support the thought of banning this activity. Cruel Practices Animals are a soft target for human beings; it is however‚ not fair to take undue advantage of their
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SHOULD SMOKING BE BANNED COMPLETELY? Today‚ life is so complex; people have more stress than ever before so many of them find smoking as a solution to relax. As you all know‚ smoking is harmful‚ it is dangerous for your health and it even affect to economy so I think that smoking should be banned completely. Firstly‚ smoking has been shown to have a bad effect on health. Have you ever wondered that how many people die each year because of smoking? Well‚ according to World Health Organization
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