Evaluate the role of International trade and economic integration in promoting development. Traditionally‚ development has been measured in terms of income levels (GDP per capita) as this can show the value of a country’s goods and services produced in a year shared between its population. The GDP per capita can then be compared between multiple countries to form comparisons. However‚ the fundamental flaw of GDP is that it does not show what resources were used‚ how they were used‚ pollution or the
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Porter’s Five Forces Forces Grade Note Segment Rivalry Strong The current market is divided between a few powerful competitors that can relatively easily attract customers from one another as the switching costs are low and practical absence of product differentiation contributes to the easy loss of market share. Threat of Mobility Weak While the new entrants only need a relatively simple GUI and a supplier in order to enter the market‚ the federal and local regulations will require significant
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The role of internet in marketing In this task I will be discussing a very important subject of today’s world of business which is internet marketing. To start off my task‚ I am going to give a general idea of history of the internet‚ general functions it can perform and how the internet has generally changed the society in many different ways and aspects. The history of establishing the internet originally goes back to 1950s and that’s when it first came on the scene‚ no one ever thought of the
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discrimination of polytechnic education in Nigeria in the area of employment and even in admission has always created panic among polytechnic graduates and the youths in general. Various questions have been raised by students in the polytechnics and other similar institutions about the situation but there seems to be no answer. This paper therefore seeks to establish the relevance of polytechnic education in youth empowerment‚ economic self-reliance and national development. A sample of 200 respondents from
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Tourism Marketing for Sustainable Development Nowadays‚ tourism organizations have aggressively continued to encourage everyone to visit a particular region‚ without considering of how these individuals may behave when they arrive. There is a growing concern for the protection of the environment and the adoption of business policies that will enable to the earth’s resources to be sustained from being demolished by these irresponsible parties like tour operator or such. The levels of marketing‚ was
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FEATURE The Role of Technology in National Development Emmanuel O. Egbogah Executive Chairman Emerald Energy Resources F rom the beginning of time‚ man has strived to improve his way and quality of life. The caveman discovered how to make and use tools‚ developed a logical sequence for activities‚ and evolved processes that added value to his life. The totality of the use and application of his knowledge‚ skills‚ tools‚ and materials constitutes what we today describe as “technology
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The question in the case is whether Kim should spend the fresh (2nd round) VC financing in Marketing and scale up the business or should focus the resources on fine tuning the existing product. Our recommendation is that the company should allocate around 70% of $4mn in marketing spend and 30% in product development and fine tuning the existing one. This recommendation is primarily based on the fact that the company should maximize the first mover advantage and develop barriers to entry by reducing
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DUBAI’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN OASIS TN THE DESERT? by CHRISTOPHER DeNICOLA A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science WILLIAMS COLLEGE Williamstown‚ Massachusetts MAY 10‚2005 Table of Contents I Persian Gulf Development Literature Oil Curse Literature Arab and Islamic Factors Regional Ovemiew and Historical Background Dubai’s Development History I1 PI1 Explaining
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Coca-Cola takes aim at Pepsi By Ryan Newman - August 21‚ 2013 0 inShare. Shares in beverage manufacturer and distributor Coca-Cola Amatil (ASX: CCL) have recovered slightly today‚ following yesterday’s 5.5% plunge after the company released its first-half results. Investors heavily sold down the company when CEO Terry Davis warned that full-year earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) could fall by as much as 4%‚ compared to his previous guidance whereby
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Role of the PNP in the Development Peace is a pre-requisite for development as a whole because it creates an enabling environment for the fundamentals of a society’s progress: human capital formation‚ infrastructure development‚ markets subject to the rule of law‚ and so on. In the absence of peace‚ education and health structures break down‚ systems to provide infrastructure disintegrate‚ and legal commerce is crippled. Critically‚ peace also frees up resources‚ both financial and human‚ that
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