BEIJING 2008: A DIGITAL OLYMPICS 1. The Beijing Olympic organizers had classified the business requirements into categories. For information collection and monitoring‚ tools like photo-finish cameras‚ computers and GPS in boats are used to identify winners accurately. People were able to watch the Olympics through online videos‚ read news and commentaries on the Internet and etc.‚ so disseminating information to the world made possible. EC also helped in managing tickets and souvenirs; tickets
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Analyze the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The major reason as to why Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics was to repair their image before the Olympics. Several agencies around the world were invited to discuss a contract with Chinese officials about the pre-games PR strategies‚ media training‚ and market research on Western perceptions of China. This was done
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Jesus in Beijing is written by David Aikman‚ an American journalist who is a former Senior Correspondent for TIME magazine. In making this book‚ Aikman traveled into the countryside of China to visit unregistered churches and to interview the members of these groups and their leaders. He observed their activities‚ their theologies‚ their goals and passions‚ and their thoughts on the registered Protestant churches and the government. Christianity is a rapidly growing movement in China today. Based
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The Good‚ The Bad‚ The WTO On May 19‚1948‚ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT was created. This was not an international organization but an inter-governmental treaty. This provided the framework for the conduct of international trade. But this expanded and grew yearly and in April 1994‚ in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations expanded on the GATT and created the World Trade Organization or WTO. The World Trade Organization was created with a goal and ultimate
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[2-4] a. Background……………………………………………………………………………. 2 b. Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….. 3 c. Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………. 4 II. World Trade Organization (WTO) [5-6] a. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..5 b. Functions……………………………………………………………………………….5 c. Members……………………………………………………………………………….6 III. Regional Economic
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2.1 About WTO World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ international body that promotes and enforces the provisions of trade laws and regulations. The World Trade Organization has the authority to administer and police new and existing free trade agreements‚ to oversee world trade practices‚ and to settle trade disputes among member states. The WTO was established in 1994 when the members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ a treaty and international trade organization‚ signed a new trade
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2 SECTION 1 | The Nature of International Business section one coming T he world we share is becoming increasingly interconnected in complex and interesting ways. Section One describes the nature and scope of international business and introduces the three environments in which international business managers must operate. How well they perform in their undertakings depends in great measure on their understanding of domestic‚ international‚ and foreign environments. Chapter 1 discusses
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World Trade Organization (WTO) WTO mission statement The World Trade Organization — the WTO — is the international organization whose primary purpose is to open trade for the benefit of all. (About the WTO — a statement by the Director-General‚ 2012) The WTO has existed under its current name since 1995. (About the WTO — a statement by the Director-General‚ 2012) The following analysis discusses the period from 1995 to the current time‚ but focuses on the last 10 years. Further
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly‚ predictably and freely as possible Pros: 1)Promotes free-er trade. 2)Raises world out-put levels via specialisation (related to point 1). 3)Establishes a standard rule by law and terms of trade for greater effeciency. 4)Updates all participating countries and banks to international standards and effeciency in terms of trade and commerce.
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world Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. The work of WTO moves around WTO agreements‚ negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services‚ exporters‚ and importers conduct their business. Why Do We Need WTO? 1. The main benefits of World Trade Organization are as follows: - 2. The system
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