Origins of the 1973 world oil shock World competition over resources The Arab-Israeli conflict triggered an energy crisis in the making. Before the embargo‚ the industrialized West‚ especially the United States‚ had taken cheap and plentiful petroleum for granted. (Indeed‚ the form American cities took after World War II - with expansive suburbs full of detached‚ single-family homes - depended on the automobile as the principal means of transportation - a form that consumes oil en masse as fuel
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS A CHALLENGE TO ACCOUNTING PROFESSION By SHEHU USMAN HASSAN Department of Accounting Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. 08067766435‚ 08057777085 Shehu.hassanus.usman@gmail.com A paper presented at International Conference with the theme: Global Financial Crises and African Quest for Development‚ Faculty of Administration‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. Kongo Conference Hotel‚ Zaria. Kaduna State‚ Nigeria. JULY 20th - 22th ‚ 2010 Abstract Accounting practices
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advanced economies‚ that started around mid-2007‚ has exacerbated substantially since August 2008. The financial market crisis has led to the collapse of major financial institutions and is now beginning to impact the real economy in the advanced economies. As this crisis is unfolding‚ credit markets appear to be drying up in the developed world India‚ like most other emerging market economies‚ has so far‚ not been seriously affected by the recent financial turmoil in developed economies The global
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The global financial crisis‚ brewing for a while‚ really started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out‚ and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems. On the one hand many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being
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in increasing the size of operation of a business. The cost advantage is known as economies of scale. The cost disadvantage is known as disecomonies of scale. The benefits of large-scale business Economies of scale are the cost advantage from business expansion. As some firms grow in size their unit costs begin to fall because of: Purchasing economies when large businesses often receive a discount because they are buying in bulk. Marketing economies from spreading the fixed cost of promotion
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The Global Economic Crisis 1 THE GLOBAL CEONOMIC CRISIS: Causes and Consequences The Global Economic Crisis 2 The world has confronted numerous economic crises in the history which have caused a decline in international commodity trade‚ bankruptcies in almost all sectors of activity. However‚ the September-October 2008 Stock market crash has proven to be far beyond the preceding calamities. The financial giants have been able to manipulate the stock market and resultantly have devastated
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Retail:-The selling of goods and services directly to consumers in small quantities. Retailing:-The activities involved in selling goods directly to consumers. ORGANISED RETAILERS:- Like department stores‚speciality stores ‚shopping complexes ‚ malls ‚ large scale multiple chains etc. Organized retailing‚ in India‚ refers to trading activities undertaken by licensed retailers‚ that is‚ those who are registered for sales tax‚ income tax‚ etc. These include the publicly traded supermarkets‚ corporate-backed hypermarkets and
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ASA University Review‚ Vol. 5 No. 1‚ January–June‚ 2011 Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects A.K.M. Helal uz Zaman* Md. Jahirul Islam** Abstract Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are playing increasingly important role as engines of economic growth in many countries including ours. SMEs provide low cost employment opportunities and render flexibility to the economy. Many of the SMEs are engaged in export activities suggesting that they are
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Small World “The world is getting smaller..." Yeah! The world is surely getting smaller and smaller. The total land area of the world is about 148‚300‚000 square kilometers‚ which still can be considered large enough for the current world’s population (about 6 billion). However‚ due to the rapid population growth (special thanks to China and India and the United States)‚ it is no wonder that it is running out of space. By the end of 2050‚ it is estimated that the world population will reach
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A small business is a business that is privately owned and operated‚ with a small number of employees and relatively small number of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations‚ partnerships‚ or sole proprietorships. The definition of the term “small business” can vary from country to country. For e.g. In the U.S. the Small Business Administration generally specifies a small business as having fewer than 500 employees for manufacturing businesses and less than $7 million in
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