The Political-Legal Environment consists of laws and their interpretations that require firms to operate under competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights for example‚ Health and Safety and Consumer Protection. Government regulations are the forces that combat unfair business practices and serve as a guideline to avoid such discrepancies. There are four historical phases the government regulations falls into: • Antimonopoly period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries • Protecting
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SOCIAL Demographics The territory’s population is 7.03 million. In 2009‚ Hong Kong had a birth rate of 11.7 per 1‚000 population and a fertility rate of 1‚032 children per 1‚000 women.Residents from mainland China do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong‚ nor are they allowed to enter the territory freely. However‚ the influx of immigrants from mainland China‚ approximating 45‚000 per year‚ is a significant contributor to its population growth – a daily quota of 150 Mainland Chinese with
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Political and Legal Factors(APEC) APEC consists of a combination of numerous different high powered governments‚ structured through power and based on an idealistic belief system. APEC has a political environment that has been important for the trading between the member countries; likewise with similar issues such as Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) and in relation environmental issues. APEC’s political aspect not only created but administrates the guidelines in trading standards and how trading
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The Legal‚ Political/Trade Environment Chapter Objectives Structure Of The Chapter Laws‚ rules‚ and standards Issues The political environment The legal environment Terms of access Winds of change Chapter Summary Key Terms Review Questions Review Questions Answers References The legal/political aspect is very important in global marketing. "International law" can be defined as rules and principles that states and nations consider binding upon themselves. This raises two interesting
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Political and legal issues The current political situation is quite unfavorable for business generally. In Slovakia‚ we have one-party rule - SMER - social democracy. The government disadvantages entrepreneurs and make it more difficult situation by increasing taxes and social contributions for employees. Non-profit organization‚ such as Habitat for Humanity would be making a profit if they had to pay higher taxes based on the amount of profit. The primary activity of non-profit organizations is
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Political system Italy represents a parliamentary republic with strong Parliament‚ strict separation of branches of power‚ titular President and the Government which is very dependent on the parliamentary support. All the above mentioned in fact allows us to consider Italy to be a classical parliamentary republic with all its benefits and disadvantages. Now let’s try to describe every key element of political system of Italy. The Italian Parliament is elected once per 5 years and consists of two
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PEST Analysis of the UK Airline Industry The PEST Analysis of the UK airline industry must take into account the Political Economic‚Social and Technological environment in which the industry is operating in. It will alsoinclude how these environmental factors will impact on the airline operations. Political The political stability of the United Kingdom was severely tested by the London terroristbombings in the summative years of the last decade. This led to a slight drop in the fortunesof the
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“AN EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL FACTORS AFFECTING GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT” TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………….. 3 Description of the Problem …………………………………………………………. 5 The Purpose of the Research ……………………………………………………… 6 The History‚ Settings‚ and Background of the Problem ………………………… 7 Scope of the Research …………………………………………………………….. 9 Definition of Terms ………………………………………………………………….. 9 II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
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1) Assess the role of political factors encouraging agricultural change. Political factors in many countries have a significant impact on agricultural change. The main political factor would be in the form of subsidies‚ reforms and policies. Many countries like the USA are granting large subsidies to their agricultural sector. The USA and other developed nations have a plan to produce more and export more. By doing this‚ the countries are establishing themselves in the international market
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